Katie Lindsay has a new career-best win of $102,915 - plus a supersized trophy and a championship ring - after winning the Moneymaker Tour Aruba Main Event on Sunday.
The $1,500 Main Event drew a total of 325 entries, blowing past the $200K guarantee to create a prize pool of $438,750.
PokerOrg was down in the Caribbean at the time - it’s a tough job sometimes - and managed to catch up with Lindsay at the start of the final table.
“Energy is really high,” Lindsay told us, “and that, to me, makes a tournament fun. Obviously I want to win, but I like to have a good time, and being in such a beautiful location makes it even better.”
The fun continued as Lindsay, a former poker players’ agent turned pro, hit the final table tied for the second largest stack and managed to bring it all the way home, defeating Canada’s Duff Charette heads-up for the title.
ACR ambassador Lindsay’s win in Aruba pushes her recorded tournament earnings over $875K and marks her first six-figure score, with her previous best result coming in a $10K Wynn Millions event in 2022. It’s her second win in the Caribbean, following a $50K victory aboard a Royal Caribbean poker cruise in 2015, and brings her a second winner’s ring to go with the WSOP-C ring she won online in 2022.
Moneymaker Tour Aruba $1,500 Main Event final table results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katie Lindsay | $102,915 |
| 2 | Duff Charette | $63,260 |
| 3 | Kenny Levine | $45,512 |
| 4 | Michael Hutting | $33,757 |
| 5 | Asi Elias | $25,430 |
| 6 | Garth Archibald | $19,450 |
| 7 | Kevin Davis | $15,093 |
| 8 | Kris Burchfield | $11,881 |
| 9 | Jose Gonçalves |
$9,486 |
In case you missed it, PokerOrg’s Tiffany Michelle was also in town for the Main Event and managed to claim a major scalp on Day 1, knocking out the man who’s name is literally on the trophy, Chris Moneymaker.
Images courtesy of Moneymaker Tour/Omar Sader
