Tommy Vedes has won the 2009 WPT Festa al Lago. A first place prize of $1.2 million is a nice little addition to his bank roll for the player who also made a deep run in this years WSOP Main event. This win has pushed Tommy up to 10^th in the 2009 money list so far this year. Following on from cashes at the London EPT, WPT Merit Cyprus Classic,  Gold Strike World Poker Open, in Tunica, and a 1^st place finish at the $1000 no limit Hold’em game at the same event.

The WPT event which took place at the Bellagio Las Vegas saw 275 players put up the $15,000 buy in to create a prize pool of over $3.5 Million dollars.

After 6 days of intense play Tommy negotiated his way around the final table even though he was the short stack on several occasions.

Vedes pocketed a nice first prize of $1,218,225 dollars for taking down this final table which featured fellow Pro’s Freddy Deeb and the dangerous Kido Pham.

“I feel great,” Vedes told the press after winning.

“It’s unbelievable. I didn’t think it was going to happen so fast. After the World Series, travelling to Europe and everything else, playing this event and shipping it is just amazing.”

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