There were 391 players who entered the $2,200 buy-in event #12 at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino who created a prize pool of $782,000.
Hastings was elated after outlasting Griffin Malatino heads-up.
Hastings tweeted ""I won!!!! 213k plus TWO trophies, thanks for all the support everyone!"
Malatino took home $117,300 for second place.Prior to this event, Hastings had little success in his time playing live tournaments with a runner-up finish in the €5k Heads-Up event at this year’s EPT Grand Final in Madrid his only score.
According to HendonMob.com, Hastings' live tournament earnings are approaching $300,000.
Hastings had recently blogged concerning his options regarding poker in the wake of Black Friday. He indicated that while enjoying live play more than in the past, he felt his online opportunity was more lucrative and that it would likely lead to a short term move out of the country. He had indicated he might visit Phil Galfond in Vancouver to see if that were a good option for him.
“I think my earn potential is still highest online unless I can get into some really good and big live games regularly, and as that seems somewhat unlikely, I’m leaning toward a short term move to Canada (at least until it gets too cold).”
One other notable player made it into the money. Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier finished in 23rd for $6,647.Final table results from the $2,000 WPT Regional Summer Splash event:
1. Brian Hastings – $213,877
2. Griffin Malatino – $117,300
3. Michael Degilio – $78,200
4. Darryl Fish – $55,522
5. Jake Schwartz – $41,446
6. Anthony Ruberto – $32,844
7. Cong Pham – $24,633
8. Martha Dajer-Rodriguez – $18,377
9. Bryan Camponello – $13,294
