The 2024 World Poker Tour Prime Voyage Championship, with a guaranteed prize pool of $500,000 and a $1,100 buy-in, attracted 968 entries, nearly doubling the guarantee to reach a final prize pool of $968,000. The largest portion of this prize pool went to Gregory De Faria from Brazil, who emerged as the eventual champion, taking home $155,400. Prior to this victory, De Faria's highest recorded win was just under $4,000.
In addition to the cash prize, De Faria also earned 912 Card Player Player of the Year points, bringing him closer to the top 150 in the 2024 POY standings presented by Global Poker.
The tournament featured three starting flights from April 1-3, with players who advanced combining into a single field on April 4 to play down to a winner. A total of 122 players made it to day 2, each securing at least $2,000 in winnings.
Several well-known players made deep runs in the event, including Princess Love (61st), Calvin Anderson (55th), Dylan Wilkerson (21st), Jesse Sylvia (19th), and Darren Rabinowitz (10th).
Ryan Riess, the 2013 World Series of Poker main event winner and 2017 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown champion, was eliminated in ninth place ($14,600) when his A-2 failed to beat Nico Betbese's K-J.
Lukas Zaskodny was next to go, finishing in eighth place ($18,500) after losing a preflop race. He was followed by Gustavo Carmona (7th – $24,000), whose queen-high straight fell to De Faria's king-high straight.
Allison Hollander's tournament run ended in sixth place ($31,000) when her K-Q was bested by Brandon Takao's A-7 suited. Takao ended up with two pairs to win the pot and reduce the field to five players.
In a significant hand, pocket sevens went up against A-Q suited, and Brian Monigold took home $41,000 after his pair was defeated. Trent Hopper took the lead when his pocket queens held up against Takao's A-2 (4th – $54,000).
De Faria regained the lead after winning with A-J against Betbese's K-J (3rd – $72,000), setting the stage for the heads-up battle with Hopper. Nearly ninety minutes after Betbese's elimination, De Faria and Hopper went all-in for the final hand. De Faria emerged victorious with a flush, earning $155,400, while Hopper finished as the runner-up.
