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Trace Henderson Takes Down Gulf Coast Poker Tour's Milly in Philly Main Event

The Gulf Coast Poker Tour at Pearl River Resorts in Philadelphia, Mississippi wrapped up last weekend with Trace Henderson of Laurel, Mississippi taking down the $600 Milly in Philly Main Event for a payday worth $75,566.

The Main Event attracted 990 entries and generated a prize pool just short of half a million at $495,000 to smash the guarantee of $350,000. Those numbers made it the second-largest of 13 events on the tour. Henderson, who now boasts $564,272 in live tournament earnings according to The Hendon Mob, agreed to an even-chop with heads-up opponent Hamid Izadi of Marietta, Georgia.