In poker, there are confrontations that are etched forever. And for Latin American fans, it is impossible not to remember that hand from the LAPT Chile 2015, when the Chilean Rodrigo Quezada
The 35-year-old American continues to live the best season of his career. After winning the 2024 Main Event of the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown and earning his first World Series of Poker bracelet this year, he now added a new achievement by winning the Iowa State Poker Championship of the Major Series of Poker: The Tour (MSPT).
Father And Son Embraced After The Elimination.
The tournament, with a $1,110 buy-in and 549 entries, awarded him a prize of $111,942 and his third Main Event title in this prestigious circuit.
However, the moment everyone talked about came when there were only 13 players left. Fate wanted Josh to face his father, Brett Reichard
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The hand left no room for sentimentality. Josh showed A K, while his father defended his chances with K 8. The board favored neither and confirmed Brett’s elimination, who said goodbye with a prize of $6,397.
The scene immediately recalled that historic clash starring Rodrigo Quezada and his father at the Latin American Poker Tour in Chile, one of those rare situations that show that when the cards are in the air, kinship takes a back seat.
Reichard, who was already leading in chips at the start of the final table, maintained control until the heads-up against Jake Wilding
With this victory, the American established himself at the top of the MSPT all-time GOAT ranking, surpassed one million dollars in earnings within the circuit, and continues consolidating a dream 2026. However, probably the most lasting memory will not be the trophy, but that curious family elimination.
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