Hand #131: Brian Altman Wins WPT Lucky Hearts! ($723,008)

Mark Dube raises to 900,000, and Brian Altman calls.

The flop comes A53, Altman checks, Dube bets 1,100,000, and Altman check-raises to 2,600,000. Dube thinks for about 40 seconds before he moves all in for 9,600,000.

Altman snap-calls with K8 for the king-high flush, and Dube turns over AA for a set of aces. Dube needs the board to pair to stay alive.

The turn is the 4, the river is the 8, and Altman wins the pot — and the WPT title — with a spade flush.

Mark Dube finishes as the runner-up, earning $434,462.

Brian Altman wins the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open, earning $723,008. That amount includes his $15,400 entry into the season-ending WPT World Championship in April. Altman also receives a pair of Monster DNA Headphones, a WPT Champions Trophy, and he will get his name inscribed on the one-and-only WPT Champions Cup alongside every other WPT champion in history.

Congratulations to Brian Altman!

1st:  Brian Altman  –  $723,008
2nd:  Mark Dube  –  $434,462
3rd:  Kelly Minkin  –  $262,912
4th:  Greg Rosen  –  $220,189
5th:  Sanjay Gehi  –  $180,752
6th:  Jon Graham  –  $146,245