Hand #199: Chris Leong Wins the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open! ($816,246)

Chris Leong moves all in, and Rafael Yaraliyev calls all in for 10,100,000 with . Leong turns over , and Yaraliyev needs his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board comes , and Chris Leong wins the pot — and the WPT title — with a pair of aces.

Rafael Yaraliyev finishes as the runner-up, earning $487,288.

Chris Leong wins the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open, earning $816,246, which includes his entry into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions. Leong also receives a WPT Champions Trophy, a Borgata trophy, and his name will be enscribed on the one-and-only WPT Champions Cup, alongside every other WPT champion from all 14 seasons.

Congratulations to Chris Leong!

1st:  Chris Leong  –  $816,246
2nd:  Rafael Yaraliyev  –  $487,288
3rd:  Liam He  –  $297,995
4th:  Joe McKeehen  –  $249,267
5th:  Yevgeniy Timoshenko  –  $206,160
6th:  Matthew Wantman  –  $166,803