Hand #201: Pat Lyons Wins the WPT Legends of Poker! ($615,346)

Sep 2, 2016

Champion Pat Lyons

Pat Lyons (pictured) moves all in, and Benjamin Zamani calls all in for 3,625,000 with Heart AClub 2. Lyons turns over Club AHeart 8, and Zamani needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes Diamond 9Club 9Spade 7Heart JSpade 10, and Lyons wins the pot — and the WPT title — with a jack-high straight.

Benjamin Zamani finishes as the runner-up, earning $341,412.

Pat Lyons wins the WPT Legends of Poker, earning $615,346, which includes his entry into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions. Lyons also receives a WPT Champions Trophy, a Hublot King Power Unico Carbon and Red watch, a pair of gold Monster 24K headphones, and his name will be inscribed on the one-and-only WPT Champions Cup, alongside every other WPT champion from all 15 seasons.

Congratulations to Pat Lyons!

1st:  Pat Lyons  –  $615,346*
2nd:  Benjamin Zamani  –  $341,412
3rd:  Upeshka De Silva  –  $198,720
4th:  Todd Peterson  –  $149,715
5th:  William Vo  –  $113,105
6th:  Rafael Oliveira  –  $85,760

* First prize amount includes winner’s $15,000 entry into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions.

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