Hand #67: Dong Le Wins WPT500 Los Angeles! ($224,500)

Photo: Dong Le wins the WPT500 Los Angeles title

Owen Crowe raises to 1,000,000, and Dong Le calls.

The flop comes , Le checks, Crowe bets 1,200,000, and Le check-raises to 3,000,000. Crowe reraises to 6,000,000, and Le calls.

The turn card is the , Le checks, Crowe moves all in, and Le snap-calls with for a king-high straight.

Crowe turns over for a meaningless pair of kings with a gutshot straight draw, and he needs a ten on the river to stay alive with a chopped pot.

The river card is the , and Le wins the pot — and WPT500 Los Angeles — with a king-high straight.

Owen Crowe finishes as the runner-up, earning $130,000.

Dong Le wins the WPT500 Los Angeles, earning $224,500, a WPT500 trophy, and a championship cup from The Gardens Casino in Hawaiian Gardens.

Congratulations to Dong Le!

1st:  Dong Le  –  $224,500
2nd:  Owen Crowe  –  $130,000
3rd:  Peter Hengsakul  –  $100,000
4th:  Richard Tae Kim  –  $81,000
5th:  Ilya Shpiner  –  $65,000
6th:  Deepinder Singh  –  $49,000
7th:  Mike Eskandari  –  $36,000
8th:  Alex Fayneshteyn  –  $28,000
9th:  Greg Roberts  –  $21,000