Mike Leah Wins WPT World Championship 8-Game Championship ($78,841); Luigi Santoro Finishes Runner-Up ($48,676)

No-Limit Hold ’em

After Luigi Santoro limps, Mike Leah drops a stack of T-25,000 chips forward totaling 525,000. Santoro happily calls and exposes his hand, .

One problem though, Santoro mistook the bet for an all-in bet, which it wasn’t. He still has 350,000 in play behind, and his hand is now exposed.

He tells Leah it doesn’t matter what comes on the flop, he won’t be folding.

The dealer spreads a flop of and Leah indeed does move in the rest. Santoro calls, and despite flopping second pair and a gutshot, he’s still behind as Leah shows for a pair of kings.

The dealer completes the board with the and , sealing the victory for Leah, while Santoro has to settle for a hard-earned runner-up spot.

Mike Leah – 4,400,000
Luigi Santoro – eliminated

This concludes our WPT.com coverage of the $2,200 WPT Championship 8-Game Mix event. Stay tuned to WPT.com for continuing coverage of the WPT World Championship Festival from here at beautiful Wynn Las Vegas.

Final Table Results:

1 – Mike Leah – $78,841
2 – Luigi Santoro – $48,676
3 – Caleb Shumard – $34,018
4 – Dzmitry Urbanovich – $25,258
5 – David “Bakes” Baker – $18,688
6 – Alan Myerson – $14,016
7 – Matt Vengrin – $10,950