Hand #187: Kevin Eyster Wins the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic ($1,587,382*)
Dec 20, 2015
Kevin Eyster raises to 800,000, and Bill Jennings calls.
The flop comes 
, Jennings checks, Eyster bets 600,000, and Jennings calls.
The turn card is the 
, Jennings checks, Eyster bets 975,000, and Jennings moves all in for 5,300,000.
Eyster snap-calls with 
(two pair, aces and fours), and Jennings turns over 
for a lower two pair, nines and fours. Jennings needs to improve to stay alive.
The river card is the 
, and Kevin Eyster wins the pot — and his second WPT title — with two pair, aces and fours.
Bill Jennings finishes as the runner-up, earning $929,745.
Kevin Eyster wins the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic, earning $1,587,382, a WPT Champions Trophy, a pair of gold Monster 24K Headphones, a Hublot Oceanographic 4000 watch, and an Aurae Solid Gold MasterCard with $10,000 loaded onto it with Executive Lifestyle concierge benefits for one year.
This is the second WPT title for Eyster, who joins an elite group of two-time champions.
Congratulations to Kevin Eyster!
1st: Kevin Eyster – $1,587,382*
2nd: Bill Jennings – $929,745
3rd: Ben Yu – $607,433
4th: Jake Schwartz – $412,187
5th: Cate Hall – $291,320
6th: Eddie Ochana – $226,238
* First prize amount includes a $15,400 seat into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions.
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