Feb 3, 2017
Photo: Daniel Weinman smiles as the river card gives him the victory.
Daniel Weinman (pictured) moves all in, and Nathan Bjerno calls all in for 3,450,000 with . Weinman turns over , and Bjerno needs to improve to hope for a chop to stay alive.
The board comes — Bjerno pairs his four on the river, but the same card gives Weinman an eight-high straight to win the pot — and the WPT title.
Nathan Bjerno finishes as the runner-up, earning $524,964.
Daniel Weinman wins the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open, earning $892,433. Weinman also wins a WPT Champions Trophy, and his name will be inscribed on the one-and-only WPT Champions Cup, along with all previous WPT champions from the past 15 seasons of the World Poker Tour. Weinman’s prize money includes his $15,000 seat into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions.
Congratulations to Daniel Weinman!
1st: Daniel Weinman – $892,433*
2nd: Nathan Bjerno – $524,964
3rd: Tyler Kenney – $327,578
4th: Jia Liu – $275,081
5th: Richard Foster – $228,884
6th: Nicholas Immekus – $184,787
* First-prize amount includes a $15,000 seat into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions.