Hand #160: Daniel Weinman Wins the Season XV Monster WPT Tournament of Champions!

Michael Mizrachi (pictured below) moves all in, and Daniel Weinman (pictured above) calls with . Mizrachi turns over , and needs his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board comes , and Weinman wins the pot — and the WPT title — with a pair of eights.

Michael Mizrachi finishes as the runner-up, earning $218,000.

Daniel Weinman wins the Season XV Monster WPT Tournament of Champions, earning $381,500, which includes his $15,000 entry into next season’s WPT Tournament of Champions. Weinman receives a WPT Champions Trophy, and his name will be inscribed on the one-and-only WPT Champions Cup, along side every other WPT champion from all 15 seasons.

Weinman also receives a prize package worth nearly $150,000**, which includes the following:

1.  A 2018 Audi S5 Coupe, with a powerful 354-horsepower, twin-scroll turbocharged engine, equipped with Audi’s famed quattro all-wheel drive

2.  A pair of Rose Gold Wireless Over-Ear Element Headphones from Monster

3.  A Hublot King Power Unico Carbon and Red watch

4.  A custom premium poker table from BBO Poker Tables

5.  A seat in Tiger’s Poker Night Presented by World Poker Tour

6.  A one-week stay with Wyndham Extra Holidays

Congratulations to Daniel Weinman!

1st:  Daniel Weinman  –  $381,500*
2nd:  Michael Mizrachi  –  $218,000
3rd:  Daniel Santoro  –  $133,525
4th:  David Ormsby  –  $95,375
5th:  Erik Seidel  –  $73,575
6th:  Dylan Wilkerson  –  $57,225
7th:  Stefan Schillhabel  –  $49,050
8th:  Jesse Sylvia  –  $43,600
9th:  Jonathan Jaffe  –  $38,150

* First-prize amount includes the winner’s $15,000 entry into next season’s WPT Tournament of Champions. In addition, the winner will receive bonus prizes worth nearly $150,000, including a 2018 Audi S5 Coupe.

Exit Interview with Michael Mizrachi:

On his tournament run coming to the end: “I mean it’s tough. I actually needed a car because my tire blew out on the way here, so I could have used that Audi, I would have traded it in for my Mercedes.”

On finishing third last year, and second this year in the TOC: “You know what happens next year [laughs].”