Hand #94: Andras Koroknai Wins the WPT LA Poker Classic! ($1,788,040)

Andras Koroknai moves all in from the button, and Raymond Dolan calls with [Qc4h]. Koroknai dominates him with [Qh8h], and Dolan will need to improve to stay alive. 

Dolan’s friends cheer "Four! Four! Four! Four!" 

The flop comes [10h9h4d], and Dolan pairs his four to take the lead. But Koroknai picks up a flush draw. 

The turn card is the [7s], and Koroknai picks up additional outs with an open-ended straight draw. He’ll win the tournament on a jack, eight, six, or any heart.

The river card is — the [Kh]! Andras Koroknai wins the pot — and the tournament — with a heart flush. His friends begin chanting in Hungarian, and literally lift Andras up off his feet and repeatedly throw him in the air. It was like a mosh pit on the WPT stage. 

Raymond Dolan finishes as the runner-up, but he is all smiles as he becomes a WPT Millionaire in his first WPT event, earning $1,002,710. 

Andras Koroknai wins the WPT Commerce LA Poker Classic, earning $1,788,040, a WPT bracelet, a watch, and a huge Commerce trophy. That also includes entry into the $25,500 WPT World Championship at Bellagio in April. 

Congratulations to Andras Koroknai!

1st:  Andras Koroknai  –  $1,788,040
2nd:  Raymond Dolan  –  $1,002,710
3rd:  Tri Huynh  –  $665,140
4th:  Gevork Kasabyan  –  $450,580
5th:  Jean-Claude Moussa  –  $321,840
6th:  Michael Kamran  –  $246,740