Feb 28, 2017
Photo: Defending champion Dietrich Fast could become the first player in WPT history to win the same event twice, and he could do it in back-to-back years.
Defending WPT L.A. Poker Classic champion Dietrich Fast raises from the cutoff to 25,000, Osmin Dardon reraises from the small blind to 60,000, and Seth Berger calls all in from the big blind for 11,000. Fast calls as well, creating a main pot of about 41,000 and a side pot of 98,000 between Dardon and Fast. Any further betting will go into the side pot.
The flop comes , Dardon moves all in for about 130,000, and Fast snap-calls with for top set. Dardon turns over for a pair of sixes, and he needs something runner-runner to stay alive.
Berger shows , and he also needs something runner-runner to stay alive.
The turn card is the , the river card is the , and Fast wins the pot with a full house, eights full of kings, to eliminate two players in one hand.
Dietrich Fast – 540,000 (68 bb)
Osmin Dardon – Eliminated in 40th Place ($23,990)
Seth Berger – Eliminated in 39th Place ($23,990)
Photo: Osmin Dardon (left) and Seth Berger