Hand #134: James Mackey Wins WPT Choctaw! ($681,758)

Benjamin Zamani limps for 300,000, James Mackey (pictured) raises to 1,000,000, and Zamani quickly moves all in for 7,400,000.

Mackey snap-calls with , and Zamani turns over . Zamani needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes , and Mackey wins the pot — and the WPT title — with a full house, eights full of sixes.

Benjamin Zamani finishes as the runner-up, earning $412,234.

James Mackey wins WPT Choctaw, earning $681,758, which includes his entry into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions. Mackey also receives a WPT Champions Trophy, a Hublot King Power Unico Carbon and Red watch, a pair of gold Monster 24K headphones, and his name will be inscribed on the one-and-only WPT Champions Cup, alongside every other WPT champion from all 15 seasons.

With this victory, Mackey also takes the lead in the Hublot WPT Player of the Year race.

Congratulations to James Mackey!

1st: James Mackey – $681,758*
2nd: Benjamin Zamani – $412,234
3rd: Craig Varnell – $306,346
4th: Bastian Fischer – $230,300
5th: Jack Duong – $175,122
6th: Matthew Smith – $134,720

* First prize amount includes winner’s $15,000 entry into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions.

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