Hand #136: Pavel Plesuv Wins the WPT Seminole Rock 'N' Roll Poker Open ($504,820)

Jim Gilbert raises to 750,000, Pavel Plesuv (pictured) moves all in, and Gilbert quickly calls all in for 9,000,000 with . Plesuv turns over , and Gilbert needs his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board comes , and Pavel Plesuv wins the pot — and the WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open — with two pair, aces and queens.

Jim Gilbert finishes as the runner-up, earning $326,565.

Pavel Plesuv wins the WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open, earning $504,820, which includes his $15,000 entry into the season-ending Baccarat Crystal WPT Tournament of Champions. Plesuv also receives a WPT Champions Trophy, and his name will be inscribed on the one-and-only WPT Champions Cup, along side every other WPT champions from all 17 seasons.

Congratulations to Pavel Plesuv!

1st:  Pavel Plesuv  –  $504,820*
2nd:  Jim Gilbert  –  $326,565
3rd:  Jeremy Joseph  –  $240,945
4th:  Marius Gierse  –  $179,710
5th:  Chris Kennedy  –  $135,505
6th:  Ravi Raghavan  –  $103,310

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

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