Hand #139: Veerab Zakarian Wins the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open ($674,840); James Anderson Finishes As Runner-Up ($449,904)

Photo:  WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Champion Veerab Zakarian

Veerab Zakarian moves all in, and James Anderson calls all in for 2.0 million with . Zakarian turns over . Anderson needs his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board comes , and Zakarian wins the pot — and the WPT title — with an eight-high straight.

James Anderson finishes as the runner-up, earning $449,904.

Veerab Zakarian wins the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open, earning $674,840. Zakarian also receives a WPT Champions Trophy, a Hublot Big Bang Steel Watch, a set of Baccarat Crystal, and his name will be engraved on the Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup alongside the WPT Champions from all 18 seasons of the World Poker Tour.

Congratulations to Veerab Zakarian!

1st:  Veerab Zakarian  –  $674,840*
2nd:  James Anderson  –  $449,904
3rd:  Brian Altman  –  $333,012
4th:  Nathan Russler  –  $248,913
5th:  Bin Weng  –  $187,900
6th:  Andrew Hanna  –  $143,264

Photo:  Runner-Up James Anderson

* First place usually includes the $15,000 seat into the WPT Tournament of Champions. However, due to the pandemic, the TOC will not take place this year. As such, the winner will receive the $15,000 as part of the first place amount in cash.

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