Hand #173: Tony Sinishtaj Wins the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown! ($661,283)

Tony Sinishtaj (pictured) raises from the button/small blind to 1,250,000, and Darryll Fish calls from the big blind.

The flop comes , Fish checks, Sinishtaj bets 1,500,000, and Fish check-raises all in for 10,950,000.

Sinishtaj quickly calls with for a diamond flush draw, but Fish turns over for a pair of threes. Fish needs his hand to hold to stay alive.

The turn card is the , the river card is the , and Sinishtaj wins the pot — and the WPT title — with a king-high diamond flush.

Darryll Fish finishes as the runner-up, earning $453,185.

Tony Sinishtaj wins the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, earning $661,283, which includes his $15,000 entry into the season-ending Monster WPT Tournament of Champions. Sinishtaj also receives a WPT Champions Trophy, and his name will be inscribed on the one-and-only WPT Champions Cup, alongside every WPT champion from all 15 seasons.

Congratulations to Tony Sinishtaj!

1st:  Tony Sinishtaj  –  $661,283*
2nd:  Darryll Fish  –  $453,185
3rd:  Robert Mizrachi  –  $293,864
4th:  Dan Colman  –  $217,686
5th:  Eric Beller  –  $164,438
6th:  Simeon Naydenov  –  $132,889

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