Hand #182: Mike Scarborough Wins the WPT Hollywood Poker Open ($273,664)

Mike Scarborough raises to 62,000, Erik Seidel moves all in, and Scarborough calls with [Jh10h]. Seidel turns over [Ad9d], and he’ll need it to hold to stay alive.

The flop comes [10c9s7h], and Scarborough’s friends cheer in the stands as he takes the lead with a pair of tens.

The turn is the [8s], giving Scarborough a jack-high straight. Seidel needs to catch a jack on the river to stay alive with a chopped pot.

The river is — the [10d], and Mike Scarborough wins the pot — and the tournament — with a jack-high straight.

Erik Seidel finishes as the runner-up, earning $155,103 for second place. Seidel comes up short of winning his second WPT title, but he does add another deep run to the incredible 2011 he is having so far.

Congratulations to Mike Scarborough for winning the WPT Hollywood Poker Open. Scarborough earns $273,664, a WPT bracelet, and that includes his $25,500 entry into the season-ending WPT World Championship.

1st:  Mike Scarborough  –  $273,664 + WPT Bracelet
2nd:  Erik Seidel  –  $155,103
3rd:  William Reynolds  –  $110,788
4th:  Tom Marchese  –  $77,551
5th:  Andy Whetstone  –  $62,041
6th:  Ali Eslami  –  $50,962