Sep 2, 2016
Pat Lyons (pictured) moves all in, and Benjamin Zamani calls all in for 3,625,000 with . Lyons turns over , and Zamani needs to improve to stay alive.
The board comes , and Lyons wins the pot — and the WPT title — with a jack-high straight.
Benjamin Zamani finishes as the runner-up, earning $341,412.
Pat Lyons wins the WPT Legends of Poker, earning $615,346, which includes his entry into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions. Lyons 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.
Congratulations to Pat Lyons!
1st: Pat Lyons – $615,346*
2nd: Benjamin Zamani – $341,412
3rd: Upeshka De Silva – $198,720
4th: Todd Peterson – $149,715
5th: William Vo – $113,105
6th: Rafael Oliveira – $85,760
* First prize amount includes winner’s $15,000 entry into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions.