Hand #210: Ryan Riess Wins the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Finale! ($716,088)

Ryan Riess (pictured) raises to 450,000, Alan Sternberg reraises to 1,150,000, and Riess thinks for a bit before he moves all in.

Sternberg thinks for less than 10 seconds before he calls all in for 6,800,000 with . Riess turns over , and the two players are close enough in chips that this could effectively be the whole ballgame.

The board comes , and Riess wins the pot — and the WPT title — with a full house, kings full of sixes.

Alan Sternberg finishes as the runner-up, earning $491,081.

Ryan Riess wins the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Finale, earning $716,088, which includes his $15,000 entry into the season-ending Monster WPT Tournament of Champions. Riess 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 Ryan Riess!

1st:  Ryan Riess  –  $716,088*
2nd:  Alan Sternberg  –  $491,081
3rd:  Terry Schumacher  –  $315,726
4th:  Tim West  –  $204,466
5th:  Jason Koon  –  $157,599
6th:  Cliff Josephy  –  $130,370

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