Nov 17, 2016
Benny Chen moves all in for 8,150,000, and Mike Sexton (pictured) quickly calls with . Chen turns over , and needs to improve to stay alive.
The board comes , and Mike Sexton wins the pot — and the WPT title — with a set of queens.
Benny Chen finishes as the runner-up, earning CAD $425,980 (US $213,515).
WPT Commentator Mike Sexton wins the partypoker.net WPT Montreal main event, earning CAD $425,980 (US $317,896), which includes his entry into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions. Sexton also receives a WPT Champions Trophy, a Playground Poker Club Championship Belt, 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 Mike Sexton!
1st: Mike Sexton – CAD $425,980* (US $317,896*)
2nd: Benny Chen – CAD $286,110 (US $213,515)
3rd: Nadir Lalji – CAD $183,320 (US $136,806)
4th: Ilan Boujenah – CAD $132,750 (US $99,067)
5th: Ema Zajmovic – CAD $102,010 (US $76,127)
6th: Jake Schwartz – CAD $81,740 (US $61,000)
* First-prize amount includes a US $15,000 seat into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions.