Hand #72: Farid Yachou Wins the Monster WPT Tournament of Champions!

Vlad Darie raises to 50,000, and Farid Yachou (pictured) calls.

The flop comes , Yachou checks, Darie bets 50,000, and Yachou check-raises to 250,000. Darie tanks for nearly 30 seconds before he calls.

The turn card is the , Yachou bets 200,000, and Vlad Darie thinks for a while before he calls.

The river card is the , and Yachou moves all in for 1,585,000, easily covering Darie’s stack. Darie thinks for about 20 seconds before he calls with for the two pair on the board with a king kicker.

But Farid Yachou turns over to win the pot — and the inaugural Monster WPT Tournament of Champions — with a full house, deuces full of eights.

Vlad Darie finishes as the runner-up, earning $224,190.

Farid Yachou wins the Monster WPT Tournament of Champions, earning $381,600. His prize money includes his $15,000 entry into next season’s WPT Tournament of Champions. Yachou also receives the following prizes, valued at more than $150,000**: a 2016 Corvette (courtesy of Monster), a Hublot King Power Unico Titanium watch, an Aurae® Solid Gold MasterCard, a pair of gold Monster® 24K Headphones, a custom premium poker table from BBO Poker Tables, a seat in Tiger’s Poker Night Presented by World Poker Tour, and a round of golf for Yachou and two guests at the world-class Shadow Creek Golf Course with WPT Executive Tour Director Matt Savage.

Congratulations to Farid Yachou!

1st:  Farid Yachou  –  $381,600*
2nd:  Vlad Darie  –  $224,190
3rd:  Michael Mizrachi  –  $140,450
4th:  Jonathan Jaffe  –  $95,400
5th:  Noah Schwartz  –  $74,200
6th:  Darren Elias  –  $58,300

* First-prize amount includes a $15,000 seat into next season’s WPT Tournament of Champions.
** Subject to change. No cash substitutions. Prizes do not include taxes, fees, or gratuities.