Hand #79: Dennis Blieden Wins the WPT L.A. Poker Classic! ($1,000,000)

Photo:  WPT L.A. Poker Classic Champion Dennis Blieden celebrates his victory with his exuberant rail.

Toby Lewis raises to 120,000, Dennis Blieden reraises to 300,000, and Lewis thinks for a while before he reraises to 750,000. Blieden calls.

The flop comes , Blieden checks, Lewis bets 400,000, and Blieden calls.

The turn card is the , Blieden checks, and Lewis moves all in for 2,200,000. Blieden thinks for a bit before he calls with for two pair, queens and sixes.

Lewis turns over for a lower two pair, and he needs a ten on the river to stay alive.

The river card is the , and Dennis Blieden wins the pot — and the WPT L.A. Poker Classic — with a full house, sixes full of queens.

Toby Lewis finishes as the runner-up, earning $600,630.

Dennis Blieden wins the WPT L.A. Poker Classic, earning $1,000,000, which includes his $15,000 entry into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions. Blieden also receives a WPT Champions Trophy, a Commerce Casino Remington trophy, a Hublot Big Bang Steel watch, and a $5,000 JetSmarter membership. Blieden’s name will be inscribed on the one-and-only WPT Champions Cup, alongside every other WPT champion from all 16 seasons.

Congratulations to Dennis Blieden!

1st:  Dennis Blieden  –  $1,000,000*
2nd:  Toby Lewis  –  $600,630
3rd:  Derek Wolters  –  $430,210
4th:  Marc Macdonnell  –  $319,310
5th:  Peter Hengsakul  –  $244,430
6th:  Manuel Martinez  –  $186,235

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