Hands #119-120: Istvan Briski Wins the WPT Seminole Rock 'N' Poker Open ($647,300); Rayan Chamas Finishes as Runner-Up ($600,000)

Photo:  WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Champion Istvan Briski (seated, center) celebrates with his friends after his victory.

HAND #119 – Istvan Briski moves all in from the button and Rayan Chamas folds the big blind.

HAND #120 – Rayan Chamas moves all in for 7,800,000 on the button and Istvan Briski confirms the amount before calling.

Rayan Chamas:
Istvan Briski:

The flop is no help to Chamas. The turn is the , while the river comes the and Briski wins the pot — and the WPT title — with queen-high.

Photo:  Istvan Briski celebrates the final hand.

Rayan Chamas finishes as the runner-up, earning $600,000.

Istvan Briski wins the WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open, earning $647,300. That amount includes his $10,400 entry into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas. Briski will also have his name engraved on the one-and-only Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup alongside all of the other WPT champions in the history of the World Poker Tour.

Congratulations to Istvan Briski!

1st:  Istvan Briski  –  $647,300*
2nd:  Rayan Chamas  –  $600,000
3rd:  Sandy Sanchez  –  $366,500
4th:  Fred Goldberg  –  $274,000
5th:  Matt Bond  –  $206,900
6th:  Darryll Fish  –  $157,800

Photo:  Runner-Up Rayan Chamas

* First-place prize amount includes the winner’s $10,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.

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