Hand #209: Darryll Fish Wins the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open! ($511,604)

Photo:  Friends gather around Darryll Fish (seated) to celebrate his long-awaited WPT title.

Hand #209  –  As the cards are dealt, Darryll Fish says, “This feels like the one.”

Aleksandr Shevelev moves all in for 4,450,000, and Fish calls with . Shevelev turns over , and he needs his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board comes , and Darryll Fish wins the pot — and the WPT title — with a king-high straight.

Aleksandr Shevelev finishes as the runner-up, earning $331,116.

Darryll Fish wins the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open, earning $511,604, which includes his $15,000 entry into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions. Fish also receives a WPT Champions Trophy, and a Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open trophy. Fish’s name will be inscribed on the one-and-only WPT Champions Cup, alongside every other WPT champion from all 16 seasons.

Congratulations to Darryll Fish!

1st:  Darryll Fish  –  $511,604*
2nd:  Aleksandr Shevelev  –  $331,116
3rd:  Andy Frankenberger  –  $244,342
4th:  Ness Reilly  –  $182,249
5th:  Brett Bader  –  $137,440
6th:  Alan Krockey  –  $104,784

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