Hand #136: Robert Mizrachi Wins WPT Venetian Las Vegas ($894,100); Mike Vanier Finishes as Runner-Up ($595,000)

Photo:  WPT Venetian Las Vegas Champion Robert Mizrachi, along with his wife and his dog

HAND #136  –  Mike Vanier raises from the button to 800,000, Robert Mizrachi moves all in, and Vanier calls all in for about 9,900,000 with .

Mizrachi turns over , and Vanier needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes , and Mizrachi flops two pair to win the pot — and his first WPT title — with aces and sevens.

Photo:  WPT Venetian Las Vegas Champion Robert Mizrachi celebrates his victory after the river card hits the felt.

Mike Vanier finishes as the runner-up, earning $595,000.

Robert Mizrachi wins WPT Venetian Las Vegas, earning $894,100, which includes his entry into the season-ending WPT Championship. Mizrachi will also receive a WPT Champions Trophy, and his name will be engraved on the one and only WPT Champions Cup, along with all the other champions throughout the WPT’s 20-year history — including his brother, two-time WPT champion Michael Mizrachi.

Congratulations to Robert Mizrachi!

1st:  Robert Mizrachi  –  $894,100*
2nd:  Mike Vanier  –  $595,000
3rd:  Yulian Bogdanov  –  $440,000
4th:  Leon Sturm  –  $327,000
5th:  Raul Manzanares  –  $247,000
6th:  Javier Zarco  –  $188,000

Photo:  Runner-Up Mike Vanier

* First-place amount includes the winner’s $10,400 seat into the season-ending WPT Championship.

Photography by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com