Chengce Jiang opened for 225,000 under the gun and Ben Zamani called on his left. The flop came and Jiang continued for 250,000. Zamani quickly called. On the turn, Jiang barreled again for 475,000 and received a quick call. He bet 1.1 million more on the river.
This time, Zamani took a little longer, but after 30 seconds or so, he flicked in some chips. Jiang opened for a flush and put some serious distance between himself and his nearest challenger.
Maxx Coleman raised all in from early position for 850,000. Ben Zamani called from the small blind and Lang Nguyen shoved all in for about 4,900,000 which had Zamani slightly covered.
Zamani took a moment before calling and showing . He was against the of Nguyen and Coleman was in third place with .
Coleman got up from his seat as soon as the flop came . The turn was the , leaving Nguyen drawing to only a king, and the river was the , giving Zamani the pot.
Coleman, who won this event two years ago, will now take home $64,650 for his seventh-place finish. In the last three years, Coleman has taken home more than $800,000 in prize money from the WinStar River Poker Series Main Event.
Gnana Duddukuru went all in from early position and Dwight Sellars called all in. He had against the of Duddukuru, but managed to double up when the board ran out .
Lawrence Porath limped early and small blind Ben Zamani completed. Lang Nguyen shoved all in and Porath instantly shipped it as well, with Zamani folding.
"You got aces, huh?" Nguyen said with a sigh, showing .
Porath showed , and Nguyen was happy to see he had a fighting chance.
The flop brought Nguyen a flush draw.
"Gotta sweat it," he said with a smile. "Bam."
That second part was after the hit the turn to give him a stranglehold on things. The river was a and Porath said it was good playing with everyone.
Ben Zamani raised preflop to 225,000 and Chris Hooper called on the button. Maxx Coleman thought for a moment before folding and leaving the two heads up to the flop.
The flop was all diamonds, , and both players checked. The turn was the and Zamani led for 350,000. Hooper raised to 700,000 and Zamani reraised to 1,200,000 and Hooper folded.