Nadeem Hirani was the next player to hit the rail in fifth place after his Ace-King lost to Altman’s Jack-ten. Peter Walsworth became the first elimination when John Dollinger’s pocket nine beat his Ace-seven. The final table started with Altman holding a small chip lead over John Dollinger. It was a strong final table with the likes of John Dollinger, Chanracy Khun, Nadya Magnus, Nadeem Hirani and Peter Walsworth. To continually put myself in a position to win tournaments, it feels special,” said the eventual winner.Īltman bagged the chip lead at the end of Day 2 and then stayed among the top two in the counts the rest of the way. I’ve had maybe a dozen or so situations where I’ve gone deep and thought I was going to win and I didn’t. “Winning a second WPT title feels amazing. Altman previously won this event in 2015 for $723,008, which is his best score till date.Īltman entered the FT with $3.7 million in earnings and after his win at the the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open, he surpassed $4 million in his live career earnings. The poker pro beat a strong 843-entry field to take down the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open $3,500 Championship Event at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood for $482,636. Brian Altman changed that and made a history by becoming the first player to ship the same Main Event twice. While there are several players who have more than one WPT title, no player had won the same event twice until Wednesday.
