Monday, June 29, 2015 1:44 AM Local Time
Kevin MacPhee Wins Event #56 $5,000 Turbo No-Limit
Hold'em for $490,800
Igor Yaroshevskyy opens the button for 500,000 and Kevin MacPhee announces "all-in" from the big blind.
Yaroshevskyy rechecks his cards and then calls, putting himself at risk with .
MacPhee tables and will need his high card advantage to hold to take down the Event #56 title.
MacPhee's high card would have won him the title but he improves to a pair anyway on a runout of , fading Yaroshevskyy's face cards and cutting his outs on the turn as MacPhee picks up a flush draw.
When the river hits, MacPhee shoots from the table and throws his hands in air, cerebrating his first ever World Series of Poker bracelet win and a nearly $490,000 score.
He then shakes Igor Yaroshevskyy's hand before getting mobbed by his rail, as they storm the tournament area to celebrate with the newest WSOP champion.
That concludes WSOP.com's Event #56 coverage, with a complete recap being posted shortly.