Robert Mizrachi has won the 2016 World Series of Poker $10,000 seven card stud championship, defeating a field of 87 players to win his fourth WSOP gold bracelet and the $242,662 first-place prize. This was the third year in a row that Mizrachi has won a WSOP title, having taken down the 2014 $1,500 dealer’s choice event and the 2015 $1,500 Omaha eight-or-better event.

“This one was very exciting because it’s an overly prestigious game,” Mizrachi told WSOP reporters afterwards. “This game was played a protracted time, so it’s very satisfying to win this type of prestigious tournament.”

Mizrachi came into the overall day because the chip leader a few of the six remaining players. He had a lot of tough competition to cope with including David Benyamine (6th – $39,611), six-time bracelet winner Ted Forrest (4th – $72,971) and three-time bracelet winner George Danzer (3rd – $103,230).

In the tip it came all the way down to a heads-up battle between Mizrachi and Matt Grapenthien, who won this same tournament in 2014 and was seeking to capture his second gold bracelet. Mizrachi began the general showdown with the lead, but play continued for greater than three hours with quite a lot of swings before without equal hand arose.

Grapenthien brought it in for 20,000 with the 4 and Mizrachi completed to 60,000 with the 9. Grapenthien raised to 120,000 and Mizrachi made it three bets to head. Grapenthien called and fourth street brought him the 2 and Mizrachi the 6. Mizrachi bet and Grapenthien called. Fifth street gave Grapenthien the 9 and Mizrachi the A. Again Mizhrachi bet and Grapenthien called. Sixth street gave Grapenthien the Q and Mizrachi the 8.

Mizrachi bet again and Grapenthien raised,, putting himself all in. Mizrachi quickly called and revealed his hole cards of AA for trips. Grapenthien was drawing dead along with his 43.

In the top their final boards looked as follows:

Grapenthien: (43)429Q(2)Mizrachi: (AA)96A8(Q)

Grapenthien earned $149,976 because the runner up while Mizrachi secured the title and his fourth gold bracelet.

Here is a glance on the payouts and POY points awarded at this final table:

Place	Player	Earnings (USD)	POY Points
1	Robert Mizrachi	$242,662	480
2	Matt Grapenthien	$149,976	400
3	George Danzer	$103,230	320
4	Ted Forrest	$72,971	240
5	Steve Weiss	$53,012	200
6	David Benyamine	$39,611	160
7	Bill Chen	$30,466	120
8	Calvin Anderson	$24,142	80

Winner photo courtesy of WSOP / Melissa Haereiti.

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