Hand #132: Josh Hale Doubles Thru Max Steinberg

Level 33: 100,000-200,000, 25,000 ante
Max Steinberg raises to 500,000, and Josh Hale calls. The flop comes 10106, Hale checks, Steinberg bets 550,000, and Hale thinks for about 30 seconds before he moves all in.

Steinberg asks for a count, and it's 4,950,000. Steinberg calls with Q6 for two pair, tens and sixes, and Hale turns over Q2 for a heart flush draw. Hale will need to improve to stay alive.

The turn is the 4, the river is the 3, and Josh Hale rivers a heart flush to win the pot and double up in chips.

Max Steinberg - 6,750,000
Josh Hale - 11,950,000
Hand #145: Josh Hale Wins the WPT Legends of Poker ($500,000)

Level 34: 125,000-250,000, 25,000 ante
Josh Hale raises to 550,000, Max Steinberg quickly moves all in for 3.25 million, and Hale quickly calls with JJ. Steinberg turns over AK, and he'll need to improve to stay alive.

The board comes 9885J, and Josh Hale wins the pot -- and the WPT title -- with a full house, jacks full of eights.

Max Steinberg finishes as the runner-up, earning $293,490.

Josh Hale wins the WPT Legends of Poker, earning $500,000, which includes his entry into the season-ending WPT World Championship. He also wins a WPT Champions Trophy, and gets his name inscribed on the one-and-only WPT Champions Cup.

Congratulations to Josh Hale!

1st: Josh Hale - $500,000
2nd: Max Steinberg - $293,490
3rd: Raouf Malek - $192,400
4th: Ali Eslami - $133,700
5th: Greg Mueller - $97,100
6th: Jeff Madsen - $75,400