Ben Zamani Scores First WSOP Winner’s Bracelet in Event 20

Jun 12, 2015
Ben Zamani Scores First WSOP Winner’s Bracelet in Event 20
28-year-old Ben Zamani, a poker pro from Boca Raton, Florida, scored a big $460,640 win in WSOP Event 20, a $1,500 buy-in NLHE competition that drew in 1,844 participants. Zamani also won his first World Series of Poker winner's bracelet and the win brings his winnings to over $2 million. The event continued the following day with Zamani and four other players. Zamani was the chip leader with Natasha Barbour, also from Florida, following close behind. The two Florida players entered the heads up but in the end, Zamani called a Barbour bluff leaving her in second place for $284,911. Additional final table payouts: 3 Paul Ephremsen $196,986 4 Kevin MacPhee $142,070 5 Wenlong Jin $103,857 6 Garrett Beckman $76,922 7 Jared Griener $57,729 8 Oluwashola Akindele $43,888 9 Kevin Benoit $33,781
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