Knocking out all of his opponents at the final table save one, Babakhani rolled to the title fairly easily in just 145 hands, knocking out Barry Kruger heads-up to seal the deal.
On top of the $442k, Babakhani earned a $25k seat in the upcoming WPT World Championship at Bellagio in Las Vegas.
Kruger earned $272,555 for his runner-up finish. The official final six and payouts:
1: Amir Babakhani - $442,248 2: Barry Kruger - $272,555 3: Jason Duval - $199,029 4: Bobby Liang - $136,700 5: Martin Leblanc - $102,251 6: Jonathan Bardier - $81,767Pros Christian Harder and Bryan Piccioli were eliminated just short of the final table.
Check out the winner interview with Babakhani below:
The next stop on the World Poker Tour is the Season XI $25k World Championship at Bellagio with the main event from May 18-24 and the Super High Roller event May 21-23.
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