John Phan has won the WPT Season 7 Legends Of Poker. In the final hand Amit Makhija shoved with K 7 and Phan made the call with pocket threes.

The flop came Q 5 5, the river was the A and it was all over when the river brought the 10.

Makhija grabs $563,320 for second while Phan takes home the $1,091,428 first place prize and all the glory of Legends of Poker title.

Stay tuned for an interview with Phan a little later over here and our recap blog soon enough right here .

Amit Makhija has doubled up again to stay alive. He got it in good with A 8 against Phan’s A 2 and managed to stay in the lead with many chop possibilities on the K 10 K flop.

Phan picked up a flush draw on the 8 turn that paired up Amit’s eight, but no club came on the end.

Makhija doubled up to $2.67 million, but is still trailing Phan and his $8.53 million.

After a couple of big hands John Phan has taken an overwhelming chip lead. In the last hand both players saw a flop of J 3 2 and Phan checked but Makhiji bet $250,000. Phan called and the turn came the 5. This time Phan bet $500,000 and Makhiji called.

The river fell J and Phan bet $1.5 million and eventually Makhiji called. Phan showed Q-J for trip jacks, which was enough to beat Makhija's 8-5 for a pair of fives.

After the hand the chips stacks looked considerably different:

1. John Phan	$9.6 million
2. Amit Makhiji	$1.5 million

 

The two remaining gladiators of poker continue to trade blows. John Phan got the best of it in a recent hand.

Phan and Amit Makhaiji saw a flop of A 4 3 and Phan bet $270,000. Amit called and the turn came K and Phan fired again, this time for $500,000. Makhiji called and the river fell A.

Phan thought for a couple minutes and then bet $950,000. Makhiji insta-called but Phan showed J 9 for the flush.

After the hand the chip counts were as follows:

1. John Phan	$6.7 million
2. Amit Makhiji	$4.5 million

 

We've made it to Level 27 and the blinds are now $80,000/$160,000 with an ante of $20,000. Let's see if that instigates even more action.

Amit Makhija has done it again. He shoved into a K 7 4 flop only to see John Phan make the call showing K 7 for two pair. Makhija had 9 6 for the flush draw.

Phan was two cards from the Legends title, but when the 10 fell on the river Amit picked up a few more outs. The 8 river was one of them giving Makhija the straight and thrusting him into the lead with $6.5 million to Phan's $4.6 million.

Could this be it for Amit Makhija? John Phan just won a large pot against the online pro and seems to be turning it on.

In the hand Makhija bet $400,000 and John called. The flop came 9 8 5 and Phan checked but Makhija bet $600,000. Phan thought for several minutes before calling.

The turn came 2 and both players checked. The river fell 6 and Phan checked but Makhija bet $1.5 million.

After a minute or two Phan called and Makhija immediately said, "Good call" and attempted to muck his hand.

Phan insisted on seeing the hand and Makhija flipped over T 2 for nothing but a pair of deuces.

Phan won with J 9 for the nine-high flush.

It's worth noting that in an earlier hand Makhija let Phan muck his hand when Makhija made the call.

Updated chip counts:

1. John Phan	$8.5 million
2. Amit Makhija	$2.6 million

 

Oh yes, the blinds are up again. Trust us, we know about such things.

Amit Makhija has doubled up and is right back in it. After a Phan raise Makhija shoved and Phan made the call.

It was A 6 for Makhija in the lead against Phan's Q 9. Phan took the lead on the K Q J flop and held it on the 2 river. But when the A came down on the river Makhija had doubled back to almost $4 million.

Phan still has the lead with $7.2 million but it's getting a little tighter.

"You can't luck box this whole tournament John," Makhija said.

 

We've just had our biggest hand of the entire tournament and suddenly John Phan is in a dominating position.

In the hand Amit Makhija bet $320,000 and Phan re-raised to $1.2 million. Makhija responds by shoving all-in and Phan jumped to his feet while contemplating a call. Phan walked by his friends in the audience and shouts of, "Call, call, call" echoed throughout the final table room.

While pacing Phan said, "I call."

Makhija had Phan covered by a small margin.

The players flipped over their cards and it was time for one heck of a big coin flip:

Phan: A-K

Makhija: 2-2

The board came J 4 3 J and it looked like Makhija might just pull it off but as the dealer prepared to check the river it felt like a card was coming for Phan.

As it happend the K peeled off the deck and Phan cheered and then high-fived his friends.

A stunned Makhija could only say, "It's not over yet, John."

After the hand the chip stacks looked a little like this:

1. John Phan	$8.9 million
2. Amit Makhija	$2.2 million