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Germany's Hossein Ensan Wins 2019 World Series Of Poker

Germany's Hossein Ensan walked away the winner of this year's World Series of Poker.

Ensan beat Dario Sammartino from Italy to claim the $10 million final table prize and the legendary gold and diamond bracelet. 

More than 8,000 people entered the $10,000 buy-in No-Limit Texas-Hold'Em championship tournament.

According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Ensan is the first champion in the history of WSOP to win the final hand with a pair of kings. It wasn't a surprise that Ensan won, he had 60 percent of the chips in play going into the final table Tuesday evening.