In the 18 seasons of the World Poker Tour, multiple players have managed to win more than one main tour title. But until Wednesday night, no player had ever won the same event twice. Brian Altman changed that and made WPT history in the process.

Altman beat out the 843-player field to win the Seminole Lucky Hearts Poker Open to match his victory in the event five years earlier.

The final table began with Altman holding onto a small chip lead over John Dollinger. It took just over 30 minutes to go from six players to five. From UTG, Dollinger raised to 275,000 and Peter Walsworth, who started the final table as the short stack, called from the big blind. The flop came and Walsworth checked and then moved all in for 725,000 after Dollinger bet 175,000. Dollinger called and turned over which put him ahead of Walsworth’s . Neither the turn or river were unable to save Walsworth from a sixth place finish.

Altman picked up his first victim of the night just an hour later. Action folded to Altman in the small blind and he moved all in for 11,500,000. Nadeem Hirani called from the big blind and turned over which made him a favorite against Altman’s . The flop changed that and left Hirani needing help. Unfortunately for him, the turn was the and the river was the and he was sent to the rail in fifth.

Big Slick played a role in the next bustout as well, but this time it was Altman holding it. Dollinger made it 300,000 from UTG and Altman called from the big blind. Nadya Magnus moved all in for 2,450,000 from the big blind and Dollinger ducked out of the way before Altman called. Magnus turned over and got the bad news as Altman tabled . The runout brought Magnus no relief and she was eliminated in fourth place for a career-best score of $171,642.

It took just over an hour to go from three-handed to heads up. Altman folded his button and Dollinger moved all in from the small blind. Chanracy Khun called all in for 2,500,000. Dollinger showed and Khun tabled . The flop gave Dollinger middle pair. The turn gave him trips and officially ended Khun’s run in third place. The river was the .

Altman began heads-up play trailing Dollinger 20,850,000 – 12,875,000 in chips but he took the lead on the first hand of heads-up play. Over the next hour, Altman only briefly relinquished the lead before finally finishing Dollinger off for good in a dream spot.

Dollinger called from the button and Altman raised to 800,000. Dollinger moved all in for 9,175,000 and Altman snap-called. Dollinger turned over but got bad news when Altman tabled . The board ran out to eliminate Dollinger and capture the LHPO for the second time in his career.

In 2015, Altman outlasted 1,026 other players to win his first Lucky Hearts Poker Open for $723,008. He’s made three other final tables since then.

Wednesday’s win also moved Altman into the lead for WPT Player of the Year with 2,100 points, 700 points more than previous leader Alex Foxen.

WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Payouts

1. Brian Altman – $482,636
2. John Dollinger – $311,751
3. Chanracy Khun – $230,086
4. Nadya Magnus – $171,642
5. Nadeem Hirani – $129,438
6. Peter Walsworth – $98,686