There were many high profile pros who paid for passage and put up the $10,000 buy-in, but most of the tournament's participants had qualified by winning online satellites, having invested as little as a dollar. This made for an eclectic and interesting Final Table, which included both seasoned pros and rank amateurs.

One of those amateurs was a young Canadian Dan Coupal, at 21 he was the youngest participant in the whole tournament. Although he only lasted 4 hands, pro Howard Lederer put Coupal out when Lederer's K J held up against Coupal's 7 5. Coupal finished 6th and got nearly $44,000.

Next to go was another of the other amateurs, Tim Lark, he played A 3 off suit. Both pros, Chip Jett, with a 9 10 suited, and Lederer, with a Q 8 suited, the board came, 2 2 2 Q 5 giving Lederer the pot and Lark a 5th place finish and $53,000 in winnings.

Feduniak with an A 3 suited, got into a pot against Lederer, also with an Ace. At the river Lederer was the winner because of his stronger kicker. Feduniak finished 4th worth $79,155.

Simpkins was another online qualifier. Simpkins was finally forced "all in" in a three handed pot with a pair of deuces. He was beat by Jett's flush. He left in 3rd place with $105,540.

It came down to two pros fighting it out for the title. On the penultimate hand, Lederer was dealt a 10 8, and Jett a K 2. They saw each other's bet and watched a 10 8 K come on the flop. Jett bet the maximum, Lederer re-raised and was called. Then a 7 and Q came on the turn and river and Jett, now all in, finished in 2nd and got $175,900 in winnings.

Lederer joined Gus Hansen as the only repeat champions on the tour and pocketed $263,850 in winnings, giving his extra $25,000 seat in the WPT finals to second place finisher Jett.

- Thomas Hardy