302 players, payed the $10,000 entry fee, and here is how the final six looked:

Seat 1: Daniel Negreanu, with $860,000
Seat 2: Josh Arieh, with $1,390,000
Seat 3: Phil Ivey, with $466,000
Seat 4: Chris Tsiprailidis, with $784,000
Seat 5: David Williams, with $2,039,000
Seat 6: Brandon Moran, with $449,000.

Phil Ivey found As Qs, and raised. Moran, with Ad 7h, re-raised to $80,000, and Arieh, with a pair of 3’s, called. Ivey, went all-in. Moran folded, Arieh decided to gamble and called. When the flop came Jc Tc 4s, the turn came 3d, the river came 7s, and Phil Ivey, was out in 6th place, with $105,000 to take home with him.

Moran found Ac Kh, and raised to $75,000. Negreanu, with pocket J’s, re-raised to $175,000. Moran pushed all-in for $513,000 more. Negreanu called, the board went 9 4 4 rainbow, Q, 3. This sent Moran out in 5th place, with $135,900.

Negreanu with Ac 9h, raised to $160,000, Chris then moved all in for $690,000 more. Negreanu called and when Chris flipped over 5d 3s, Daniel was delighted, and the board went Qs Qh Th, 6c, 9c. Chris out in 4th place, with $181,200.

Arieh found J 9 offsuit, and called. Negreanu, in the big blind, checked with 9c 6c. The flop came Tc 5c 3d, giving Negreanu bet $40,000, and Arieh, called. A 7d, Josh raised $225,000. Daniel called and the river was a 4h. Daniel had caught a straight, and bet $550,000. Arieh pushed all-in with J high, Negreanu instantly called and Arieh was out in 3rd place, with $286,900 to take home.

Daniel found As Ad, and after Williams limped with Kd 6d, Daniel raised to $400,000. Williams called, and when the flop came Kc Jc 8s, Daniel raised to $400,000, and Williams, went over the top all-in. Negreanu quickly called, and when the turn and river came Jd, Qh, Daniel Negreanu had won the event, he took $1,009,100 in cash and a $25,000 seat at the WPT final. David Williams took 2nd place, and $573,000.

- Thomas Hardy