376 players, paid the $15,000 entry fee for the tournament. This is how the final six looked at the start of final table play:
In Seat 1 - Steve Rassi, with $950,000
In Seat 2 - Danny Negreanu, with $6,865,000
In Seat 3 - Vinny Landrum, with $1,140,000
In Seat 4 - Humberto Brenes, with $510,000
In Seat 5 - Nam Le, with $940,000
In Seat 6 - Jennifer Harman, with $675,000
Le with Kh Qs, pushed all-in, $420,000. Vinny Landrum called with Kd Jh the flop was Jc 7c 3s. A turn and river of 8c, 9s, sent Le to the rail in 6th place, with $152,468.
Rassi was blinded in for his last $50,000 with Q 5 offsuit, and Negreanu called with As Qs. Sure enough, when the board went 9c-8c-8s, Ad 3c, Rassi was out in 5th place with $217,812.
With 3s 3d, Vinny pushed all-in, Harman called with Ac 7h, the flop was T 8 5, a 3c on the turn, sent Harman home home in 4th, with $299,492.
Humberto called with 9d 3h, and after the flop came Ad 3d 2d, Landrum pushed his last $25,000 in, and both Humberto and Negreanu called. The turn and river of 7c, Qs were checked down by Daniel and Humberto, and the players flipped up their hands. Vinny’s King high was crushed when Daniel turned up 5h 4c, revealing that he had flopped a straight. Vinny left in 3rd place with $462,581.
Humberto limped in with 8c 7s, and the flop 7 4 3 rainbow giving him top pair, he raised $400,000, Negreanu came over the top for $1,000,000 more, and Humberto moved all-in. Negreanu called and flipped over Kc 7d. A turn and river of 6d, 3c meant Daniel Negreanu had won his 2nd WPT event of the season, taking home a whopping $1,770,218. Humberto Brenes took 2nd place, and $898,475.
- Thomas Hardy