The event attracted many big names, as has every other WPT event. The first woman to reach a final table on the World Poker Tour on the 16th November in Mimi Tran, who used her aggressive style effectively and entered the final table with a nice stack.

After four gruelling days of poker we had out final table and under the lights and cameras of the World Poker Tour, the six remaining players began to fight it out for the top prize of $1,717,299!

The first player out from the final table was Mike Perry for $200,340. Kathy Leibert followed in his footsteps by losing to a flush and making $259,597 for her efforts. Michael Omelchuk left the final table in Connecticut for a very respectable $343,439 losing his pair of Jacks to a higher kicker.

Play got down to the final three and the action began to heat up. Mimi Tran showed what she was made of by playing some very aggressive poker to vie for the title, but to much avail she left the table after pushing with QJ and received a call off the A9 of Ezra Harvin. Mimi hit her Q on the flop, but Harvin spiked an A to ensure that the best hand won. Mimi’s excellent display of poker was not enough to give her the title.

Heads up play began very aggressive from the beginning. Ezra Harvin and Nevad Medic were fighting it out for the title. Harvin had demolished four players to get to HU, and as a result had a huge chiplead over Medic. Amazingly, Medic began a superior come back and doubled up a few times through his opponent.

The final hand came when Nevad held 75 and flopped trip 5s. He laid the trap for his opponent. Ezra Harvin held AJ and fired three bullets as a bluff to move Medic off his hand but he was going nowhere. He called an all-in bet to secure the win and $1,742,694! Harvin took second with $904,389.

--Steven Eddleston