A Photographical Look Back at the Richest Tournament Ever Dealt
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Tom Dwan was one of the first to confirm his name for the $250,000 buy-in event
Tony Bloom: Chairman of Brighton & Hove Albion football club, high-stakes sports bettor, poker player
Phil Ivey being mic'd up for play
\"Heads-up for rolls?\"
Nikolay Evdakov was one of two Russians to pony up the buy-in
Roland de Wolfe arrives fashionably late to the party
The other Russian in the field, Alexander Kostritsyn
Dan \"Jungleman12\" Cates flashing a rare smile
David Benyamine multi-tasking at the table
James Obst during the happy few minutes when he still had a chip stack; Obst was the first player eliminated
Paul Phua, one of three Chinese businessmen who entered
Rail Heaven
Where else can you get such a good view of 20 people playing cards for $2.5 million?
The featured table as seen from the balcony
The secondary table from above
James Obst's fate; kings into Erik Seidel's aces
Two tables in play
Ivey, Ivey, Ivey!
Jungleman and Nikolay Evdakov
Andrew Feldman, looking rather dull
Annette Obrestad just prior to her final all in
Wang Qiang re-shoves on Obrestad
Annette was all in with pocket fives... and all out a moment later
Lock it up
Sam Trickett would make it all the way to heads-up play
Looking across the table at Erik Seidel and Phil Ivey
Erik Seidel's gaze
Businessman #3, Richard Hong
Paul Phua's profile
The cameras were rolling tape all day long
Sam Trickett ran good enough to flop a set against aces for his tournament life
Paul Phua all smiles as he collects a pot
The final table from above
Nikolay Evdakov's elimination at the final table
A visit from a familiar face...
It's Gus Hansen who skipped this event to check out \"the tennis\"
Richard Hong eliminated
Wang Qiang just about to shove his deuce-three offsuit into Sam Trickett's aces (on the money bubble, no less)
Wang Qiang eliminated
That left three men in the money playing for the title; David Benyamine, Sam Trickett, and Erik Seidel
Trickett puts a nasty beat on Benyamine to send him out in third place
All Trickett could do was purse his lips and shake hands with the man he'd just eliminated
Trickett and Seidel heads up for the win; Trickett starts with a huge chip lead
Erik Seidel would battle back valiantly, however...
...and it wasn't long before Trickett was down in the danger zone
During his final all-in, Sam Trickett receives some well-wishes from his mate James Bord
Erik Seidel takes the trophy! (and the lucky dog gets to spend a few minutes with Lacey Jones, too)
Seidel posing for photos with Lacey Jones
Seidel has his moment alone with the trophy and the winning cards, jack-nine
Congrats to Erik Seidel for winning the biggest-buy-in tournament ever held!
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