The Vietnamese born US American Qui Nguyen managed to win the biggest annual title in poker, he is the new World Series of Poker Main Event champion and received amongst the unbelievable amount of $8 million the bracelet.
Three players returned yesterday to battle for the title and 3rd place finisher would end up being fan favorite Cliff Josephy. The online legend had a great start when he doubled up in the first hand with
Gordon went into heads up play with a lead of 200 million in chips against Nguyen’s 138 million chips. Nevertheless the Las Vegas resident Ngyuen was in control of the heads up and quickly took the chiplead. He got his opponent all in several times with the better hand but in the all in situations luck was on Gordon’s side.
The battle would last until hand 384 when Nguyen was finally able to conquer his opponent when he was in the lead with
WSOP Main Event Final Results:
1 | Qui Nguyen | USA 250% Extra + $125 Free Chip! New players only. 250% on 1st Deposit + $125 Free Chip | $8,005,310 |
2 | Gordon Vayo | USA | $4,661,228 |
3 250% Extra + $125 Free Chip! New players only. 250% on 1st Deposit + $125 Free Chip | Cliff Josephy | USA | $3,453,035 |
4 | Michael Ruane | USA | $2,576,003 |
5 | Vojtech Ruzicka | Czech Republic | $1,935,288 |
6 | Kenny Hallaert | Belgium | $1,464,258 |
7 | Griffin Benger | Canada | $1,250,190 |
8 | Jerry Wong | USA | $1,100,076 |
9 | Fernando Pons | Spain | $1,000,000 |