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Event 26 of WSOP
The 1,500 buy-in Limit Hold'em contest attracted some 643 entrants but by day 3, the field had reduced immensely to just 15, four of whom were eliminated in the first half an hour of renewed play.
The final table came down to Al Barbieri in the lead with $495,000, followed by Glenn Engelbert, Demetrios Arvanetes, Rep Porter and Tomas Alenius, Jason Tam, Richard Brodie, Cole Miller, Kim-Phong Duong and Dominik Kulicki.
By the time play reached the three handed stage, it was a close contest between Jason Tam in the lead on $970,000, Swedish pro player Tomas Alenius on $930,000 and Al Barbieri on $850,000, with Barbieri going into a card decline which finally saw him eliminated in third place for a payday of $80,072.
The elimination left Tam in a very strong position, holding $2,175,000 going into the heads up against Alenius's $720,000, but the cards were with the Swedish player who took a number of major pots until he was some $100,000 ahead of his rival, and thereafter it was just a matter of time and determined play until he emerged victorious. Tam collected $121,999 for his efforts, whilst Alenius took the prize win of $197,509 and his first ever WSOP winner's bracelet.