Event number 46 of the ongoing World Series of Poker (WSOP) featured the largest prize pool in the history of this event. The event had a $5,000 entry fee and was a Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em tournament which gathered 805 entries for a total prize pool of $3,783,500.
This tournament was first introduced to the WSOP in 2005 and was won that year by poker legend Doyle Brunson, who picked up his tenth WSOP bracelet that year.
On the close of Day 1, over 700 players were eliminated which included Nam Le, Full Tilt Pro Jennifer Tilly, Sorel Mizzi, David Pham, David Williams, Amnon Filippi, Dave Ulliot, Phil Laak, Phil Hellmuth and Marco Traniello.
Play on Day 2 started with Jesper Petersen as the chip leader with 204,000 in chips. He was followed by Aaron Wilt at 181,500, Michael Goldberg at 176,600 and David Kitai at $176,200. Day 2 ended with 6 players geering up to play on the final day.
The final day brought Sam Trickett, David Kitai, Joe Commisso, Richard Lyndaker, Tom Lutz and Edward Ochana to the table. The first 2 players to be eliminated were David Kitai and Tom Lutz. While Sam Trickett won 4th place, Edward Ochana was placed 3rd.
The 2 remaining players were Lyndaker and Commisso alone competing heads up for the bracelet. The competition between them lasted 200 hands, with Commisso in the lead for most of the time. Both of them staged 12 all-ins but on the 13th all-in, Commisso won the hand and the bracelet .
