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A Photographical Look Back at the Richest Tournament Ever Dealt

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A Photographical Look Back at the Richest Tournament Ever Dealt 101
Tom Dwan was one of the first to confirm his name for the $250,000 buy-in event

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Tony Bloom: Chairman of Brighton & Hove Albion football club, high-stakes sports bettor, poker player

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Phil Ivey being mic'd up for play

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\"Heads-up for rolls?\"

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Nikolay Evdakov was one of two Russians to pony up the buy-in

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Roland de Wolfe arrives fashionably late to the party

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The other Russian in the field, Alexander Kostritsyn

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Dan \"Jungleman12\" Cates flashing a rare smile

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David Benyamine multi-tasking at the table

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James Obst during the happy few minutes when he still had a chip stack; Obst was the first player eliminated

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Paul Phua, one of three Chinese businessmen who entered

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Rail Heaven

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Where else can you get such a good view of 20 people playing cards for $2.5 million?

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The featured table as seen from the balcony

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The secondary table from above

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James Obst's fate; kings into Erik Seidel's aces

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Two tables in play

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Ivey, Ivey, Ivey!

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Jungleman and Nikolay Evdakov

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Andrew Feldman, looking rather dull

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Annette Obrestad just prior to her final all in

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Wang Qiang re-shoves on Obrestad

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Annette was all in with pocket fives... and all out a moment later

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Lock it up

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Sam Trickett would make it all the way to heads-up play

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Looking across the table at Erik Seidel and Phil Ivey

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Erik Seidel's gaze

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Businessman #3, Richard Hong

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Paul Phua's profile

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The cameras were rolling tape all day long

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Sam Trickett ran good enough to flop a set against aces for his tournament life

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Paul Phua all smiles as he collects a pot

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The final table from above

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Nikolay Evdakov's elimination at the final table

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A visit from a familiar face...

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It's Gus Hansen who skipped this event to check out \"the tennis\"

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Richard Hong eliminated

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Wang Qiang just about to shove his deuce-three offsuit into Sam Trickett's aces (on the money bubble, no less)

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Wang Qiang eliminated

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That left three men in the money playing for the title; David Benyamine, Sam Trickett, and Erik Seidel

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Trickett puts a nasty beat on Benyamine to send him out in third place

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All Trickett could do was purse his lips and shake hands with the man he'd just eliminated

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Trickett and Seidel heads up for the win; Trickett starts with a huge chip lead

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Erik Seidel would battle back valiantly, however...

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...and it wasn't long before Trickett was down in the danger zone

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During his final all-in, Sam Trickett receives some well-wishes from his mate James Bord

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Erik Seidel takes the trophy! (and the lucky dog gets to spend a few minutes with Lacey Jones, too)

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Seidel posing for photos with Lacey Jones

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Seidel has his moment alone with the trophy and the winning cards, jack-nine

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Congrats to Erik Seidel for winning the biggest-buy-in tournament ever held!

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