Only 11 players remained by the 25th blind level (5,000/15,000/30,000), with Randy 'nanonoko' Lew also among the ones that had to leave. He lost his stack against Henry Lu in a coinflip. Jesse Yaginuma finished eleventh, and players sat together at one table after that.
The "real" final table started when Clark went all-in with pocket Kings against Lu's Queens, and a Queen came on the flop. The nine-handed final started with the following chip counts:
Chair 1. Henry Lu – 2,745,000
Chair 2. Tom Alner – 1,550,000
Chair 3. Botond Balázs - 775,000
Chair 4. Hovan Nguyen - 295,000
Chair 5. Francois Dur - 590,000
Chair 6. Jared Rosenbaum - 305,000
Chair 7. Neil Channing – 2,735,000
Chair 8. James Mackey – 2,015,000
Chair 9. John Nelson – 1,460,000
Jared Rosenbaum said goodbye in ninth place, and next to leave was Francois Dur; both stacks were taken by Channing.
Neil Channing
At the 26th blind level (5,000/20,000/40,000) Botond, the shortstack went all-in with dealt Sixes preflop, and got called by John Nelson. Nelson had pocket Nines and won on a neutral board.
Hovan Nguyen took 6th place, and was followed by John Nelson, Tom Alner, and James Mackey.
Neil Channing - 10,200,000
Henry Lu - 2,250,000
In the three-hour-long heads-up Lu managed to come back on top with great play, and started the last hand with a huge advantage. Channing bet 250,000, Lu went all-in, and Channing called.
Channing: 
A J
A J Lu: 
4 
4
4 4 Board: 2 
3 Q K 3
2 3 Q K 3 Lu won the flip, and with this, he did not only get his first WSOP bracelet, but also achieved his first live tournament win.
Henry Lu
Final Results:
1. Henry Lu - $654,380
2. Neil Channing - $406,409
3. James Mackey - $286,633
4. Tom Alner - $207,019
5. John Nelson - $151,338
6. Hovan Nguyen - $111,961
7. Botond Balázs - $83,802
8. Francois Dur - $63,459
9. Jared Rosenbaum - $48,614
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