In the end, the following Final Table of eight players was set:
Seat 1: Matthew Ashton – 171,000
Seat 2: Mike Matusow – 405,000
Seat 3: Vladimir Shchemelev – 41,000
Seat 4: Yuval Bronshtein – 896,000
Seat 5: Tony Cousineau – 260,000
Seat 6: Gavin Smith – 221,000
Seat 7: David Baker – 801,000
Seat 8: Mike Leah – 354,000
Shchemelev opened the line of eliminations, getting railed in the 4th hand of the finale. Gavin Smith, Tony Cousineau and Bronshtein followed, the latter losing his top stack along the way.
The long four-handed game was ended with the elimination of Baker, who ran into Mike Leah’s top two pairs:
Baker: 8 8 / 2 K J 2 / 9
Leah: A 3 / 6 4 4 T / T
Still, it was Leah, who was out in 3rd:
Matusow: K 5 / 3 4 4 4 / T
Leah: A 7 / K A 9 3 / J
Matusow won the hand with a set.
Matthew Ashton – 1,650,000
Mike Matusow – 1,500,000
Matusow gained the lead from Matthew Ashton in the heads-up and refused to let it go, winning the tournament with the following hand:
Ashton: 4 2 / 7 2 8 T / 8
Matusow: 9 4 / 9 3 K 5 / K
Matusow earned his fourth WSOP bracelet with his victory.
The end results are as follows:
1st: Mike Matusow - $266.503
2nd: Matthew Ashton - $164.700
3rd: Mike Leah - $108.412
4th: David Baker - $79.078
5th: Yuval Bronshtein - $58.835
6th: Tony Cousineau - $44.543
7th: Gavin Smith - $34.268
8th: Vladimir Shchmelev - $26.757
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