Well, neither one of my friends managed to win, but Jordan did get 2nd for over $400,000. I grabbed a picture of Jordan off of pokerwire:

Alex Jacob, formerly known as yahtzem on PokerStars, managed to take down the event for about $880,000. He’s a recent graduate of Yale and is very widely respected in both the online and live poker worlds. He got 2nd in a Foxwoods WPT event this past April. Here’s a picture from pokerwire:

Shane Schleger, a long-time employee of thepokerdb.com and friend of mine, finished in 9th place for around $40,000:

Here’s a picture of Shane at the final table:

Also, here are some pictures of the heads up match:

Look for a ton of ESPN coverage of this event in the coming months.

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