[Music] the World Series of Poker main event is a simple proposition come on $10,000 gains entry to the ground floor but to reach the top players must turn to skill don't mess with Wall Street luck oh wow and Gordon ve will survive as all in and courage the amateur stands up to the war worldly Pro tonight with an $8 million first place prize on the line nine players will tap all their resources to reach poker's Pinnacle on a ride that started in July who will get off last in [Music] November the 2016 World Series of Poker main event Final [Music] Table nine players are left each chasing a staggering $8 million first place prize this event is a spectacle and Spectators continue to support the game and their favorite players this final table has it all young old dads Millennials a Melting Pot of Poker here in Las Vegas everyone is fired up and ready to go Lon McCarron with Norman Chad and Cara Scott as we get a look at the chip counts to start the final table Cliff josephy with about a 7 million chip lead over Vietnamese Bourn qu win Jerry Wong and frandle ponds need immediate help josephi the Elder at the table at age 50 ponds the only true amateur at this November 9 they toiled for seven days in July now the biggest moment of their poker careers is here hand number one at the 2016 Championship final table folded to quei win with a SP off he has homef Advantage he lives in Las Vegas plus he has his lucky [ __ ] hat raised to a million and a quarter to Cliff josephy the chip leader with Queen n the only bracelet winner here he went from picking stocks to picking online games to crush and says excuse me but I will take control a r ra to 3.2 million everyone else folds back to quii win the chip leader wants to send out an early message and the two big Stacks clashing on the very first hand and a repop to 8 and A4 million from when a four bet into the chip leader with Ace for offit and he cannot continue and qun takes the pot and the chip lead team qu tells team backs not on my watch sir qu win makes an opening statement tonight in seaing order let's now meet our November 9 Jarry Wong from Brooklyn New York Griffin bener from Toronto Canada from PR Czech Republic Fernando Bon from pal Queen from Vietnam Cliff josephy AKA Johnny B from Muttontown New York Michael Ruan from Maywood New Jersey Gordon Veo from San Francisco California Kenny holl from hser Belgium one of those nine to become poker's new world champion four chip colors at the table including the brand new oversized yellow mini frisbee worth 1 million Hollard Ace eight of spades he's going to raise it to a million and a half Hollard calls himself a recreational player yeah like Warren Buffett is a recreational investor and the big blind voy ritka King five of Spades he's from Prague ritka studied cryptography at Charles University in Prague cryptographers generally do very well on the single scene but there's just no money in that business a weak Ace versus a weak King all Spades what could go wrong here is the Flop 67 for just one Spade ritka is open ended holl art with a gut shot a check from the check can a poker tournament director win the most important poker tournament in the world why not there's no tournament rule against it he was the pre- Flop aggressor he'll continue 1.6 million Hollard does have the best hand ritka makes the call are you going to a World Series Europe in Czech Republic in 2017 L I'm trying trying to get alone time with Cliff josephi to back me but he's not taking my calls Jack of Spades both with flush draws hallard though has the Ace of Spades Risa checks again holler worked as an electrician for eight years in a factory big mistake you never work for the man you want to work for yourself Hollard bets 5.3 million I like that bet harer hoping ritka has maybe a six or a four just goes away and if he doesn't holler has very strong draws I'm wow rosit is ready to run with it wow holler would gladly pay a 2 million chip penalty to take his bet back and see a river card for free he's got the best hand but it's only a high now in the mck Roy ritka in it to win it the bluff shove what a play coming in before play began we spoke with voy about his state of mind coming to this Final Table you know I just want to go or bit by orate hand by hand and not not not distract myself by thinking about you know about about the about a bracelet about my rail about how how do I look at TV you know I I didn't come here to look great on TV I didn't come to make new friends I just you know I just came here to finish the job and yeah bring the bracelet home that's it same here Lon I didn't come here to look great on TV didn't come here to make new friends I just came here to finish the job ah two out of three is not bad for you good for you Ninth Place money of $1 million was paid out to each player when action was paused in July I.E Ninth Place walks with nothing extra tonight Fernando Pon the short stack all in with A6 the Home Improvement store supervisor with seven big blinds left take a count please and the big blind with King Jack Joseph he wants a count on the man from mayorca ponds traveled 5,875 Mi to play this hand that's a long trip to move in with A6 and with the monster stack Joseph he will look him up and try to knock him out ponds won his main event seat with a 30 Euro satellite just a pittance earning him a seven fig payday Fernando's Rail and Fernando don't look too confident and a king in the window for josephy pwns now must find an ace here for n ponds is running out of cards his first trip to Vegas was to play in the main event this is his second trip turn card is a nine doesn't help [Applause] pawns team backs in good spirits Fernando Pon has to have an ace the River card another king josephy Rivers trips Fernando pawns out in Ninth Place that's one Pond's first Main Event ever $1 million November 9 short stacks have not fared well historically josephy takes the win Ryan ree chance corne sha de celebrate with josephy who's back in the chip lead Pon came in ninth goes out ninth still a great main event for the first Tim it's just beautiful oh my god get the hell out of here kidding me Michael Ruan and others getting a chance to hold the bracelet if first place was awarded based on family participation Ruan would win in a landslide my family unbeknownst to me they were all meeting at my aunt's house every night the entire family friends everybody's Gathering everyone was there and was there from 3:00 p.m. until 3:00 in the morning and I didn't know this at all because they didn't want to uh they don't want to make me nervous what was the nickname was headquarters they're sitting on a computer it's not like you're watching a sporting event you're just sitting on a computer hitting their fresh button but they would do this for 8 or n hours uh for 3 days straight every time the money jumped we were all you know losing our minds over here there sort of this frenzy of who's coming in and who's coming out and I just kept supplying pizza and we're always just going back and forth to each other's houses my grandparents lift Three Doors Down I think my grandma maybe got 2 hours of sleep from day 600 and seven she was up all night love you guys my mom and dad God bless them I mean they are 84 years old and they're refreshing and they're refreshing we were the real ones grinding I was up for 13 hours had to go to work the next day so we're all my brothers it was it was nuts all we can do is refresh so you have to picture all of us in the room and our various satellite locations who can refresh faster Ireland had a satellite location Mikey was one sitting at the table dealing with the real stress but uh might have been more stressful for us following Updates this is the book we made for Mikey so the beginning of the book is all of his chip counts it's quite a a piece of memorabilia to have so we wanted him to be able to really look back and enjoy the moments he's worked extremely hard for this we're just we couldn't be happier for them let go go go the support in my family are just it's just they're they're they're too much they're too funny will going to have this opportunity once most likely so I'm going to really treat it like as as as serious as I as one should Rand opened with King jack to a million four Kenny Hollard has called with pocket sixes by the way if the Ruan Clan wanted updates I could have called them from the main event floor and put the on speaker phone no charge Ruan flops open-ended but it's Hall art with the pocket sixes holding the best hand and who wants to hit Refresh on a computer for 9 hours unless you're Mark Zuckerberg Ruan bets a million eight harer says I know I'm not one of the best nine players in the tournament I just got a good run and that just makes you want to root for him a bit more allart calls but you see by the percentages he's not favored though he does have the best hand got to love poker turn card now is another queen and hallard six has just got counterfeited by the two bigger pairs on board that's why he wasn't favored even though he had the best hand good point Ruan now with his king and the two pair on board has the advantage and he checks allart checks Back River card now makes it official Rowan has the best of it Michael checks holler knows his hand is no good at Showdown and he wants to test the New Jersey online poker Pro 3.6 million from Kenny Ruan missed his draw and wondering if King high can actually be good here he makes the call and King high is actually good there the Ruan Clan doesn't have to hit the refresh button they can watch that gutsy call live here at the pen and tell theater in earlier days of the main event r and took his time on the river and often made that right decision there with a nice call Michael just one of two Millennials at this Final Table along with 27-year-old Gordon Veo this year a noticeable decline in the Young from years past 20tons have won the last eight main events but maybe it's an old man's game again maybe the Young Guns have burned themselves out B on the button with a tray of spade saw 30-year-old ritka open for a million 825 with Queens on day six with 38 players left ve was all in with Ace King against Aces he made Broadway on the turn he should feel as if he's on a free rle for the rest of his life blinds up to 4 800,000 and a re ra from ve on the button to 5.1 million in the big blind a short stack Jerry Wong with Jack Greg meron Ryan Reese and Joe mcken all main event Champs who wore sports jerseys at the final table tough to pull it off in a Knicks jersey though and a tough spot here for pocket Jacks this 34-year-old was the main event chip leader to begin day six and he's going to forbit it to 8 1.2 million almost all in rishka now with his Queens he's not going anywhere great spot for ritka five bet in progress he makes it 13.5 million at this point vo's cards may as well be from a Raco deck they have no value Veo has 5 million of his chips in the pot he'll leave them behind and wall calls all in with his Jacks big trouble against the queens ritka has the Florida Pro by way of New York crushed ritka with a chance to knock off a player get a seven- handed Wong on The Chopping [Applause] Block here is the Flop not much hope there for wall know it could be worse it could be better Wong still looking for a Jack or running straight cards turn card now four of Hearts brings Jerry Wong close to perhaps the end of his main event Journey one time all right one time that's a very late one time request the River card is pain Jerry thought it might have been a jack but it's another queen he's on in eighth place like Fernando ponds Jerry Wong simply waited for one hand to play he just got a good hand at a bad time w a talented and respected poker Talent Jerry picks up an extra 100K for finishing eighth ritka now is the chip leader s-h handed at this main event final table not the time to say we told you so but Jerry We Told You So pcka Jacks never win nice run Mr Wong we'll see you next year welcome back to the Rio allset Hotel in Casino back in July 6,737 players entered the main event after two eliminations here at this spinal table we're down to seven Mike it down to six unless Griffin bener can survive his all in he's had nothing to play Counting on ace9 to Spades to bail him out against the pocket TS held by Gordon Veo they got it all in Pre flop the Counterstrike world champion fledgling poker broadcaster has had nothing going here right now Griffin bjer has to have an ace or a nine the River card is a six Griffin bers run of a lifetime comes to an end seventh place in this main event I was hoping Griffin would win so he'd stop pursuing a poker broadcasting career and stop trying to take bread off my table Seventh Place worth one and A4 million bucks us almost a million 7 Canadian so a nice boost to Gordon Veo stack as we're down to six players now veos love a poker created in early academic exit about 10 years ago I'm proud of the way I turned out I guess but I'm not necessarily proud of the fact that I didn't finish High School by any means you know that was something that I was really embarrassed about for a long time and I was I would get really upset when people would say oh you dropped out of high school things like that no I didn't drop out of high school maybe indirectly I contributed certainly but it was something that I was self-conscious about for a long time for sure Gordon didn't drop out he was expelled several weeks short of graduation because he played too much poker and didn't show up to class much Gordon ve now living in San Francisco with Ace 10 of clubs in the big blind will match the 2 million that chip leader ritka put in with a 10 of Spades so heads up to the Flop 8 N Trade two clubs Veo with the nut flush draw as ritka misses that Veo checks ritka says he's gotten so lazy he only plays online two or three days a week I understand if you're too lazy to Mountain climb but to play online all you have to do is wake up reach for your laptop and power it on you don't even have to get dressed roska BS 52 million the the percentages you see are based on a player winning the pot outright at Showdown now Veo he used to play online all the time he had initiative he was just too lazy to drive to school beo will come along for 5 half million turn card now is another club and ve with a nut flush ritka with a useless gut shot B checks it again boek ritka the chip leader at this Main Event championship table drawing dead and looks like he wants to donate more chips to the middle rositzka in it to win it he'll take a shot not a good time 72 million Veo is a trappy kind of guy likes his opponent to take the lead and he'll keep check calling this is veil's first main event cash and he just makes the call with a nut flush I would have thought he missed the day in school they taught you how to trap another nine on the river let's see if Veo can get any more out of ritka he checks again they both check Ace 10 versus Ace 10 but the nut flush comes home ritka might Set Fire To His cards here as he picked a bad time to get aggressive and Gordon takes a nice [Applause] po ritko thinking I hate High School dropouts who turn nut [Music] [Applause] flushes Gordon used to hear this chant in high school that's when they were looking for him they solidifying his hold on fourth place he's on the heels of Cliff Jose now lines at half million and 1 million the an is 150,000 antie schanes get rid of the Annies hallard under the gun Ace Queen of Clubs a raise to 2.3 million over to que win with pocket aces and that hat yeah to be at the main event final table with a raccoon hat in pocket aces with ritka falling out of the chip lead qu win is now the chip leader again a r to 5.7 million Joseph he gets out of the way as does Ruan Boo in the big blind pocket tense holler raised under the gun and now it's been three bet the way Veo has been playing I wouldn't be shocked to see him fault this ve gives it up well done sir hallard now the original Razer Ace Queen suited there is never a good time to have Ace Queen and sometimes are wor worse than others this would be one of those times oh no all in snap call Kenny hallard poised to be our sixth place finisher Hollard is not happy with himself 35 million chips 35 big blinds about to be removed from his stack his main event about to end abruptly poker Pro Melanie Weisner who cash in this year's Main Event in Hall Art's Corner you work so hard for so long to get here and one misstep sends you out into the hot desert night and now the Flop a queen for hallard so that's something but no clubs now that Queen does not help Hall art nearly enough we win looking to score all of Kenny Halls almost 36 million chips turn cart is a seven que and is Crow ready to erupt holl's path is narrow and short now Kenny Hollard looks crestfallen he has to have a queen or he is done the River card a four wi will score his first knockout at this Final Table Kenny hallard sent packing in sixth place a terrific Run for the affable poker tournament director but that last hand will sting for a while qu WN exerting his influence on this final table the players are set to take a break but for Kenny Hollard a much longer one is scheduled but right now qu win is the man of the hour with five players left the best poker content on the internet your super high roller Bol seven Champion oh yeah wheels are coming off that's the craziest hand I've ever seen what was that fight go to get. go.com t24 for $20 off a new annual subscription the championship is coming and at the World Series of Poker main event that means $8 million and the bracelet the win is really the culmination it's the it's the Pinnacle from the start Main Event firsttimer qu win found chips everywhere he looked now with takes a commanding lead into five- handed action but four talented Pros are waiting for his first [Music] mistake the championship is coming we win the chip leader right now he's the Wild Card coming into tonight's action his wife and many friends on his rail are loving this Thrill Ride right now win from Saigon but loves this country as that we put the US flag next to his name he's got pocket sixes and a rais to 2,350 qu had a bad bakara habit he had to sell his car he had to call family in Vietnam and asked him to sell his home there and send him the money because of his Baka losses and now he's staring at a multi-million dollar score because he can play poker pretty well pocket eights for Ruan on and he says all in for over 23 million with a bigger pocket pair 23 ran with 23 big blinds he needs a double up and this would be for about 20% of que's big stack W did catch a lucky River Card against Ruan on day seven to stay alive in this main event and he's going to make the call with the smaller pocket pair so Michael Ruan in good shape for a double up here sixes sixes R thrilled he's not racing with qu he's got the chip leader crushed we loves the gamble of the game he could lose this pot twice and still be the chip leader Ruan happy in the position he's in right now here is the Flop Ruan still good in his double up hunting trip we win calmly waiting it out ran said making the November N9 was Indescribable winning the main event would be even more Indescribable but first he must survive this all in turn card is a queen which is not a six so it comes down to the river Ruan ahead but can't sit easily yeah you see him squinting there Ruan says he has trouble reading the board sometimes his first piece of business after the final table might be Lasix surgery but first he's got to dodge a six on the river the river is a king ran gets his double up through the chip leader qu win and that's the most emotion we have seen from micel ran still the short stack but with playing chips now yeah over 47 million for Michael quii win takes the ding but still the chip leader with more than 97 million Michael Ruan one of the most likable players at this Final Table he comes from an online poker background and most of his competitors say they don't know too much about him and he wants to keep it that way he loved Malta Costa Rica and Canada but Ruan was homesick for family homesick for New Jersey and homesick for baloney and cheese sandwiches quick recap of ritka's Main Event his fifth chip leader on day seven but began this Final Table in six though he was Top Dog tonight for about 20 hands vitka with Ace King and the small blind saw Veo Ray with pocket eights rit's favorite NBA team the Detroit Pistons how many pistons fans can there be in Czech Republic there aren't even that many piston fans in the US with Ace King he's going to repop it to 8,150 wind gives up his big blind so back to Gordon now Veo has been pretty snug I'm sure he is not thrilled with that three bet two very even stacks for Che with a slight advantage and there's a call from Veo with the eights ritka Ace King against vo's pocket eights and here is the flopping eight for Veo ritka in big trouble if he wants to continue here if they did a study I'd bet that players who flop sets at the World Series do the best yes skill matters but so do sets and a set for V and ritka putting chips into the middle with a continuation bet of 6,150 slightly more than 1/3 the pot for Veo this is nearly Checkmate not long ago Veo won a 31 million chip pot from ritka with a nut flush when they both had Ace 10 now Gordon Veo with his monster hand just makes the call Veo is very trappy ritka is very not happy turn card now seven of Hearts another Miss for ritka as he is now drawing dead that's a good looking board for a set of eights and a better sight vo's opponent thinking about putting more chips in ritka is in it to win it he has no fear that is 11.4 million such a passive piece peaceful looking man with a set yeah with a set and when he had the flush against resis not too long ago he had voy putting chips in the middle voluntarily too ve counts out another call doesn't want to scare off voy Veo does not have a trapping license in the state of Nevada so this should not be legal River Card five of Spades I'm all in all in I call ve calls all in and with his set of eights he scores a huge double up set of eight [Applause] eight Bale with a huge pot leaving boyek rositzka with crumbs rositzka no longer in it to win it all but out of here as he Bluffs off almost his entire stack B is now the chip leader and rosit can say he went for it but that's little consolation once stacked with heaps he's left with [Music] scraps in case we needed to be reminded vo ritka showed us that every decision is so critical at a poker table a bluff at the absolute wrong time gets called leaving him with little hope now here he shoved with A7 as que went woke up with Ace Queen of Hearts ritka trying to double up to two big blinds here it's pretty grim another four all those outs go unused vyek ritka is on the outside looking in done in fifth place he played with a lot of heart no one at this table wanted to see voy ritko with a lot of chips and now he has no chips he wins almost two million Quinn closing the Gap slightly on chip leader Veo ritka was trying to become the first from Czech Republic to win the main event Martin stasco finished second in 2011 and right now he is down with our Cara Scott voy I need you to talk to us about that critical hand um you know what's your thinking in that hand there uh I was trying to play the hand right and it didn't work Gord made a great job tring me and that's it yeah you've played some amazing poker at at this Final Table we' watched some really incredible hands so as a general overview how do you feel that you've done here uh T to do now know you know you know to be a this final amazing experience uh we're back in Action a lot of money I met many new people which which I would never met without getting there so I'm really grateful to be here but right now it's it hurts and um yeah but I will be back stronger next year thank you so much out in fifth place we're forehanded beo who put the Big Hurt on ritka has pocket sixes here on the button he is the chip leader a raise of 2.3 million to win in the small blind the former chip leader with pocket fours when qu first came to the US he worked in a nail salon in Alaska then he came to Las Vegas and bought a nail salon where he met his wife qu makes the call to the big blind Joseph he the chip leader to begin this Final Table he's got a queen he's got Ace Queen josephy is a Mets fan that's strike one he's a Knicks fan that's strike two and he graduated from the University of Michigan which makes him a Jim Harbaugh fan that's strike three and four a ray though from Joseph with Ace Queen to an even 9 million well Veo the original Razer with the best hand but he got called and then Joseph E three bet it Gordon's been pretty snug so again I wouldn't be shocked to see him fold this we did see him correctly fold his pocket tens after W's pressure when was holding Aces and Veo folds here that leaves us with the two blinds and que more of a fi guy than a math guy wow says all in he's feeling it and I doubt josephi is feeling it to risk the r of his substantial stack with Ace Queen and he can't call what a gutsy play by win team que again tells team backs not on my watch wow wi has cut quite a figure on poker's Ultimate stage his bets raises and R raises are generally much larger than standard and that has confounded his opponents nice hand Queen thank you and that hand propels qu win into the chip lead forehanded now with over 112 million Rowan still the short stack action now on Cliff josephy josephi with Ace Jack of Hearts he's going to raise it up to 2.4 million josephi would be the first over 50 to win the main event since n Furlong at age 61 in 1999 Cliff with two World Series of Poker bracelets the only one coming to this championship table with any World Series bracelets ve with king queen josephi used to be a financial backer of Veo online a decade ago now they are trying to tear each other's heart out and feed it to the pigeons Ling near the Rio value lot Veo in second place now with a Rea to 8.1 million back to josephy now Joseph used to do training videos he says you can teach patience easier than you can teach aggression and very measured and patient at this main event to make it this far calls for 5.7 million more with the best hand here's the Flop it is 10 Jack King veil with top pair and open-ended josei with a Broadway draw and middle pair that flop did not miss anyone young or old Veo was the pre- Flop aggressor he continues here with 4.7 million and the best hand Joseph would prefer to play small all pots but this one is growing with middle pair he makes the call The Mention both with that Broadway draw turn card now is an ace oh my Veo scores Broadway Jose with aces up now Gordon's fiance K can barely watch this Gordon met her in high school I guess on one of the few days he was actually there Gordon bets 10 .1 million and gets the stare from Cliff well Cliff makes two pair and it's the worst card in the deck I I could see josephi getting away from this a queen certainly in vo's range he could have Ace queen king queen pocket Queens Veo had three bet pre- flop Cliff with the two pair as you mentioned and a Broadway draw to chop those are calling chips wow what a hand this is playing out to be but that's a let down Deuce of diamonds on the river a deuce on the river doesn't change anything anywhere anytime anyhow beo has been the aggressor the whole way and that's got to tell Cliff something Gordon now stack of those half million chips adds up to 14.7 million I bet is small and fishy I I mean it smells fishier than Fisherman's Warf with the breeze blowing in and you see the furrowed brow on Joseph he and he's thinking the same thing I think Norman well Cliff is getting more than four to one on a call here he knows it's either a straight or a bluff fold leads him with over 49 million and he does give it up Joseph he frustrated but he makes the right decision one street late Kate is loving it as her man Gordon Vil once again is in the chip lead so a timely turn again puts ve in the driver's seat chip leader with four players [Music] remaining the high roller wheel at the link just down the road from the Rio as these four players compete in poker's most prestigious tournament Michael Ruan the short stack and the big blind with Queen n and he makes a call for 2.3 million total after Veo opened with a 10 and wi called with Queen Jack of Hearts three players to the Flop Trey 1071 har Ruan misses Veo picks up top pair a check from Michael Veo worked in a grocery store as a teenager his job was to walk down the aisles and turn products around so the labels face the customer he quit after 3 weeks has never worked again with top pair a of 2.8 million qu win with two overcards when has had one job at this Final Table confuse his opponents and he has done that very well he makes the call Ruan gets out of the way will'll be heads up to the turn well that's an optimistic call by que turn card now four of Hearts Veo still best with his pair of tens wi with a flush draw now great board for Gordon vo's hand Veo reaching for some of the oversized yellow Mini frisbees worth a million each some of each 7.7 million from Gordon Veo as you mentioned wi picked up that flush draw and he does have two overs to the board there's only one card to come though unless they change the rules forehanded no they have not but he does have that glorious Rocket Raccoon hat and a decision all right oh wow and he says raise he didn't have to say raise the thumb in the air is the universal symbol for raising of course it's also the universal symbol for ordering a thumb ring if you happen to be in a Thum ring store and with his four flush he raises to 24.4 million when apparently called The Flop with the intention of robbing Veo on the turn that heart probably gave qu a lot more criminal courage veil's been ahead the whole way nice answer but he does give it up and he folds to the power of Que qu win unpredictable unconventional undecipherable with the lucky hat he continues to run circles around this talented final table so when I see that head I like it I feel okay this you know the time who I am when I go in the game you know take it down so you have to be like that if I go to my grave with that hat on I will not rest easy 6 feet under we win our chip leader right now action on Michael man Queen eight of diamonds under the gun stay active or stay home when it's forehanded he raises to 2.3 million Veo on the button with king queen Ruan like Veo also had one real job when he was younger he worked at American Eagle Outfitters folding clothes he also quit after 3 weeks with the bigger Queen he makes the call qu wind folds Ace 9 josephi now on the big blind with Ace jack cliff josephi always has had one job being cliff josephy and living the good life and it's good enough he makes the call I don't like calling there out of the blind with Ace Jack it's razor fold where I come from you come from years and years of playing losing poker Norman good for you jack 1082 diamonds it's Christmas at the main event josephy with top pair top kicker ran with a straight flush draw and bottom pair and open-ended for Veo what an action flop like in the movies but whatever happened to Poker movies what's going on with rounders 2 yeah what is going on with rounders 2 4 million from josephy didn't micel ran turn a straight flush on day seven against James Ops he's due for another one and he knows it he makes the call now veil with the two over cards and open-ended he's drawn to the nuts straight he can't go anywhere and four yellows into the pot what a flop that was turn card now another Jack trips for Joseph and the big Advantage but he's not out of the woods Joseph he won a stud bracelet in 2005 a No Limit Holden bracelet in 2013 this bet is double the Flop bet 8 million chips here I believe Mican would think better if he improved his diet cut his hair and lost the shades he's got two pair now he'd be okay with a straight or a flush and of course a straight flush works for him too he calls Veo smartly Folds heads up now josephi against Ruan River Card six of hearts and Ruan comes up empty on everything josephi about 90% certain he has a 100% hand right here and he bets enough to put Ruan all in ran with two pair hard to call off all your chips here but it is possible josephi also missed a draw Michael has committed over 14 million to this pot already but manages a fold there and finally some fresh air for team backs New Jersey yields to New York Ruan down to 28 million now a tantalizing board that came up empty for Ruan while Joseph he reaps the rewards the Maywood faithful probably getting ER Michael Ruan stack is getting [Music] short that is the bracelet that goes to the champion along with $8 million qu win with nearly half the chips in play as we continue forehanded Ruan has lost a few small pots and is now just below 16 big blinds qu win under the gun with Ace Jack when qu first came to Las Vegas he played poker at Bellagio they called him Tommy Gun because of his aggressive play you can hear it I'll take it yesterday you gave me a five he's got almost 161 million he can throw a few around a raise to 2.7 million josephi with a weak Ace he gives away to the small blind Ruan King of Hearts Queen of Hearts it's go time for the Hoboken kid by way of Maywood I think it's go time on it's go time Deo folds a king oh this is an a automatic call for qu with his hand and his stack it's for less than 10% of his chips he's good for it I think he's good for it surprisingly when giving this a lot of thought 15 what 15.7 and there is the call we expected wind looking for his third straight knockout at this final [Applause] table are you thinking of f yeah king queen of hearts Ace Shack off he thought for a little bit he thought for like 10 [Applause] second Queen win with a chance to pick up the last of ruan's chips here Ruan double through win earlier hasn't seen a lot of daylight tonight looking to survive and here is the Flop and that flop keeps qu win ahead ran can see no real help on that flop [Music] Michael ran looking for something to extend his main event the Jack pairs win but it brings more outs for [Applause] Michael it's not going to hit after that [Applause] one king queen CIT is not really supposed to that Jack's a bad ruan's got to have a 10 queen or King it's a river eight win with another knockout Michael ruan's Journey has concluded with a fourth place finish good Lu play really good thank bring it in good luck man nice to you man quwan extends his lead ran takes home over two half million great family great spirit great run he can buy a whole lot of baln and cheese the rest of his life now ruan's previous best live tournament payout was only 17 grand he's done a bit better tonight right now the pride of Maywood is with our Cara Scott we spoke before this all started and you said that you'd had so many positive comments from complete strangers even really all over the world so can you explain what this experience has been like in a a general sense yeah it's been awesome that's been uh definitely the craziest part even being at the radio here the last couple days people have been coming up to me and wishing me luck um and just like Facebook Twitter messages from all these people I've never met before uh let alone obviously my family and friends are here but to have uh people I've never met before rooting for me is awesome it's been really cool thanks so much we appreciate you talking to us what a final threesome the legend of Johnny BS the promise of Gordon Veo and the unpredictability of The Gambler we win everyone came back to l Las Vegas with renewed optimism but the early eliminations went down as planned voy Brit's Bluff went bad Griffin bener defined card dead Kenny hallard directed himself out of the tournament with a queen while maywood's Michael Ran's Run for the big money came up short there were so many twists and turns to get here and the path is just as winding on the way to 8 million and the bracelet in one of the most unpredictable years of the World Series of Poker Main Event only one thing is certain tonight A Champion will be crowned who wants it I'm like almost like getting like shakes and like chills just like having it in my hand I want to take you home take it away before I become too attached Cliff Josephine Gordon Veo and overwhelming chip leader qu win take to the felt with just one guarantee someone is walking into the Vegas night with $8 million excitement drama uncertainty it must be the final table of the World Series of Poker main events despite the enormous stakes and pressure 39-year-old Main Event first timer kwin is at ease with a chip lead trailing win is 27-year-old poker Pro Gordon Veil the youngest player currently second in chips and then there's Cliff josephi the former stock broker looking to gift himself at ag50 the world championship bracelet Juan McCarron here with my longtime broadcast partner Norman Chad and Caris Scott as we get a look at the chip counts Norman what stands out to you about this final three the contrast we have qu win is the Gambler Gordon Veo is The Prodigy who's been playing snug Cliff josephi is the widely veteran we are ready to get three-handed action underway and Cliff's wife Lisa on the stage I see going with hat and shades Mirror Image you want play like that I'm going to play like that I'm play just like you I don't like this maybe it's just for show but I think you want to play your game not the other guy's game a look at the chips in play the normal siiz Lavender is worth 100K and the red and yellow oversized many frisbee much needed with almost 337 million chips in play for our final three ace4 off for win to open things up 2.7 million K win has been The X Factor here no one can figure him out K took his first lead at this champ ship table on hand number one going through josephi he's got Ace Queen of Diamonds josephy as you mentioned wants the chip leader qu win now the chip Captain josephy maybe better known in the poker world as Johnny back trying to get a read on qu W through those glasses those are worth a million each and a three bet to 8 and half million beo folds the very first hand of this final table saw these two face off with pre-f flop fireworks qu had the better hand then and got the better of it Cliff this time with the better hand does qu believe there's got to be a tell when Que assembles chips fast or slow when he rep Peaks how he moves his body but all that's above my pay grade everyone here has had trouble figuring him out and is this a four bet Norman qu win playing back with a forbat and Cliff is all in five bet shove pause is good it's so good when they [Applause] pause he paused he paused he's not all in yet he is all in he hasn't been called he paused a new Cliff josephi channeling qu win and Will C oh I wasn't supposed to talk during hands I'm sorry guys this hand is exactly que's weakness over playing marginal hands and I think this is a pretty easy fold given all of Cliff's banter which indicates strength 299 Echo and he makes the call see gamble I hit let's gamble game Ace Queen of Diamonds ace4 black Ace black team Queen not happy all right no more no more High FES no more high fives let's go let's go the que wind playing loose and fast with his big chip lead come here baby brought out the lucky dog Monty Mon Mon Monty Monty all right I think I got to sweat this right if Monty's a lucky dog i' bring him over to the table to sweat it there is the Flop and top two for josephi a queen it's a queen of course it's a Queen Wall Street always wins red red we need red red red red red red red red red red red was Cliff like this on the floor of a New York Stock Exchange the black Trey is good enough now we now we high five now we can high five there we go Joseph with the big double up the poker World wondered would que win blow up well it looks like it's possible let's go we love your [Applause] play new ball game this game wi can we hope can I count the track or okay the best poker content on the internet your super high roller bll s Champion oh yeah wheels are coming off that's the craziest hand I've ever seen what was that fight go to get. go.com y24 for $20 off a new annual subscription hard to imagine a better start for clip Joseph in a three-handed play pause is good it's so good when they pause oh see gamble that's gamble [Applause] Queen I know Joseph in much better position at this Final Table Now supported by a rock solid family life at home where are you my dad made the final table and it's like really absurd it's been tough I haven't gotten a great night's sleep there's always something to think about there's always something to do but I'm loving it I get to play I get nervous I guess about it when he goes deep so I really it's more my friends who also get so excited about it and I try to like lay low let's go and they'll call me and be like can I tell you how well he's doing and I'll be like no I don't really want to know until he has a break and he tells me well I had played poker for a number of years being the fish in the game as the guy who made the money in the stock market that would come and dump a few thousand doar a week on Thursday nights and loved being that guy by the way I'm the one who tells him you know to eat right and and to exercise is it really we have some friends and family who are coming to root him on and I thought it would be cute if we had some hats made the competition is is formidable um these are these are very very good players oh my God you lost you just have to figure out how each person's playing and what's the best strategy to play against each other person wow the old man beat you it happens get him next time I'm definitely loving it if you don't believe in genetics after that piece nothing will ever convince you continuing three-handed the blinds now with 61.2 million Joseph feet with pocket deuces raises the 22 million Veo with pocket trays Veo 27 years old 27 World Series cashes this means he's cashing once a year every year of his life he wasn't cashing in the World Series when he was four years old yes he was he calls with his trays win with Ace Jack que said let's gamble after he doubled up josephi he is a gambler and a ray with ajack to 7.7 million kwin's coach young fan told him tonight to be aggressive but keep the pot small I'm not sure how you do both josephi and Veo certainly would like to play small ball as much as possible josephy with the smallest pocket pair and he calls for 5.2 million more Veo now with another small pocket pair Veo has not been that active at this final table but it has led him to the final three very respected in the poker world oh and he does make the call So a family pot energizing the crowd all right here we go and a deuce for Cliff and a tray for Veo set over set set over set over pre flop aggressor we're going to see some chips flying into the middle Veo checks his stronger set when who missed that flop as you mentioned was the pre- Flop aggressor obliged to continue here 9.9 million stepping into The Hornet's Nest yeah que might gamble his way from big stack to small stack very very quickly and now Joseph coard with a set under set but Cliff absolutely loves this spot both he and Veo thinking the same thing let qu build the pots and we can eventually take a lot of his chips josephy working with chips upon which he recently doubled up almost painful to watch josephy descending into the dungeon here he makes the call now Veo with that statue like face the dominating set there is a call from Gordon and Kate can hardly stand it it's a Trappers convention but one of the Trappers is trapped by the other Trapper four of diamonds gives when a wheel draw well Ace five and 56 got there nobody has either hand Veo checks again que win the chip leader is done pumping the pot well this is what Joseph he's been waiting for he's 90% certain he's ahead here though it might cross his mind that there are too many hands Veo would call a flop with given the free flop action check check 21 million from josephy well Veo is 90% certain he's ahead here they both can't be right vo's got a figure josephy would a four bet pre flop with pocket kings so Gordon very comfortable here with his set of threes the rails anything but comfortable by the way if Veo just calls here I'm not 90% certain when will fold he might check Rays Just for kicks on and Veo is going for it all that's over 75 million wind folds can josephi get away from this this is the hand of the final table set over set Joseph he just doubled up if he calls here he'll be down to eight big big blinds I mean could Veo have like king queen seems impossible I hate to be armchair quarterback since I don't have arms on my chair and this isn't football but I think this is a fold it's hard to fold a set but is Gordon really bluffing here wow he almost called double checks and does call and will finally learn the truth said under set I knew he had it I can't fold it I can't fold it he didn't flat the threes yesterday and he flatted him today he folded he folded yesterday out of the small what Joe cam where's Joe C we need a two we need a two we need a two Cliff was one of Joe kata's backers in 2009 and Kata hit a big two on his way to the main event title a two is coming smile a two is coming let's go two is coming put a deuce up there it's coming only one dece left in the deck B one non Deuce away from the chip lead and he has it come here come here come here it is what it is I know I know you're going be big it I know he has to have it he has to have it and and what what swayed me was yes somebody must have said you're you're folding too light out of this you know whatever I can't with over 200 million Gordon veils on top with three players left we got this we got this let's [Applause] go I'm not shaking I to make a mistake let's go no mistakes he knew it but couldn't do anything about it it's Gordon Veil now with more than half the chips in play back on day six Gordon Bale was 93% to be out of this main event with three players left he's the man to beat with a direct path to $8 million in the championship bracelet Joseph he's picked up some chips he's got over 22 million now wi has the button and first action Ace Queen off Wi has had a nasty bakara habit a losing bakara habit the thing is everybody loses at bakara unless you can figure out some sort of edge the raised to 2.9 Million josephy small Blind King of Spades nine of diamonds all in and he says all in and a snap call josephy on the hook Cliff decided he wanted to gamble there thank you I don't have to do it but I felt like it que usually doesn't have a hand as big as Ace Queen Queen now 64% to bust josephi and go heads up for the title with Gordon Veo and a huge pay bump that comes with heads up as well bring the dog to the table how about three Spades with a nine how about two Spades with a gut shot but wind does hit Top pair good we got it I don't think they got it cliff and Monty still need [Applause] help I anybody for the jack Jack is did anybody F the Jack I didn't F the Jack oh Monty what's up buddy Monty there's a SP he adds a pair of Nines in a flush draw 91 this Monty might be the luckiest dog in Las Vegas que win still favored but Josephine out with a host of new outs love de of the year they would love dealer of the Year Nathan Dand to bust josephy here Lisa can't watch the river carard is Spain and there's a double up Cliff josephy lives the good life has the Hat lost its luster having fun is everybody having fun sorry Gordon back to back to even on the day right that's that's even on the day when is left with 91 1 million shouldn't it be Johnny Runner Runner Spades to save his main event life Joseph he doubles the 46 [Applause] million that doesn't make me feel about my king ninefold the US [Applause] stand what a final table this has been good man thanks thank you you got like exactly what you started with basically almost but I was I was feeling a little better before not that I feel bad I mean I'm I'm in a good I mean that hand was no I mean I could I could have folded but I think I folded just too much yesterday I me it just so much folding it was so SI of folding yeah I've folded every small pair the last two days that's the thing is that you had you had folded in your small blond yesterday um to my open to my cut off open open so you're not supposed to have a small pair there so you adjusted and nice hand thank I mean thank you played it if you hadn't right if you hadn't folded that yesterday that was the deciding factor the remaining payouts some big jumps in there and 8 million to our new World Champ Joseph he has the button and first action and he's got the pocket trays Cliff cannot believe he now gets pocket trays There's A Life Lesson somewhere in there josephy raises the two and a half million beo folds wi in the big blind 74 que says if I told you I no longer play bakara I'd be lying he just tries to play smaller now he gambles more at the poker table he loves to play pots with Cliff it seems and he calls for a million three more Mah mandhi once told me there's not a lot of future in 74 off there's the Flop h Jack nine when misses josephy small pair is still good I like how que keeps chips in his hand because he's always within moments of betting them he checks it Johnny back used to be dominant in online poker but has not played online since Black Friday 5 and a half years ago he'll continue with the best hand 3 and a half million qu first played hold him when he moved to Alaska in Vietnam he only played a version of Five Card Stud where they removed the small cards from the deck so he was used to playing a game in which he saw up cards and it was a 32 card deck suddenly in hold them he couldn't see anyone's cards and it was a 52 card deck first he lost then he learned oh he has learned and look at this a check raised to 9.7 million and the que win we've seen here is not planned by the book He's not going by Optimal Game Theory or mathematical probabilities or merged ranges he is simply applying pressure again and again again and forcing the other guy to make tough decisions he's got twice the stack as Joseph he feels he can afford to take chances and afford to be wrong but gets Cliff to fold and the hat is back qu win is writing his own book he is playing the player qu win giveth que win taketh away more three-headed action after this if you can stand it welcome back to the Rio allset Hotel and Casino we are inside the pen and tellar theater for the World Series of Poker main event final table Lon McCarron with Norman Chad and Caris Scott we play down to a champion tonight it's been a Thrill Ride to this point action on the button que win you do not want to stay out directly for too long into that raccoon hat it's like staring directly into a Kardashian home he PS 87 suited josephi in the small blind in with Queen trees all in and he's lost a few chips so this is worth 18.7 million they with King six yeah Cliff all in for 11 big blinds and I think this is a call from Gordon less than 10% of his St I'll take that I'll take that he does call and he's got josephy in bad shape Queen three of diamonds against King six off Queen three of diamonds Queen yeah he's got King six hard Diamond I had what's that surpris has what he wants here he can knock out josephi and go heads up with the chip lead against qu win and with a big pay bump here's the Flop top pair for Veo bottom pair for josephi King on the Flop is hard to recover from but Wall Street always finds a way to win and the chip leader to start this final table is only favored to lose the rest of his chips right here to Gordon veale money we're using all your lck they're not using that lucky dog correctly he should be on the table playing dead Gordon always looks like he's thinking about meditating three is cleaner a black three Spades three Spades turn card four of clubs and Gordon ve one card away from going heads up this brings Cliff jie to the moment he never wanted to see okay I w't drop let's go queen ball queen ballen queen ball just one queen queen ball where is it Kata couldn't look I'm going to look though I got to look he wants to see a queen or a three or he's gone the River card the Deuce of Clubs and that's going to do it Gordon Veil knocks off the sentimental favorite Cliff Jose these Main Event run of a lifetime is over nice job the final table chip leader ends a disappointing third I tried I [Applause] tried it's all right Gordon Gordon Bale will take a nice lead in the heads up as Cliff josephy will Le to collect his biggest ever poker payday we are heads up for the bracelet and the $8 million payday while Veo and wi get ready Caris Scott is down to talk with clip josephi what an incredible few days of Poker you have played the deck really didn't do you any favors here today but let's talk about the experience as a whole the overall experience was absolutely wonderful um the support I got from all of the fans from my from my family which were obviously amazing throughout this as uh as I was a center of attention and didn't do my job around the house for months so thank you for that uh my coaches those guys were awesome and uh you know everybody all the staff here what's that money doing there without me but yeah I tried my best and uh gave it my all and it is what it is so is there a moment that will stick with you from the entire Main Event no I don't know I'll have to think about that that's a that's a quick one sorry who do you like hear heads up I know that's a tough question it's a tough question I'm not answering that too smart you're too smart for me thanks so much for talking to us when we come back that bracelet and that cash on the line 27-year-old Gordon Veo 39-year-old qu win battle to become poker royalty we are down to heads up here at the main event final table either qu WN or Gordon Vale will leave tonight with that bracelet contrasting Styles here qu win pressure pressure pressure Gordon Veo patient looking to pick off Big Win Bluffs Veo and the small blind is also the button heads up Ace Queen worth a raise to 4 million a smaller Ace for win but he doesn't mind the weak Ace nanded or heads up and there is a r ra to 11.9 million this is the second time Veo has been heads up for a World Series bracelet in 2014 he was runner up to devid Kai in a no limit hold him event and there is the call for 7.9 million more from Vil with Ace Queen all right here's our flop King Jack Trey two hearts win Miss Vil with a Broadway draw Win 39-year-old former nail salon worker and owner Veo 27-year-old veteran online Pro big blind acts first post flop and heads up play pre flop aggressor Here Comes 17.7 million Veo tries to emulate his coach Tom Marquees in terms of an even keeled approach never get too high never get too low take it one hand at a time like you do with your marriages like I do with my marriages Bale with the best hand Broadway draw makes that call wi wondering why did you make that call turn card now Deuce of Spades vo's bigger Ace still leads when did pick up a wheel draw I don't think it matters that qu picked up a gut shot if the turn card were an eight of diamonds he'd probably fire if he senses Veo is on a marginal hand and Veo has just been calling and look at that Tower of yellow chips that's 39.9 million pressure man that turn bet represents one quarter of vo's remaining stack vo's best but it's no pair and he does B to the pressure qu win does not play ABC poker he's playing with letters from an entirely different alphabet que's got to be que at a full table or one onone and look who's no no longer the chip leader nope the main EV it rookie has taken over in the closing stretch he's having fun qu continues his unorthodox style of play taking another pot there with the worst hand without much previous World Series experience win has proven to be more than up for this task what a remarkable story he bot and about playing bakara lost his car lost a home in Vietnam even lost his nail salon because because of Bakr setbacks now playing in his first Main Event one elimination away from $8 million and world champion of Poker veil with Ace 9 in the small blind during the 4mon break Veil won a No Limit event in Oklahoma for almost 600,000 a raise there to 4 million when with Queen five of clubs during the four-month break when went fishing with the son Kyle and he makes a call for 2.4 million more here's a flop 910 Ace two clubs win with a club flush draw Veo with aces up action flop actually almost any flop Quinn sees by default is going to be an action flop he checks it to Veo Gordon with the best hand continuing for 3.7 million million win nicknamed tommy gun for a reason he fires a lot of chips into a lot of pots he knocked off three players in a row at this final table and look at this a check rais to 9.7 million with his draw well that check raise is by the book it gives qu two ways to win this pot he might take it down right here if Veo was just C betting with nothing and if Veo calls qu can still get there with his flush draw of course qu might be check raising with two ticket stubs to lucky you also there is the call for 6 million more from Veo yeah with big hands like this Veo will simply be in call down mode a king there and qu adds a Broadway draw to his reasons to bet well here comes the que win Bluffin train right on time choo choo this is a lot of chips that's a pot siiz bet Norman 27.7 million pot siiz Bluff or or semi Bluff I think Gordon likely will just call here and give qu another opportunity to St at it on the river ve with two pair he has seen Que Play The Gambler and he does make that call this is exactly what Gordon is waiting for big big pot and he'll just pick off que bluff if he fires again on the river and the River card as a club and there'll be some firing as the flush comes through for qu win oh no need to Bluff yeah all in and Gordon ve has a pit in his stomach the size of the Goodyear blimp ve had him the whole way had him right where he wanted him the whole way what a river what a brutal River for Gordon to look at the board paired but not his Acer 9 and the flush got there he can only beat a bluff which qu is capable of but a Veo calls here it's over he's out and qu win is Champion oo's second pair got counterfeited as you mentioned got the paired board out there in the three clubs it's the worst River in the deck for me and I still don't believe you if you don't believe you are gone he does manage a fold qu win takes control Gordon Bale thought he had him he set him up and then he got rivered in the end Gordon makes the correct fold but it comes with a price qu wins stock and stack are rising the best poker content on the internet your super high roller b seven Champion oh yeah wheels are coming off that's the craziest hand I've ever seen what was that Bight go to get. go.com y24 for $20 off a new annual subscription in the ultimate High Roller quwan is showing he more than belongs in this game he has baffled and dazzled this final table with a brand of Poker that keeps you so off balance it knocks you right out of your seat for more on qu let's check in now with Caris Scott qu is a Las Vegas local but he still decided to stay here at the Rio all SES hotel in Casino during the November 9 so he'd be closer to the game and have less to think about in the morning before play started each day now his friends told him that he should actually stay here alone to avoid distractions from family but that's just not que style he said he tried it but he missed his wife and his son and he had them and join him he said he can't sleep properly unless he tucks his son in at night and so having family around is actually helping him focus and sleep well que met his wife when she worked at the Las Vegas nail salon he was buying so that was a good deal he got a salon and a spouse in one transaction blinds are up to 1.2 million and 2.4 million with a 400k Addy win with Jack five of diamonds on qu's third attempt at a satellite he won his main event seat his family urged him to set the seat worth $10,000 lucky for them he did not there's a raise to 6.7 million Veo looks down at Queen nine off Veo would be the ninth straight 20-some to win the main event that streak started with Peter Eastgate in 2008 Veo starting this hand with a million fewer chips than qu win he calls for four .3 million more but you know maybe 39 is the lucky number Greg rammer was 39 when he won in ' 04 Joe hashen was 39 in 05 Jerry Yang was 39 and 07 qu win is 39 top pair for Veo two clubs hit the board Veo checks to the pre- Flop Razer yeah this is a familiar pattern Veo has the best hand wi's going to bet ve is going to check call Que always obliges with a continuation bit this one is worth 9.7 million and this is pretty much Gordon's game plan Heads Up Wait For Hands let que win bet at it and pick them off for a lot of chips at the end Bale with the best of it puts together calling chips and they're in the pot now and you know Gordon's game plan would look a whole lot better right now if que didn't hit the flush in the previous hand to win that huge pot turn card 10 of hearts that keeps Veo ahead but he's still letting que lead the way and que is still drawing to a pair but his hand doesn't matter often it's the amount of chips he puts into the pot that matters often good point he loves to move chips and the chip leader wants to move another big stack of yellows that is 27.7 million and when you're calling down a lot of hands like Gordon is you need to be prepared to make mistakes and you need to be prepared to pick off Bluffs I think Gordon's game though is built for that they go incredibly at age 27 Gordon has been picking off Bluffs almost half his life Veo wondering is now a time for a check raise is nope just a call of course a check raise there probably ends the hand underscore probably you just never know with qu Win River card now is a five that pairs qu win but he cannot win the hand in Showdown Veo checks a third time yeah as you mentioned que hitting one of his draws making a losing pair of fives what he said all in Gordon keeps playing defense he's just not equipped for this offense can you really call off all your chips with second pair when dangling the chip lead in Boo's face but in there also the possibility of being knocked out with a call you know I'm not even sure if que all in is a bluff or or if he thinks he has the best hand but maybe that's what makes it so smart que keeps putting Gordon in awful positions most players would just be happy to get The Showdown Veo has to sus this out chip lead knocked out you have to separate the two to find a clear answer here and he does fold [Applause] angrily que win Gordon Bale was either fr ated that his style of play that he's chosen is not working or he thinks the cards are conspiring against him either way he's trailing qu win is taking poker back to the future he leaves me breathless with his plays nice Han thank you Gordon is be flamix really was planted on calling that one some got to do some know I don't know wi certainly enjoying himself here but the time with his family is what he enjoys most the summer time the M of time is spend time with my son you know we go the bow fishing and not really thinking about event I just very relaxing I feel sorry for the fish when he's fishing he'll Bluff him right out of the water well and then sometimes que has a real hand A's Queen of Diamonds here more than a four and 1 half to one chip lead for win a raise to 7 million Theo with a small suited Queen and with that weaker Queen he makes the call all right here's the Flop and there is a queen for both but when of course with a top kicker it's check to him that flop not good news for Veo all these chips are going to be in the middle of win bets here there's the BET 9.9 Gordon with 21 big blinds left all in all in check Ray all in and a snap call Veo finally played back and he's got the worst of it win two clean cards from this title I think most people would have picked Veo in this heads up match wi looked like he might blow up on the very first hand of three-handed play but instead qu has bluffed and grinded his way to the brink of this Championship Gordon B is at risk and crushed que win can taste victory runner up for Veo doesn't taste so good now Veo with the beevy of outs flush and straight draws on the turn hello 18 outs but ve still a dog to fend off elimination you like that turn [Applause] quick man the same thing happened last time I win you know so we can do we got a fun turn I'm sorry you how you this might be it the River card is a spade and the match will continue Gordon Vil with a tournament saving flush Theo's crowd looks like Ula just gave away a free car to everyone in her studio audience qu win still the chip bleader by an overwhelming margin but still he thought he had it well Cliff josephy stayed alive against qu with Runner Runner Spades now Veo stays alive against qu with Runner Runner Spades the crowd and the pen and Teller theater loving the drama here Foo with a crucial double up and it's back to work and the shades go back on for qu [Music] win a look at the last three Series of Poker Main Event bracelets plus the one this year's Champion will take home before the break Gordon Veil doubled up to nearly 120 million chips but since then he's lost a lot of small pots when continuing to grind him down bluffing when he needs to catching cards when he needs to this heads up match has been pretty lopsided Norman what did Albert Einstein once say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results Veo has stuck to his check calling check folding game plan it hasn't hasn't worked it just feels like a matter of time before qu puts him out of his misery King 10 of clubs for qu win 8.5 million is the raise to Veo now Jack tennis Spades Jack 10 suited is the Swiss army knife of poker hands it's good in all types of situations including shoving when you have 17 bigs left just bad luck for Gordon here there it is all in he's ready to rumble and a call from w wi's got the best of it B with another uphill CL Gordon Veo began heads up with the chip lead but it has been exasperating frustrating and exhausting for him against the Las Vegas Gambler and again qu win the former nail salon owner on the brink of the [Applause] title Gordon Veo once again on the bottom end looking up and there's a king for win Top pair fail with a straight draw of [Applause] course now que has had his fill of Runner Runners he doesn't want to see a double gutter deny him here thereo it looks like he's wearing like a Rocky Raccoon hat when it's backwards easy we in a great mood Gordon remains upbeat this is crazy tired I know you tired the main event is a grind needs help the turn card is the deuce of Spades no help to Veil que win one card away from poker [Applause] immortality anybody follow the queen or I don't know you just have to love the way Gordon Veil handles himself can Bale pull out another double up or is this que time they needs a queen or an eight or que win is Main Event champion and the River card is a Trey and que does [Applause] it qu win out play them all he is the 2016 World Series of Poker movit Champion we win rewrites the book of Poker and writes his name into poker history [Applause] [Music] [Applause] huge paydays for both but second place is tough nonetheless it was a journey that began in Vietnam continued through Florida Alaska California and finally Las Vegas where we now call Que win a world champion what a performance Norman he was unpredictable unconventional and at this final table unbeatable and now he's $8 million richer give it up for que win Reckless early Echo gamble let's gamble Queen an aggressive late qu win battled his way to the chip lead and ultimately the title of Main Event champion yeah I just say thank you all all my all my f all my family so ex silence I don't know what to say for Norman Chad at Caris Scott I'm laon McCaron thanks for watching we'll see you next [Applause] year
