Tonight Rod Samuelson took first place for the first time. Joe Haynes, a first-time player, took second. Jeff Salazar took third, while Larry Knight finished yet again in the money, taking fourth place.

Rod was destined to win tonight's tournament - he held pocket aces four times.

The comeback story of the night was Joe. He was down to his last 15 chips and was blinded all-in. He had poor cards, but a river 7 hit his inside straight draw. He tripled- or quaded-up on that hand, and powered on to a second place finish.

The tournament ended when Joe caught Rod bluffing at the pot when a ho-hum flop appeared. Joe called Rod's all-in move, and revealed better garbage than Rod had. But a came on the river to pair Rod's pocket , and hand the victory to Rod.