Ray Henson collected $64,250 for 7th, as he became the TV final table bubble boy after getting short-stacked and shoving A,6 into Jeff Vertes' A,K, which held up.
Failla is a well established tournament pro with over $2 million in live tournament earnings but without a high profile win. 2011 has been a good year so far for Failla having won the $2k NLHE event at the 2011 PCA, cashed in the $25k WPT Championship, in addition to five WSOP cashes. Failla's biggest year was 2007 when he won the Foxwoods Poker Classic Main Event for $207k, following it up with a big score in the $300k Guaranteed Tournament in Atlantic City for an additional $218k.
The other hot player at the table is Owais Ahmed who won his first WSOP Bracelet in 2011 and followed it up with final tabling the $50k Players Championship.
All 757 entrants of the 2011 WPT Legends of Poker paid the lowered $3,500 buy-in , which allowed re-entry if you bust the first day.
The final six player seat assignment and chip counts:
Seat 1. Joshua Pollock - 5,315,000 (53 BBs)
Seat 2. Owais Ahmed - 1,720,000 (17 BBs)
Seat 3. Will Failla - 6,775,000 (67 BBs)
Seat 4. Adam Aronson - 2,185,000 (21 BBs)
Seat 5. Ken Aldridge - 3,640,000 (36 BBs)
Seat 6. Jeff Vertes - 4,005,000 (40 BBs)
Final Table payouts:
1. $758,085
2. $365,800
3. $186,400
4. $128,500
5. $102,800
6. $77,100
The final table is set to begin play 4 p.m. Pacific Tuesday. For the first-time in WPT history, it will be streamed live online on a one-hour delay, including hole cards and analysis from the WPT's Tony Dunst.
