Season Six of the World Poker Tour finished last on the Saturday 26^th in true Vegas style with shock finish that saw David Chiu win his first WPT title and a massive $3.38 million.

The Bellagio was venue to the final table of the championship that saw the last six players battle it out for the title.

Before the game started, it was thought that the Gus Hansen was a sure thing for the win. He began the game as chip leader and has won the WPT championship for 3 years running, if he had won this championship he would have won top slot on the WPT all time money list. As the game progressed it was all going as expected, Hansen took out the first 4 players on the table; John Roveto, Cory Carroll, Tommy Lee, Jeff King and Amir Vahedi and played an outstanding heads up finale with David Chiu, who went on to win the title. Heads up was played long and slow with Hansen trying to speed things up by pushing in a couple of times. Chiu was steady and calculating, he took down a few big pots while Hanson won small ones. In a statement after the event, Chiu acknowledged that he has been very patient and had intended to avoid Hanson and leave him to take them out, try to lie low and then play him heads up.

So, even though Hansen was the favourite and it was a massive disappointment to many that he only slid into the runner-up position, this was a major career break for Chiu who has only been on a final table once before, 4 years previously. Chiu called this “the toughest tournament I ever played,” and he will be a major player to watch in the upcoming WPT season.

Season VII starts with the Bellagio Cup IV in Las Vegas on July 11th.