A Photographical Look Back at the Richest Tournament Ever Dealt

Tom Dwan was one of the first to confirm his name for the $250,000 buy-in event

Tony Bloom: Chairman of Brighton & Hove Albion football club, high-stakes sports bettor, poker player

Phil Ivey being mic'd up for play

"Heads-up for rolls?"

Nikolay Evdakov was one of two Russians to pony up the buy-in

Roland de Wolfe arrives fashionably late to the party

The other Russian in the field, Alexander Kostritsyn

Dan "Jungleman12" Cates flashing a rare smile

David Benyamine multi-tasking at the table

James Obst during the happy few minutes when he still had a chip stack; Obst was the first player eliminated

Paul Phua, one of three Chinese businessmen who entered

Rail Heaven

Where else can you get such a good view of 20 people playing cards for $2.5 million?

The featured table as seen from the balcony

The secondary table from above

James Obst's fate; kings into Erik Seidel's aces

Two tables in play

Ivey, Ivey, Ivey!

Jungleman and Nikolay Evdakov

Andrew Feldman, looking rather dull

Annette Obrestad just prior to her final all in

Wang Qiang re-shoves on Obrestad

Annette was all in with pocket fives... and all out a moment later

Lock it up

Sam Trickett would make it all the way to heads-up play

Looking across the table at Erik Seidel and Phil Ivey

Erik Seidel's gaze

Businessman #3, Richard Hong

Paul Phua's profile

The cameras were rolling tape all day long

Sam Trickett ran good enough to flop a set against aces for his tournament life

Paul Phua all smiles as he collects a pot

The final table from above

Nikolay Evdakov's elimination at the final table

A visit from a familiar face...

It's Gus Hansen who skipped this event to check out "the tennis"

Richard Hong eliminated

Wang Qiang just about to shove his deuce-three offsuit into Sam Trickett's aces (on the money bubble, no less)

Wang Qiang eliminated

That left three men in the money playing for the title; David Benyamine, Sam Trickett, and Erik Seidel

Trickett puts a nasty beat on Benyamine to send him out in third place

All Trickett could do was purse his lips and shake hands with the man he'd just eliminated

Trickett and Seidel heads up for the win; Trickett starts with a huge chip lead

Erik Seidel would battle back valiantly, however...

...and it wasn't long before Trickett was down in the danger zone

During his final all-in, Sam Trickett receives some well-wishes from his mate James Bord

Erik Seidel takes the trophy! (and the lucky dog gets to spend a few minutes with Lacey Jones, too)

Seidel posing for photos with Lacey Jones

Seidel has his moment alone with the trophy and the winning cards, jack-nine

Congrats to Erik Seidel for winning the biggest-buy-in tournament ever held!