Unusual End as Split Agreed - Walid Bou Habib Eliminated in 2nd Place ($242,623)
A deal had already been made, leaving $25,000 and the trophy aside for the winner. After some back and forth heads-up, players then agreed to split the $25,000.
Walid Bou Habib agreed that Quan Zhou could have the trophy.
However, the tournament director stated that play must continue for the trophy, so once the money was chopped Habib decided to dump his chips to Zhou so that he would end up with the PokerStars Spade.
Over the course of three hands, Habib proceeded to dump his stack to Zhou until he had just one big blind remaining. Players then went all in for Habib's last big blind.
Walid Bou Habib: 6♣5♦
Quan Zhou: 10♠2♠
The board ran out 2♣Q♠A♣Q♦8♣. Zhou held with a pair of deuces to win the tournament and take the trophy - as agreed prior to the outcome.