Event #35: $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship attracted a strong 256-player field this time. Tom Dwan, Barry Greenstein, Howard Lederer and Daniel Negreanu were just a few of the notable players that took part. Big names that made it far in the tournament were Phil Gordon, Bertrand Grospellier, Sorel Mizzi. However, it wasn't any of them who took home the tournament. After 4 long days of thrilling heads up poker, Ayaz Mahmood (right) was the last man standing after that he had sent his final opponent Ernst Schmejkal (left) off the rail. For the win he received nothing less than $626,674.
Mahmood is a 38-year-old former furniture retailer-turned poker pro now living in the Houston suburb of Sugarland, TX. He is originally from Bangladesh. In fact, Mahmood became the first Bangladesh-born WSOP gold bracelet winner in the 41-year history of the WSOP.
