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Anthony Ruberto beat a field of 393 players and took home the World Poker Tour Jacksonville main event for $325,928 - the biggest cash in his poker career. When the final table began, Ruberto had a huge chip lead (more than 2 million-chip advantage over his closest opponent) and his biggest threat was Darryll Fish, who has experience playing in the WPT spotlight after finishing 6th in Season IX's LA Poker Classic. But Fish was knocked out already in 6th place and none of the other opponents could stop Ruberto from laying hands on the first prize and the WPT Jacksonville trophy.

Final table results:
1 Anthony Ruberto $325,928
2 Sam Soverel $187,762
3 Lisa Hamilton $112,657
4 Vitor Coelho $75,105
5 Artie Rodriguez $55,077
6 Darryll Fish $46,315

After that Matt Ezrol (picture) was eliminated in 7th place ($40,056), the official six-handed final table is now set.

Seat 1: Darryll Fish - 641,000
Seat 2: Anthony Roberto - 4,500,000
Seat 3: Sam Soverel - 1,432,000

Seat 4: Vitor Coelho - 2,570,000

Seat 5: Artie Rodriguez - 797,000

Seat 6: Lisa Hamilton - 1,901,000

The final table begins today at 12:00pm local time and live streaming begins at 12:30 (half an hour delay). The big favorite to take home the tournament is, of course, Anthony Roberto who has a huge chip advantage over the other finalists. According to different results tracking sites, Anthony has only cashed once before in a live tournament and that prize was smaller than the buy-in for this tournament. In other words, he's guaranteed to get away with a great bankroll boost no matter what happens on the final table.

Last Friday the World Poker Tour stopped by the Jacksonville Poker Room in Florida and a main event with a $3,500 buy-in kicked off. Now, after 3 long days of play, the tournament is down to 42 players. 40 of these players are guaranteed to get away with at least $7,5000 each, but of course that's peanuts compared to the money that will up for grabs on the final table tomorrow (check the payout structure below).

Read more » WPT Jacksonville: 42 remaining players; Vitor Coelho leads the pack