The final match between Daniel "jungleman / w00ki3z" Cates and Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky took 3,179 hands (about 10 hours) to complete. Cates dominated most of the match with his aggressive and creative style of playing heads-up poker. Sulsky only made a short comeback about 8 hours into the match, but Cates proved too strong for him to handle.
In the final hand of the match both players went all-in pre-flop, Sulsky holding pocket nines and Cates with pocket jacks. The two jacks held up and Sulsky was elimianted in second place for $250,000. Daniel Cates received $550,000 and the All-Star Showdown Trophy! However, Cates was not the biggest winner of the first ever All-Star Showdown...
