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Event #7: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
The final day of this event saw 5 amateurs who combined for $2,968 in WSOP earnings and five established pros with more than $4 million in combined earnings. After several hours of play, Matt Waxman and Eric Baldwin were the last men standing and Waxman had 3.1 million to Baldwin's 2.4 million. The two would battle for, believe it or not, 187 hands over the course of almost seven hours before a winner finally had been decided.

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Yesterday the second day of the €10,400 NLH Split tournament of WSOP Europe was played. And once the day came to an end the field of 72 players had been narrowed down to 16 in the 6-max format. The remaining players are now guaranteed at least €28,831 each and the first prize is amazing €336,008. Erik Seidel, Jason Mercier, Matt Waxman, Michael Mizrachi and Brian Hastings are among the 16 players that will return to the tables today and play Day 3. So, one can expect the rest of the tournament to be very exciting.

Before the final table started Matt Waxman said to Mike Sexton (host and poker pro) that he was going to become the first-ever American to win a WPT in Paris. Waxman apparently is a man who sticks his word as he dominated the final table and laid hands on €518,750 first prize and became the first-ever American to win WPT in Paris.

Final table results:
1st: Matt Waxman: €518,750
2nd: Hugo Lemaire: €311,100
3rd: Fred Magen: €211,100
4th: Byron Kaverman: €155,550
5th: Mikko Sundell €133,330
6th: Martin Jacobson: €88,900