Vanessa Rousso may have been the chip leader going into the final table of the event, held at the Bellagio, but The Magician asserted his place from earlier in the event after an amazing comeback. Of the six that made it to the end: Vanessa Russo, John Racener, Andrew Robl, Kirk Morrison, Antonio Esfandiari and Ted Lawson, the last was the first to be eliminated. Lawson had only 10 big blinds at the start of play and he 3-bet all-in with 99 against Rousso, who had pocket queens, Lawson made a set with the flop but Rousso hit a queen on the turn, giving her three of a kind and booting Lawson from the tourney, but he ended up with $126,000 in his bankroll.

Kirk Morrison was taken out in fifth place by Andrew Robl, earning $168,000 and he was joined fairly shortly by WSOP 2010 second-placer John Racener. Racener got $232,000 for this victory, or about 4% of his World Series of Poker payday. At the 89th hand of final table day, it looked like Esfandiari was running on fumes, only have 10 big blinds in his chipstack. However, some canny play against Vanessa Rousso left him doubled up and her on the sidelines with $358,000.

It was then that Esfandiari hit heads-up play against Andrew Robl, who had a slight chip lead (9.5m to 8.1m.) Robl shoved all-in with Q10 and got called with KJ. The AK6 flop was all diamonds, giving Esfandiari a pair but also opening up the chance for Robly to score a flush. the six of clubs and five of spades filled out the rest of the board and Esfandiari earned his second WPT title.