Jeff sat against British Arshad Hussain to win the final. Arshad also spent nearly nothing to enter the game, and walked away with half a million

According to Jeff, the two had often played each other at competitions in the past, however Arshad usually won. Accordingly, Jeff admitted to being very nervous.
However, at some point in the game Jeff had a big chip lead – this made all the difference.
Jeff described the event as amazing, he even got to meet his poker heroes.
PokerStars qualifiers also took out third and fourth place. Aleksander Strandly from Oslo Norway won a quarter million Euros and Marc Karam from Ottawa Canada won almost two hundred thousand.

The Grand Final took place over five day, during March. The location was the glamorous Monte Carlo Bay Hotel and Resort.
Several top professionals were competing, including last year's winner Rob Holling. Also represented was Aussie Millions winner Lee Nelson and French WPT Ladies Champion Isabelle Mercier.
A record number of media was also on site.

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