Is there anyone more focused when he needs to be than Phil Ivey. By a lot of accounts Phil was in a hole as previously mentioned in this article (notice I have upgraded him). Brandon believes that he has been running good in cash games too. Then he goes and wins 1.5 million dollars for his first WPT win.

Phil Hellmuth came in 6th at this same final table that was flat stacked, with Quinn Do and Nam Le also making appearances.