Event #26 was rather confusingly split into two tournaments. Both demanded a $1,500 buy-in, and both were played as Pot Limit Omaha.

However tournament ‘A’ featured single elimination while tournament ‘B’ permitted re-buys, and both carried WSOP gold bracelets as top prizes – as well as the hard cash, obviously.

Tournament A was won by Ralph Perry, the Russian born pro player who now resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Perry won $207,817 in prize money, having battled through a field of 525 players.

He certainly knows his way around WSOP poker tables after finishing third in the 2002 Championship Event.