The $1,100 buy-in WPT Prime Championship final table at Wynn Las Vegas on Saturday quickly reached heads-up play before an intense back-and-forth match ensued with Aaron Johnson coming out on top for $1,010,400 via a chop.
It took just 29 hands to go from six players to the final two. But it would take nearly three hours longer before Johnson finished off Fernando Martin Del Campo, both seeking their first-ever seven-figure tournament score.
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Qing Liu, who nearly won World Poker Tour events in consecutive days in March 2021, entered the final table with the chip lead.