Germany's Dietrich Fast won the World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic $10,000 Main Event for $1,000,800, which includes a $15,000 seat into the WPT Tournament of Champions. He beat a field of 515 players for by far his largest career live cash. After winning a gold bracelet in the €550 Oktoberfest event at World Series of Poker Europe, Fast is now one leg away from the poker's triple crown, needing a European Poker Tour title to complete the feat.
To get his WPT win, Fast had to defeat Mike Shariati in a drawn-out heads-up match.