An incredible feat, Event #67: $300 Gladiators of Poker proved to be the second-largest poker tournament field in history. From a gargantuan 24,629 total entries filtered down to the 812 that made Day 2, it was a whirlwind for all the 13 valiant competitors who advanced to the final day at Paris and Horseshoe Las Vegas.
Those lucky 13 battled down to the one and only, Ian Pelz, who played confidentially for three days and somehow seemed in control of a heads up match that he started in a two-to-one deficit.