Eventually, 38 year old poker pro Ayaz Mahmood originally from Bangladesh became the winner of the $10,000 buy-in Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em Championship after a gruelling 6 hour heads-up final against German-born poker pro Ernst Schmejkal. Ayaz Mahmood won nine straight heads-up matches spread out over four days and night to win his first career WSOP gold bracelet and $626,674. Ayaz Mahmood is the first Bangladesh-born player ever to win in the WSOP.
Ernst Schmejkal, who ended up finishing second, collected a nice consolation prize of $386,900.
The top eight finishers who won six of seven heads-up matches include:
Jason Somerville from Stony Brook, New York, who made his eighth career cash at the WSOP and was paid $219,969.
Alexander Kostritsyn from Moscow, Russia,a made his ninth career cash at the WSOP and was also paid $219,969.
Poker pro Vanessa "Lady Maverick" Rousso, who has more than $2.6 million in career tournament earnings, finished second in the 2009 NBC Heads Up Poker Championship. For her quarterfinals finish in this WSOP event, Vanessa Rousso won $94,956.
Faraz Jaka from Chicago, Illinois, made his ninth career cash at the WSOP with his $94,956 payout now giving him more than half-a-million in WSOP earnings.
Ludovic Lacay from London, England added another $94,956 in prize money for this performance, marking his second time to cash at the WSOP
Thang Pham from Dallas, Texas, cashed for the second time this 2010 WSOP, and earned $94,956.
Former WSOP gold bracelet finishers who cashed in this event included – Alexander Kravchenko, David Williams, Scott Clements, and Antonio “the Magician” Esfandiari. Other notable names who cashed included Gavin Smith, Phil Gordon and Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier.
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