568 poker players signed up for Event 32 of the 2010 World Series of Poker , a $5,000 buyin No Limit Hold'em Six-Handed tournament. The prize pool went over $2.6 Million with 54 places paid, and a first prize of over $650K. The big winner was 25 year old Jeffrey Papola , a third year law student from Pace University in White Plains, New York. Jeffrey Papola flew in from New York to Las Vegas, and upon arriving, signed up for Event 26, a $2,500 buyin No Limit Hold'em Six-Handed tournament. In that tournament, he placed second to win $391,068. He got a few hours of sleep, and then signed up again for Event 32, a $5,000 buy-in No Limit Hold'em Six-Handed tournament - similar strcuture, but a bigger buy-in. And this time, he won it - winning his first WSOP gold bracelet and a first place cash prize of $667,433. The 1-2 finish of Jeffrey Papola in Six-Handed events is a first in WSOP history. Overall, Jeffrey Papola now has four WSOP cashes with two of the biggest happening...

1,245 poker players signed up for Event 26 of the 2010 WSOP , a $2,500 buy-in No Limit Hold'em Six-Handed . Instead of having the regular 9 players at a poker table, this variant of poker only goes six-handed. When playing six-handed, the poker game emphasizes short-handed poker skills at play, especially when it comes to post-flop play since most players get to play a wider range of hands from the standard starting-hand requirements. Of the 1,245 players, it was 23 year old poker pro Will Haydon from San Francisco, California, who outlasted everyone to win his first ever WSOP gold bracelet and a first place cash prize of $630,03. Willl Haydon started the final table of six with the smallest stack, and climbed his way up after eight hours of competitive poker to eventually emerge as the winner. The runner up was Jeffrey Papola from New York, New York, who won $391,068, marking his third cash in three straight years at the WSOP . The third-place finisher was Joe Baldwin ...