Because WSOP events are usually huge, it’s quite common to see final tables filled with relative unknowns. However, once in awhile you’ll find a final table that is quite stacked from top to bottom with a wide variety of talent. Event 7 was one of these as the $10,000 Pot Limit Hold’em final table was populated by numerous titans of the poker world. 249 entrants created a $2,340,600 prize pool with $573,456 for 1st place.

Amir Lehavot began Day 3 of WSOP Event 7 just seven big blinds off the chip lead. His stack dwindled a bit as the tournament condensed to two tables, but he didn’t let this stop him from taking it down in the end. It took about four hours to whittle 27 players down to 9. It would take about the same amount of time to see the final table from start to finish.

Known as AmirSF online, Lehavot had been in pressure situations before thanks to his online experience. To finish off this final table he needed to draw upon all that experience because, as stated at the start of this article, the competition was extremely tough.

Play at the final table began quite cautiously as hours crept by without any knockouts. The lull ended all of a sudden as online professionals Michael “benvo123″ Benvenuti and McLean “PureProfitFour” Karr busted within minutes of each other. Then Amir Lehavot busted Eric Cloutier, bringing the final table down to six players.

Play continued and Lehavot started to pull away, amassing over half of the remaining chips in play as the final table became four-handed. He still faced one heck of a battle as he was seated with South African phenom Jarred Solomon, Sam “KingKobeMVP” Stein, and Stephen “stevie444″ Chidwick.

Lehavot was undaunted, however. In fact, he was quickly responsible for two more eliminations. Chidwick managed to get his money in good with A9 versus Lehavot’s KJ, and he seemed fairly safe on an A9T flop. The river was a Q, however, and Chidwick was busto while Lehavot’s stack was increased even further.

Lehavot’s white hot run continued as he held in a 70/30 situation against Sam Stein, busting him and creating heads-up play. Thanks to the earlier eliminations, Lehavot was afforded a comfortable 2.5-1 lead at the beginning of heads-up.

It was Lehavot’s night to shine, and he never dipped below this initial lead. Solomon got shorter and shorter until he finally got it all-in with AJ. To his dismay, however, Lehavot had him dominated with AQ. Lehavot flopped trips and it was all over in a flash.

Congratulations to Lehavot for winning $573,456 and his first WSOP bracelet! Congratulations also to everyone else that cashed the event. Please see below for the final table payouts.

1 – Amir Lehavot – $573,456
2 – Jarred Solomon – $354,460
3 – Sam Stein – $264,651
4 – Stephen Chidwick – $198,927
5 – Tommy Vinas – $150,453
6 – Nicholas Levi – $114,525
7 – Eric Cloutier – $87,702
8 – McLean Karr – $67,596
9 – Michael Benvenuti – $52,406