The article written yesterday about WSOP Event 10 highlighted the talent in the $1,500 6-max event. The remaining field was full of multi-table tournament pros that have made huge fortunes online, many of them in the ballpark of 7-figures. And so obviously it makes sense that the eventual winner of the event was 44-year old gynecologist… right?

Geffrey Klein impressed everyone with his unlikely win in Event 10 of this year’s WSOP. He started Day 3 as one of the shortest stacks in the field, but he was able to double up during one of the first hands of the day by getting lucky with A8s vs AQs.

When the final table finally formed, he was again one of the shortest stacks at the table. To make the odds even worse for him, he was the only amateur at the final table!

Not one to be intimidated, though, Klein held his own and then some. He got lucky as some of the bigger stacks got bad beat or coolered, which allowed him to jump up the payout scale as they busted.

He then worked his magic as a short stack ninja and chipped up without showdown. This allowed him to keep his stack afloat even longer while other players at the final tabled got into big pots and busted each other.

Klein hung around until the very end until he was heads-up with Eddie Blumenthal. At the start of heads-up play, Blumenthal had 7,850,000 chips and Klein had just 800,000! He was such a huge underdog that it seemed all but hopeless for the amateur.

The poker gods must have decided that it was a night of miracles, though, because pretty much everything went Klein’s way. To start, he won a 60/40 to double up within a first few hands of heads-up, getting it in with AJ against Blumenthal’s KQ.

After trading some chips back and forth in post flop pots, he then doubled up with AQ versus Blumenthal’s dominated AJ all-in preflop. And then less than an hour later, Blumenthal got unlucky enough to get dealt AJ vs AQ again! He initially flopped a J, but it turned out to be a tease as Klein rivered a Q. This hand made Klein the chip leader.

The two traded chips back and forth again and Blumenthal eventually took the lead back, but his bad luck continued as he lost a 70/30 all-in preflop. He started showing visible signs of frustration, leaving the table and cursing under his breath after the hand.

The match went on and on and on. Chips were traded back and forth. Showdowns were limited and it was a true heads-up grind for a lot of hands.

Klein thought it was finally all over when he got it all-in preflop with AT versus Blumenthal’s A7, but the board ran out Q844J and it was a chop pot. Klein started celebrating when he thought he won, but he was quickly brought down to earth by the tournament supervisor.

Less than half an hour later, though, it really was all over. Blumenthal was dealt 77 and Klein AK, and the two players were treated to a classic race situation. Blumenthal was not pleased as the board cards came down giving Klein the best hand, saying angrily, “How can he beat me in that many all-ins, Jesus Christ!” He ended up leaving the room in disgust without shaking anyone’s hand.

Klein didn’t let Blumenthal’s tantrum get him down. He was the winner of a WSOP bracelet and $544,388! It was a truly miraculous comeback and by far the largest score of his poker career.

Please see below for the final table payouts. Be sure to visit FTR again for more WSOP summaries as we continue to follow the action in Vegas!

1 – Geffrey Klein – $544,388
2 – Eddie Blumenthal – $334,756
3 – Jeffrey Papola – $214,410
4 – David Vamplew – $141,030
5 – Bryan Colin – $95,333
6 – Anthony Spinella – $66,199