Matt Elsby Earns 1st WSOP Bracelet in Event 19

Poker pro, 38-year-old Matt Elsby of Arizona, came out on top of a field of 319 players in the $3000 buy-in Six Handed Limit Hold'em Event 19 to earn his first WSOP gold bracelet and $230,799. During the heads up, Elsby knocked out Gabriel Nassif of France, who has attended WSOP events every year since 2005. Nassif has had 31 career cashes having won $142,631 in this event. Additional final table payouts: 3 David J. Tobin $92582 4 Joseph Thomas $61892 5 Alex Kuzmin $42515 6 Haran Sapmaz $29975 7 Brian Hastings $21684