Theo Jorgensen clapped his hands, pumped his fist and jumped for joy. Then he held his arms aloft and kissed his WSOP bracelet.

The 36-year-old Dane won his first World Series of Poker bracelet on Friday night, defeating Betfair Poker pro Sorel Mizzi in heads-up play to claim Event 3, the £5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha tournament at Betfair's World Series of Poker Europe.

In many ways, Jorgensen's victory seemed fated. The longtime pro had held a dominating chip lead throughout Friday's final table and built it to a seemingly insurmountable advantage after a remarkable series that saw him make quads on back-to-back hands to eliminate rivals Jason Mercier and Chris "Jesus" Ferguson.

Jorg of destiny!

Later, after losing a 3-1 lead in heads-up play to Mizzi, Jorgensen found himself one card away from a second-place finish after Mizzi engineered a dramatic suck-out on fourth street. But Jorgensen hit his four-outer to double up and Mizzi would never threaten again. A few hands later, the tournament was over.

Hours before Jorgensen's triumphant final hand, nine PLO survivors had returned to the Empire Casino to play out the final table of the penultimate event at the 2008 WSOPE. Action kicked off at 4 p.m. with Jorgensen, Mizzi, Ferguson and Mercier joining Erik Friberg, Max Pescatori, Tomi Nyback, David Penly and Eric Dalby on the tournament floor in one of London's swankest casinos.

Tomi gunned!

As has been his custom here in London, tournament director Jack Effel started the show right on time and, as is normal for a degenerate's paradise like Pot-Limit Omaha, the action heated up more or less instantaneously.

It would take two hours, however, for the first elimination. Finnish pro Nyback found himself all-in in a pot with Jorgensen that also saw Sorel Mizzi fighting for his tournament life. The money got in on third street with Nyback having flopped top pair on a seven-high board. Mizzi held top two, while Jorgensen mustered pocket kings and a gut-shot.

Let's just call it after the turn.

Board and river bricked out and Mizzi earned the check mark, eliminating Nyback in ninth place and more than doubling up. For his efforts, the Finn walked away with £22,688.

The next hour would see Jorgensen's ridiculous double-quads adventure. First Jason Mercier, who'd had a frustrating day already, got all-in on an A-J-T flop with T-9-8-7 for the open-ended straight draw.

Jorgensen had A-A-5-5 for top set, but fell behind when the queen on fourth street made Mercier his hand. The river, however, was the case ace, giving Jorgensen four of a kind and sending Mercier packing in eighth, for which the Floridian would receive £26,812.

He is risen.

On the very next hand, Full Tilt pro Chris Ferguson would get all-in on a K-Q-6 flop holding A-A-J-8 double-suited against Jorgensen's 8-6-6-3. Jesus would need to improve to stay alive, but the turn quickly extinguished his hopes, bringing the case six and sending Our Lord and Savior out in seventh. Ferguson earned £33,000 for his efforts.

After another hour of play another two contestants would see their tournament lives come to an end. First to go was British Omaha specialist David Penly, who himself fell to the Jorg when his A-A-Q-5 couldn't hold up against the Dane's K-Q-J-T double-suited. The flop came J-9-3 and the turn brought a queen, again ending the drama one card too early and busting Penly in sixth. The Ballpoint Kid will take home £41,250 for his time.

You sunk my pirate ship!

Next up was Pescatori. The Italian Pirate was crippled in a big hand with Erik Friberg when his set of kings failed to hold against Friberg's broadway straight, and wasted no time in getting the rest of his chips in the middle on a K-Q-9 flop with Jorgensen and Mizzi.

The two live players checked down the board (T-A) and when Mizzi turned up a pair of tens Pescatori was dunzo, sunk in fifth place for a £51,562 haul.

Thank God it's Friberg!

With that, the field went on dinner, and when they returned after the characteristic two hours, the Empire was filled with drunken punters and the eliminations just kept on coming. Fourth place went to Swede Friberg after he got it all-in on a K-8-2-4 board holding 8-7-7-4 to Mizzi's K-9-7-6. The river brought the K♥ and the Canadian made trips to take the pot, sending Friberg to the rail with £66,000 to call his own.

Then Eric Dalby, widely remembered among the poker media as the man who slow-rolled a very drunk Mark Vos with quads at last year's WSOPE, shipped his nearly $1 million-strong stack with A♣ K♣ T♣ 7♦ against Jorgensen's Q♣ J♠ 8♣ 4♠ on a T♦ 8♥ 5♠ 9♦ board, only to find himself drawing dead and awaiting only the academic 9♥ on the river before claiming his £84,562 in third-place prize money.

Mano a mano!

That left just Mizzi and Jorgensen to battle it out, with the latter having a 3-1 chip lead and the former having the benefit of a raucous cheering section that included Josh "jjprodigy" Field, Annette Obrestad and a railbird in a miniskirt that defied the boundaries of conventional modesty.

None of the above would be able to help the Canadian, who pulled within a four-outer of taking the title after doubling through the Jorg and then getting him all-in on an A♣ J♦ 4♥ flop while holding 5-4-3-2 to Jorgensen's A-J-Q-6. The 3♠ on the turn gave Imper1ium the straight, but the river card was the A♠ to give the Jorg the boat and double him back up to safety.

Take that, Annette!

A few hands later and the game was over. Mizzi called off the entirety of his stack on a K♠ J♥ 8♠ flop while holding A♥ Q♥ 6♥ 5♠ to Jorgensen's A♣ K♥ K♦ 3♣ and needed to hit a heart or a ten to survive. The turn was the 2♠, however, and Jorgensen tensed in anticipation of the river card.

The dealer burned and turned the 7♦, sending a jubilant Jorgensen into his cheering section before he returned, clearly overjoyed, to accept his new jewelry. The Dane also takes home £218,626 and an exclusive PokerListings.com interview, while Mizzi earns £132,000 for his time.

Congratulations to all who cashed and we'll see you at the Main Event on Saturday!