The first event of this World Series of Poker is over and the Canadian Nenad Medic is champion! Besting a ridiculous field of his professional peers to become this year's world champion of Pot-Limit Hold'em! Medic takes the bracelet, the bragging rights and the $794,112. Bloch takes another second-place and $488,084.

Read on for all the gory details.

Medic Performs Bloch Bypass

Nenad Medic went into heads-up with a more than two to one chip lead and was able to extend his advantage even further. Bloch managed a few double-ups but couldn't get his hands on enough chips to make a real charge.

The final hand began with Medic limping his button and Bloch using his big blind to make it $300,000. Medic made the call and the flop came down 8 5 4. Bloch led out for $500,000 and Medic raised the pot, enough to put Bloch all-in.

Andy made the call and saw he would need to dodge a ridiculous number of outs with 9 9 to Medic's 5 7. The dealer paused for effect and the audience leaned in a few inches closer to catch a glimpse of the next cards off the deck.

It was the J! Nenad had nailed his flush. It wasn't over though as Bloch held the 9 and therefore still had outs to a better flush. Medic watched implacably as fifth street hit the felt, the 5.

Medic's seven-high flush is good for the final elimination and everything that goes with it.

Stay tuned for an interview with our winner as well as our famous wrap-up blog!

Systematic Elimination

Nenad Medic is dominating this heads-up match. We’ll have to wait for the television broadcast to find out whether it’s the cards or just Medic’s unrelenting aggression in this match but one thing is clear, the advantage lies on Medic’s side of the table.

Bloch’s stack just got so low he was forced into action. Read on to find out how it went down.

Sixty-Forty Not Good Enough for Medic

Nenam Medic was just a few cards away from his first WSOP bracelet, getting his money in good against the all-in Andy Bloch. The money went in before the flop with Medic’s K-5 leading Bloch’s Q-8. Screams for every cards in the deck were going up from all over the room, the loudest of which being the queen.

Sure enough when the first three cards hit the felt there was a lady staring up at us. The rest of the board was devoid of help for Medic and Bloch earns a much-needed double.

Counts One Time

Kathy Liebert: The Exit Interview

PL.com's Jason Kirk caught up with our third place finisher Kathy Liebert to get an inside look at how this event went for her. Enjoy! 

There was a true marquee field that turned out for this event. What were your impressions of the event overall?

This field was the toughest field I’ve ever played because in the 10K you get mostly top players and professionals. I was fortunate early on that Harry Demetriou made a pretty loose play against me to double me up.

Third is still pretty good, I guess.

I had a pretty good stack to work with because the structure was pretty good. With 40,000 in chips on the first day I could play solid and pick my spots. I didn’t have to play super fast.
I remember that in the World Series many years ago, when the blinds went from 200-400 to 400-800, you felt like you didn’t have much play.

You had to start shoving, which was correct of course, but you had to get really lucky. In this tournament I never felt under pressure.

Was that final table lineup the toughest you’ve ever seen?

That was a super tough final table. Obviously most of the competition was made up is one of the top players in the world. You couldn’t pick a much tougher final table.

It feels good to get there. It’s a little disappointing not to win it, of course, but the competition was very tough.

Do you feel like you have some momentum going forward in the WSOP after playing so well in the first event?
There’s a lot of tournaments on the schedule, and this event exhausting, but yeah, I do. I think I’ll probably take a few days off and then come back and play my best games.

During the WSOP there’s a tendency to want to play all the tournaments because they’re all good, and you always have a chance to win. But if I pace myself, I like my chances and I feel good coming into the rest of the events.