On the first hand since relieving his opponent of almost all of his chips, Cory Carroll raises all-in and after a few minutes to think, Justin Pechie moves his last $100,000 into the middle, showing 7 5 to the Haligonian's A J. The flop comes Q T 3 and Pechie is drawing for a seven or a five to continue to championship. The turn is the 9 and the river the Q, and Cory Carroll has won the 2007 WSOPC Caesars Palace tournament!

For his victory, Carroll takes home $506,176, as well as a shiny gold World Series Circuit ring and an entry into the 2007 WSOP Main Event. Justin Pechie receives $260,736. Both players receive the honor of knowing their exploits have been chronicled on PokerListings.com.

Congratulations to both players, and especially to the actors who so accurately and without shame portrayed Julius Caesar and Co. To the 334 other finalists and the Harrah's/WSOPC representatives, better luck next year!

Justin Pechie leads out for $60,000 and Cory Carroll raises to $200,000. Pechie retorts with a $600,000 re-raise and Carroll moves all-in, putting his tournament life on the line as Pechie tanks to consider his next move. Eventually, Pechie calls with K J and Carroll shows pocket nines. The board comes T 8 2 4 3 and Cory Carroll has doubled through Justin Pechie to give himself a massive chip lead with all but $100,000 of the chips in play.

Justin Pechie raises to $60,000 and is called by Cory Carroll. The flop comes K T 9 and Carroll checks. Pechie bets out $85,000 and Carroll raises to $400,000 flat. Pechie comes over the top all-in for another $428,000 and Carroll makes the call, showing J 8 for the open-ended straight draw to Pechie's A K for top-top. The turn is the 3 and the river is the T, and Justin Pechie has doubled through Cory Carroll to take a slight chip lead in this heads-up match with $1.7 million to the Haligonian's $1.6 million.

Cory Carroll raises to $60,000 and Justin Pechie makes the call. The flop comes 8 6 5 and Pechie checks to Carroll, who bets out $85,000. Pechie makes the call and the turn is the T. Pechie again checks, and Carroll fires again with a $180,000 wager. The tournament announcer's voice trembles with excitement as Pechie announces a $550,000 re-raise. Carroll takes the matter in stride and after a few minutes' thought, announces he's all-in. Pechie ponders his own options, but eventually lays it down, and Carroll rakes the biggest pot of the tournament, worth over $1 million in play money.

After six minutes of heads-up action we're bumping up a level but the wild and wonderful poker action will continue unabated.

We've just had an elaborate money presentation, featuring actors dressed as Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, and their armed guards to bring forth the $506,176 first prize and the WSOPC ring. Now that Justin Pechie and Cory Carroll, not to mention the entire audience and press contingent, are utterly mortified on the actors' behalves, we're starting heads-up play from Caesar's Palace. Stay tuned as we crown a champion of this strange and wacky event - and for pictures. Oh, the pictures...

Justin Pechie:	$1.193 million
Cory Carroll:	$2.167 million

We're now heads-up at the final table, and organizers are taking a quick break to settle the affairs before launching into what promises to be an epic duel. PokerListings.com lackey Matt Showell has gathered the chip counts and will provide them for you shortly.

Cory Carroll limps-in from the small blind and Eric Davis checks his option. The flop comes T 6 3 and Carroll checks. Davis bets out $65,000 and Carroll immediately moves all-in, having Davis covered. E-Dav makes the call, showing A T for top pair, top kicker, while Carroll has A 2 for the nut-flush draw. The turn is the 7 and Davis is drawing dead, and after the river is a meaningless 3, the rigger for Cirque du Soleil's Ka has been eliminated in 3rd place for $130,368.

Cory Carroll raises to $51,000 from under the gun and when it gets to Vasile in the small blind he makes the call. The flop comes 7 5 9 and both players check. The 6 hits the turn and Vasile shoves and gets a quick call from Cory. Vasile shows T 9 for two pair but is behind the A 8 straight of Carroll. The river is the 6 and Vasile Buboi is out in fourth place, taking $114,072 with him.