It took more than 80 hands of heads-up play to do it but Nick Ceci has won the WSOPC Harrah's New Orleans.

In the final hand Tim "TK" Miles shoved with Q-4 and Ceci looked him up with J-7. The flop was especially kind to Ceci as it came J-9-7 giving him two-pair. The turn was an ace and that sealed Mile's fate as the second place finisher to this event.

Miles' victory ends an exciting season at the WSOPC that saw Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, Allen Cunningham and many more win coveted circuit rings.

We here at PokerListings.com would like to congratulate all winners of this season and send a special thank you to the tournament organizers, dealers and Media Directors Nolan Dalla and Max Shapiro who were with us every step of the way.

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TK Miles bets $60,000 preflop and Ceci makes the call. The flop came Q-4-4 and Miles bet $80,000. Ceci raised $160,000 more and after a couple minutes Miles announced he was all-in. Ceci called in short order and the players flipped over their cards:

Miles: A-Q

Ceci: 4 3

Miles top-pair top-kicker is no good against Ceci's flopped trip fours. Miles was looking for a lot of help from the board and didn't get it as the turn came J and then T.

Miles is crippled down to just $170,000 chips after the hand and Ceci can probably feel the championship ring on his finger. 

Timothy Miles just slow-played pocket aces only to have Miles river a flush against him. There was over $400,000 in the pot and it might be a turning point for heads-up play, where Miles has been the aggressor the majority of the time.

Nick Ceci and TK Miles seem unwilling to play any big pots against each other. Besides Mile's big double up early on both players have been content to trade minor pots back and forth. Suddenly the tournament has become a contest of who can remain focused longer.

We've now played more hands heads-up then all the hands it took to get to heads-up combined.

Nick Ceci and TK Miles have made it to Level 17 and will now have to navigate through blinds of $10,000/$20,000 with a $3,000 ante.

We regret to say the action has slowed down during heads up play at the final table of the WSOPC Harrah's New Orleans.

TK Miles seems a bit more cautious with his new chip lead and has been slowly chipping away at Nick Ceci.

In their latest hand Ceci completed from the small blind and TK checked his option. The flop came 5 3 2 and Ceci bet $53,000. Miles wasn't going anywhere, however, and made the call. The turn came Q and this time it was Miles that bet $80,000. The river fell 5 and TK fired again, this time $120,000. Ceci called, only to have Miles flip over Q-3 for two-pair.

Miles rakes the pot.

Here's a look at the chip stacks after the fact:

1. TK Miles	$1.4 million
2. Nick Ceci	$1.2 million

 

If the most recent hand is any indication, neither TK Miles or Nick Ceci have any plans of slowing their respective games down.

Nick Ceci raised $42,000 from the button and Miles called. The flop came J 6 2 and Ceci bet $120,000. Miles decided to bet $300,000 and Ceci moved all-in. Miles called and the players flipped over their cards:

Miles: A 9

Ceci: K K

Ceci is ahead with his cowboys but Miles has the nut-flush draw. The dealer turns the K and Miles gets there. Ceci is praying for the board to pair or the case king to hit on the river but instead it's 9.

Miles doubles in a big way and takes over the chip lead with approximately $1.4 million.

It's down to Nick Ceci and TK Miles and only one of them will walk away as the 2007-08 WSOPC Harrah's New Orlean's champ!

Here's a look at the chip stacks as we go into heads-up play:

1. Nick Ceci	$1.16 million
2. TK Miles	$846,000

 

You've got to hand it to Floyd Vanderford for sticking around as long as he did. Vanderford came to the final table with a meager $65,000 and somehow managed to parlay those chips into a third place finish.

In his final hand Vanderford shoved all-in from the button for approximately $130,000. TK Miles called form the small blind and Nick Ceci got out of the way.  The players flipped over their cards:

Vanderford: Q 8

Miles: K-J

The board came A-9-2-K-5 and that will do it for New Orleans local Vanderford. He will receive $107,699 for coming in third. 

We've already seen J-J and Q-Q versus A-A and then Q-Q versus A-A again and the dealers are continuing to show no mercy on the players (the media is ecstatic, however).

In the most recent episode of The Cooler, Gabe Costner bet $42,000 pre-flop and Nick Ceci made the call.

The flop came J-4-4 and Ceci checked. Costner popped it up to $70,000, however and Ceci thought about his next move for a moment or two. Eventually Ceci decided to bet $140,000 and Costner responded by shipping it all-in for $168,000 more. Ceci thought for several minutes but eventually called and tabled A 4 which has Costner's 7 4 beat.

The board finishes 6 and then 8 and Costner is eliminated.

Costner will receive $83,766 for finishing fourth at this year's WSOPC Harrah's New Orleans.