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Poker pro Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier won the WPT Festa al Lago last night. (Bodog Beat Image)

Anybody who knows anything about poker understands that having the chip lead, even with only six players remaining in a tournament, does not guarantee one a victory. However, not only did poker pro Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier go wire to wire for the winlast night at the WPT Festa al Lago, he also dominated the final table, eventually laying claim to the trophy and the $1.4 million first-place prize.

Grospellier may have gone into the final table with a more than two to one chip but his path to victory was hardly a clear one as he was joined around the table by accomplished tournament players Nam Le, Nenad Medic and Joe Sebok, online poker pro Adam "Roothlus" Levy and WSOP $50,000 HORSE runner-up Michael DeMichele. However, in one of the most dominating performances ever seen at a WPT final table, Grospellier eliminated every single one of his opponents personally; not content to let anyone else do his dirty work.

Sebok was the first to fall, followed by DeMichele and Olav Prinz Von Sachsen, cementing the six that would compromise the WPT televised final table. Once play resumed, it was business as usual for Grospellier and they dropped like flies until Grospellier put away Le in a three-hand heads-up match.

Here are the full final table placings and payouts:

1. Bertrand Grospellier – $1,411,015
2. Nam Le – $943,215
3. Odie Dardon – $506,245
4. Nenad Medic – $373,010
5. Adam Levy – $266,445
6. William Mietz – $186,510

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7. Olav Prinz Von Sachsen – $133,225
8. Michael DeMichele – $106,580
9. Joe Sebok – $85,260

Team Bodog poker pro Justin Bonomo also made a good run for the final table and finished in 16th place cashing for $42,630.

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