Electrical Engineer Adrian Buckley wins the Millionaire Maker in his first-ever World Series of Poker cash, and Matthew Elsby defeats Gabriel Nassif, in heads-up action, to take the crown in the $3,000 Limit Hold’em event.

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is many things to many people. There are those that have lofty goals. They enter each year with the expectation that they will one day win a bracelet. Then there are those who just flick it in. It’s an opportunity to cross something off the bucket list. The opportunity to experience the electricity of the greatest poker tournament in the world. Adrian Buckley falls into the latter category.

The 27-year old electrical engineer has won the Millionaire Maker. It was his first-ever WSOP cash, he defeated 7,527 players, he topped a final table that included four previous WSOP bracelet winners, he came back from as low as 6bb, and he won $1,277,193. It’s little wonder Buckley called his experience ‘the run of the century.’

It was the sixth largest field in live tournament history, and unusually for such a large crowd, it produced a sumptuous final table. Mike Sexton, Erick Lindgren, David Miscikowski, and Justin Pechie had all been there before, done it, and wore the slinky gold bracelet, whilst Olivier Busquet is one of the most exquisite performers on the world scene.