“I knew he had it. I can’t fold it.”

Nine words four years told us what we all already knew about poker at the highest level. No matter how good you think you are, no matter how impervious to making wrong decisions, no matter who you are, you can blow the biggest moment of your life just because you want to see what the other person has at the very moment it will end your tournament hopes.

In a Main Event already beset by the Griffin Benger/Will Kassouf playground fight, when the final table arrived, there was a very different feel to the action than in previous years. By the time Benger himself busted for $1.25 million in 7th place, there were six players left who would all make different headlines should they win.

Of the six, however, it was Cliff Josephy, a player who goes by the bizarre moniker of ‘Johnny Bax’, who many reckoned would win. By the time the final three remained, despite Josephy being a little behind both Qui Nguyen and Gordon Vayo, many remained convinced that ‘Team Bax’ was the winning team.