| T.J. Cloutier | vs. | Bill Smith |
 
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When Smith and Cloutier got down to playing heads-up, Cloutier had the most chips. Then Cloutier lost a big pot with pocket 9’s against Smith’s pocket K’s and that pot made Smith a big chip leader. Cloutier chipped away at Smith, who was an alcoholic and was drunk at that point which made it easy for Cloutier to get his chips. Cloutier got back to about a quarter of the total amount in chips. According to Cloutier, Smith was the tightest player in the world when sober, maybe the best player in the world when he was half-drunk and a horrible player when drunk. Smith raised the pot with pocket 3’s, Cloutier moved-all in with an A-3 and Smith called. The flop came down 4-5-10, giving Cloutier seven outs to win (any ace or deuce). No help came on the turn or river and Smith won the title.
| Jack Straus | vs. | Dewey Tomko |
 
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The pre-flop at WSOP final table between Jack Straus and Dewey Tomko looked like this:
Straus was dealt A♥ T♣, and Tomko was sitting with A♦ 4♦. Both players had good pre-flop cards, so they both moved all-in.
The flop came 6♦ 5♣ 4♣, giving Tomko a pair of 4’s and nothing to Straus. The turn hit Q♣ – nothing to Tomko and Straus, a flush draw.
However, the river decided the winner: T♠ – a missed flush to Tomko, and an overpair to Strauss, who left the table with the golden bracelet and $520.000 in prize money.