After four starting flights, a whopping 23,088 entries were tallied for the inaugural Event #18: $300 Gladiators of Poker, the most affordable live event in the history of the WSOP, and smashed the guarantee to create a massive prize pool of $3,603,162 to play for.
Only 827 warriors made it to the second day which saw the number tick down to just 14 contenders for the final day to return. After the dust settled, one stood above the rest.
St. Louis’ own Jason Simon was crowned the victor for his first WSOP bracelet and career-best score of $499,852.