Poker pro David Reese has won this year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP) Horse event, netting himself $1.8 million in the process.

The event, which was held at the Rio All Suite Casino & Hotel, had a $50,000 buy-in and attracted 143 players in total.

Reese was pleased with his win saying: “It was anybody’s ballgame, but I won the match. It was special to win because all my friends wanted to win it too.”

The final table of the event lasted for 12 hours and included nine pros battling it out for the spoils.

Interestingly the final two competitors, David Reese and Andy Bloch, played for a record breaking seven hours and ten minutes of heads-up play to decide the ultimate winner – the previous heads-up time record was established in the 1983 WSOP.

Other notable pros who took part in the final table included two-time world champion Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey and Jim Bechtel.

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