EPISODE SUMMARY

Three hundred and twenty thousand. Let's say it again -- $320,000. This number represents not only the first place prize money at the Foxwood Casino's World Poker Finals, it is also, coincidentally, the total area in square feet of available gaming space at the casino, a figure which marks this as the world's largest.

Almost 90 players ponied up $10,000 apiece to take part in the tournament, making the total prize pool just shy of a million dollars.

From the beginning it was destined to be a classic event for the WPT as the final table was loaded with mostly high profile pros, and only one amateur (albeit a highly skilled and aggressive one).

It was one of the pros though, Ron Rose, who had a particularly rough day. Early on he had a pair of wired 10's. But when Howard Lederer, with an A-K, went all in against him, the normally aggressive Rose laid down his hand.

Just a few hands later Ron, with A-J, watched Andy Bloch call him pre-flop, then check after a Q-4, 4 flop. Ron felt confident enough to go All In, but knew it wasn't his day when Bloch called the bet, turned over pocket 10's, the same hand Ron had folded earlier, then watched a pair of deuces come up on the turn and river, giving Andy the bulk of his chips.

Much of the exciting play on the day, though, revolved around the two "Young Lions" at the table, Phil Ivey and Layne Flack, respectively number one and two in chip position at the beginning of the round.

The two seemed to take turns making plays, sometimes bluffing, and sometimes simply making brilliant reads. In one such hand Phil found himself in a four handed pot with only a Q-6 off suit. After a K-10-3 flop Bloch checked. Howard came in with a relatively safe $8,000 bet and Layne folded. Ivey, sensing uncertainty in Lederer's bet, raised the bet to $25,000. Sure enough, Andy and Howard (with a K-4 suited) laid down their cards, adding a significant tally to Ivey's chip lead.

But in the end this was an example of one of the few hands that Howard played and lost. For most of the day Lederer not only made the right reads, he was getting great cards. It was this combination that eventually took him from the second lowest stack on the table at the beginning of the day, to eventual chip leader going heads up with Flack.

Soon Lederer, one of the premier live game players in the world, was walking away with the World Poker Finals trophy, a $25,000 seat at the WPT's Championship event, and a dollar for every square foot of the enormous Foxwoods casino.

This tournament is included in the World Poker Tour Season One DVD Collection.