WPT Event Won by Lee Markholt

A final table that sported players like Phil Ivey, Michael Mizrachi and David Pham could be one of the toughest poker tournamets around, and that was just what Lee Markholt faced when he played in the World Poker Challenge, a World Poker Tour event. Lee managed not only to avoid elimination by this tough table of pros, but went on to win the whole event. He beat out 260 players to win, and managed a first place cash prize of $493,000. Phil Ivey busted in 10th place, which means he unfortunatly did not make the TV table, while David "The Dragon" Pham took fifth and Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi took seventh.