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  Most people have either seen the film "War of the Worlds", read the book, heard the re-broadcast of the Orson Welles directed radio broadcast that panicked an entire continent, or have a gist of what the story is all about. Those who have spent their lives living in medium sized holes, and have no idea what it is about, War of the Worlds, in a nutshell, is a tale about a group of uppity Martians who invade earth and make the entire planet their beach. Everyone from the heavily armed angry backwoods loners to the League of Women voters are powerless to stop the aliens. In the end, after nuking the invaders didn't even scratch their rides, it turns out they are killed by the common cold.



  At best this was a mixed blessing for them. Sure their entire military was wiped out, but if all it took was a nasty virus to kill their advance force, imagine what could have happened if the aliens had abducted Paris Hilton or Michael "Ron Mexico" Vick and took them back to Mars from some playful probing. The entire Martian race could have been rendered extinct.



  The point of the story is that even the great and powerful can be brought low by the small and persistent. And while we are not comparing David Chiu to an aggressive virus, he did take down Gus Hansen, who at that point was going through the WPT Championship like the Martian war machines through a surprised and defenseless rural suburb.



  Gus had personally eliminated Cory Carroll, John Roveto, Jeff King, and Tommy Le. This left only David Chiu standing between Hansen and the WPT season crown. Had things gone as planned, it would have been his fourth WPT bracelet.



  Things were looking good at first: his chip lead over Chiu was over fifteen million, and even the commentators were joking about how fast Hansen was going to break David. This was not to be. David played poker that on outside looked almost gutless, refusing to engage Gus in big pots, while taking tiny bites during small skirmishes. In the end the bites took their toll, and Chiu had a small chip lead.



  At this point David obliged when Gus lured him into an all in situation. With Hansen all in and a two pair that was ahead of Chiu's pair of Aces, a third Ace bobbed down the river and gave David the season six championship. The beat at the river was ironic because it was Gus who had been using the river card all day to play havoc with his opponents.



  No matter how you look at it though, the spectators were treated to one of the most dramatic moments in the contemporary history of poker.



  We congratulate David Chiu on his stunning victory!