The reaction of John Guth after the last card fell was the sort of emotional explosion that is more likely seen on the show "The Price Is Right" after the announcer yells "Come on down". This was his first WSOP bracelet, his first big money finish in a major tournament, and he was treating the occasion like the finale to "Guys and Dolls". Despite a response that could only be described as fabulous, nobody could begrudge John for reacting in such an emotional manner. We are just lucky he didn't hire the Village People to sing an anthem of victory.
Two hands before the championship was won the clock had just struck a quarter past eleven; Robert Stevanovski (the only player left to face Guth) was hemorrhaging chips; and Guth was squealing something about a "nut-nut". Usually if you're in the vicinity of grown man late at night, and he is screaming such things while in an agitated state, you're either a guest star on an episode of C.O.P.S. or the IceCapades are in town and someone has dropped the soap in the shower.
On the hand before the championship was awarded, John found out in a very meaningful way just how good a Queen could be to him. After catching a Queen on the river, he had a pair of Kings and Queens. This two pair of overcards easily beat out Robert's two pair of threes and fives.
On the last hand Stevanovski's choices were simple, go for an all or nothing play or be taken down by the blinds on the next hand. Robert went all in and put his tournament future in fate's hand. Fate wasn't swinging in his direction this day. At the turn Guth had had completed a full house and was the champion of Event 36. Congratulations to John Guth on his fabulous victory.
| Place | Player | Prize |
| 1 | John Guth | $363,216 |
| 2 | Robert Stevanovski | $218,456 |
| 3 | David Flores | $148,708 |
| 4 | Massimo Reynaud | $101,332 |
| 5 | Greg Jamison | $75,012 |
| 6 | Randy Jensen | $59,220 |
| 7 | Michael Pollowitz | $44,744 |
| 8 | Bart Hanson | $32,900 |
| 9 | Jim Grove | $23,688 |
