Life is going pretty smooth for Gordon Vayo the 27 year old from San Francisco, California who will play the most important table of his life this October 30 when he returns to the WSOP Main Event final table. Vayo won the Winstar River Poker Series at the Winstar River Casino & Resort in Thackerville, Oklahoma for $587,120 dollars.

The $2,500 buy-in tournament registered 1,057 entries but the important part is how the prizepool was awarded. The champion would take one million dollars while the second place would only take $225,000 dollars. When there were only five players left a deal was discussed and everybody left the tournament with a pretty decent cash.

Vayo will star the World Series of Poker grand final third in chips but after his victory this past weekend his rivals must be watching him ver closely.

1º Gordon Vayo $587.120
2º Ben Ector $344.826
3º Dean Bobel $225.048 (157.835 without deal)
4º Layne Flack $225.190 (117.500 without deal)
5º Grant Hinkle $207.669 (89.245 without deal)