Michael Keiner(credit: Wikipedia)
, and a quarter million dollars richer.
The televised the 888.com Poker Open V may have Keiner as the biggest winner, but it is hard to think of a bigger disparity in investment-to-win ratio than second place finisher Craig Young, winner of $100k, who only paid 1c to win his seat.
Young very nearly went all the way to win the event, too. In fact he was still the chip leader when he got involved in a hand that will surely haunt him to the end of his days. He called with suited big slick (AK) when Keiner pushed all in with two tens, and then caught a straight, a near lock on the hand. However a suspicious Ten on the flop made things dicey, and sure enough when the board paired on the river the full house shipped the pot -- and the lead - - over the Keiner.