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The confidence: When Isaac was asked about the exact point during the tournament when he thought that he could win it all, he mentioned, "As soon as I knocked out Greg Raymer." Whenever you eliminate the reigning World Champion, that's a huge ego boost, especially to a guy who does not have a tremendous amount experience playing against professionals.

The timing: Isaac Galazan flew into Vegas from Thailand. He was scheduled to play in the $2000 NL Hold'em event on Friday. But since he was itching to play, he couldn't wait three days. He anxiously entered the $2500 Short Handed 6-Max NL event yesterday with a prize pool worth over $1.2 million. He ended up winning it all earlier this evening. His first finish paid out $315,125 and he also collected his first World Series of Poker bracelet.

Isaac Galazan is an Israeli-American originally from Miami. The 34-year old moved to Bangkok, Thailand where he's a nightclub owner. Gambling is illegal in Thailand so he's unable to play in a casino. He relies on home games to keep his skills sharp.

Day 2 began with 13 players left on 3 tables for. It started yesterday with 548 players. The action is fast due to the tables being short handed. Andrew Black started Day 2 as the chipleader. He pushed all in preflop with KK. Isaac Galazan called with A-T and rivered an ace. That was a big hand for Isaac and it help propel him to the final table.

Here's the final table:

Seat 1: David Barnes ($148K) is a security consultant from London, England.

Seat 2: David Singer ($122K) is a professional poker player from Brooklyn, NY and has made three final tables at the WSOP.

Seat 3: Isaac Galazan ($285K) is a nightclub owner from Thailand.

Seat 4: Harry Demetriou ($453K) is a retired sports betting consultant from London, England and finished in 18th place at the 2004 WSOP main event.

Seat 5: Tommy Grimes ($278K) is a professional gambler from Houston, TX and plays regularly against Sam Farha.

Seat 6: Antonio Esfandiari ($86K) won his first WSOP bracelet last year and also won a World Poker Tour event.

Two players were eliminated fairly quickly once the final table began. Isaac Galazan knocked out David Barnes with pocket tens. David flopped a nut flush draw with AJs. He also had two overcards but could not catch any of his outs. Sixth place paid $50,415.

Antonio Esfandiari was the next one to be eliminated. His KJ lost a coin flip to Harry Demetriou's pocket 8s. Antonio won $63,020. Harry added to his chiplead.

David Singer was knocked out in 4th place when his 99 ran into Harry Demetriou's A4. David pushed all in on the river. Harry took several minutes to ponder the call. He was worried about being outkicked. Luckily, he called and added to his chiplead. David Singer won $75,625 for fourth place.

At the dinner break Harry Demetriou almost held a 2 to 1 chiplead over Isaac Galazan and Tommy Grimes. Tommy Grimes pushed all in with J8. He flopped second pair. Isaac G flopped top pair with Q9 and called. No help for Tommy Grimes who was knocked out in 3rd place. He collected $85,705 for his efforts.

When it got to heads up play, Harry Demetriou held over $850K in chips and Isaac Galazan had roughly $500K. The two played for about twenty minutes before they got involved in one of the weirdest hands of the tournament. The flop showed: 6-5-2. Isaac moved all in. Harry thought about his decision for a long time and decided to call with 6-4o with top pair and a gutshot draw. He did not improve and he ended up doubling up Isaac, who showed pocket nines. He must have thought Isaac was bluffing.

Harry was a shortstack and with Q9, he pushed all in. Isaac quickly called with KJ. The flop was all rags: 8-5-4. When a 5 hit the turn, Isaac emphatically asked the dealer and said, "One more, Love!" Harry's cards were still alive. He needed one of his six outs to double up. The river didn't help him and Harry ended up coming in second place. He won $163,850. After he amassed a huge chiplead, I figured that Harry would be a lock for first place. However, the night belonged to Isaac Galazan. He came from behind to win his first WSOP title.

Isaac Galazan was one of the more jubilant winners that I met so far this year. He caught some amazing cards and played with a tremendous amount of confidence. He also happened to show up at the right time. Again, he only decided to play in this event at the last minute. During a post-tournament interview he said, "It's all about being able to do it, then doing it."

Congrats again to Isaac.