After a long heads up battle in which both players were oh so close to claiming the title, John Phan ultimately came out on top. The last hand was another coinflip, with Amit “Amak316″ Makhija moving all in and Phan making the call.
Amit had the K7 and Phan had pocket threes. The board [...]

John Phan had chipped away at Amit “Amak316″ Makhija after the two went back and forth around even for a few hands. After taking a small lead, Phan was able to win a couple of pots to get up to around 9.5 million while Makhija was left with less than 1.5 million.
In a pot [...]

Both players have been one card away from having the title locked up.  For John Phan the one card away from the title scenario just played out again.  Amit “Amak316″ Makhija raised to 320k and Phan called.  On the K74 flop Phan checked to Makhija who bet 380k.  John the raised to 800k and Amit [...]

After seeing Amit “Amak316″ Makhija (right) get back to even, John Phan has again pulled ahead, jumping to almost 9 million chips after calling down a bluff from Makhija. Amit opened for 400k and Phan called to see the 985 flop. When it was checked to him Amit bet 600k and Phan called. [...]

After being down 7 million chips, Amit “Amak316″ Makhija has climbed back to put himself right at even with John Phan.  In the pot that put the players both right around 5.5 million John opened for 300k and Amit called to see the A92 flop.  After both players checked the flop Amit led out for [...]