A field of 454 players entered this championship event, which took place over six days in Ontario, Canada. Smith, a native Canadian, was in 2nd place heading into the final table and managed to survive to the final two. He entered heads-up play a 3:1 underdog against his opponent, but wouldn't go down without a fight. Heads-up play lasted nearly 50 hands, when Smith finally got all his chips in the middle with pocket 5s versus AK. The flop and turned both looked good for Smith, but he was eliminated when an Ace fell on the river.

With this 2nd place finish, Gavin earned over $532,000 and now has over $4.5 million in lifetime tournament winnings.

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