6 max play is an action junky’s game. Less players means you can push your margins more. Those cards you’d toss away in a full ring game suddely become playable; worth a raise even. 68 players signed up for some short-handed action, building a $19,788 prize pool. For Gregory Owen his 5th place finish would be his first tournament cash since finishing 278 in the 2007 WSOP Main Event. James Williams finished 2nd, coming in behind champion Jonathan Murphy.