Team Full Tilt’s Andy Bloch and Patrik Antonius also make the final table of 2008’s first WSOP event.

Full Tilt Poker’s pros had a strong start to the 2008 World Series of Poker, with three players reaching the first event’s final table and Nenad Medic walking away with the Champion’s bracelet and more than $794,000 in prize money.

Medic entered final table play with 1.2 million in chips, which put him in second place behind Team Full Tilt’s Andy Bloch, who had more than 2.1 million. The newest member of Team Full Tilt, Patrik Antonius was the short stack with 230,000 chips, and was eliminated in seventh place.

Medic took the chip lead late in the tournament when third-place finisher, Kathy Liebert moved all-in with pocket sixes. Bloch called the bet with pocket nines and Medic over-called with pocket Queens, which improved when he hit a third Queen on the flop. That hand gave Medic a 2-1 chip lead over Bloch entering heads-up play.

In the end, Medic won the bracelet when Bloch, holding 9h-9s, moved all-in on a flop of 8h-5s-4h. Medic called the bet with the 5h-7h and turned his flush. A fourth heart failed to fall on the river, and Medic captured his first career bracelet along with more than $794,000 in prize money. Bloch earned $448,000 for second, while Antonius took home $124,000 for seventh.

"In less than two years, Nenad has won a WSOP bracelet and a WPT title," said Team Full Tilt member Howard Lederer. "He’s a great player and it shows just how deep the Full Tilt Poker team really is."

Medic’s victory gives the pros who represent Full Tilt Poker a total of 80 WSOP bracelets.

"Team Full Tilt", is a select group of the world’s finest professional poker players, including Chris Ferguson, Phil Ivey, Howard Lederer, Jennifer Harman, Erick Lindgren, Erik Seidel, Andy Bloch, Phil Gordon, John Juanda, Mike Matusow, Gus Hansen, Allen Cunningham and Patrik Antonius who have collectively won 32 WSOP bracelets. Full Tilt Poker offers players the unique opportunity to Learn, Chat and Play poker with the best poker pros in the game.

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