Two Decades in the Making: Will “The Thrill” Failla Wins First Major Title

Will “The Thrill” Failla is the winner of the World Poker Tour’s Legends of Poker main event.  It has taken Failla two decades to win a major event. 

Failla's share was $758,085, the largest tournament score of his career.

2011 World Poker Tour Legends of Poker
Buy-in: $3,500 re-entry
Entries: 757
Prize pool: $2,570,015
Players in the money: 80

1. Will Failla ($758,085)


2. Ken Aldridge ($365,800)


3. Jeff Vertes ($186,400)


4. Joshua Pollock ($128,500)


5. Adam Aronson ($102,800)


6. Owais Ahmed ($77,100)


7. Ray Henson ($64,250)


8. James Carroll ($51,400)


9. David Daneshgar ($38,550)


10. Matt Kay ($29,555)

- Patrick Flanagan, Gambling911.com