David Chiu Wins the 2008 World Poker Tour Championship

David Chiu has the button in seat 3, and there is no small blind. Hansen raises from the cutoff to 480,000, Carroll reraises from the big blind to 1.65 million, and Hansen thinks for a bit before he calls. The two chipleaders apparently aren't afraid to mix it up in a big pot.

The flop comes Q J 6, Carroll checks, and Hansen stands up to get a better look at Carroll's chip stack across the table. After about two minutes of thinking with a pained expression on his face, Gus Hansen moves all in, and the crowd gasps.

Carroll looks surprised, but he takes his time, rechecking his cards and taking a close look at his own chip stack. If he calls and wins, he would be a dominant chipleader with 15 million, but if he loses, he's out of the tournament in fourth place. If he folds, he'll still have a little less than 6 million in chips, which is still a solid second on the leaderboard. Carroll seems to be studying everything but his opponent -- he only gives occasional glances Hansen's way.

Several times, it looks like Carroll has come to a decision, but then he continues thinking.

Carroll finally calls all in for 6,925,000, and the crowd gasps. Carroll shows A J for a pair of jacks. Hansen shows 7 5 for a diamond flush draw, and he'll need to improve to bust Carroll here.

The turn is the Q, and Carroll is still in the lead with two pair. Hansen needs any diamond but the queen (which would give Carroll a full house) to win the pot.

The river card is -- the 3!

The crowd screams as Gus Hansen rivers a diamond flush to win the biggest pot of the tournament.

Cory Carroll made the right call but got the wrong result, and he is eliminated in fourth place, earning $593,645.

John Roveto has the button in seat 1, he moves all in for 1,985,000, and Hansen quickly calls from the small blind with A10. Roveto shows K K, and he'll need it to hold up to stay alive.

The flop comes J 9 8, and crowd reacts as Hansen picks up an open-ended straight draw.

The turn is the 6, and Hansen needs an ace, a queen, or a seven (11 outs) to bust Roveto here.

The river card is -- the 7!

The crowd laughs through their applause as Gus Hansen wins the pot with a jack-high straight.

John Roveto is eliminated in third place, earning $923,355.

Hansen held a huge chip lead after this impressive run. He averaged an elimination every 5.5 hands along the way to heads-up play. While Hansen had been quite busy busting four players, David Chiu had chosen to sit back and relax. During the first 22 hands of the final table he played two hands, and won only one of them. Here is a look at the mis-matched chip stacks (Hansen held 84 percent of the chips in play) heading into the final battle:

Gus Hansen - 22,905,000
David Chiu - 4,360,000

Part II: David Chiu Pulls off the Unthinkable Comeback

Chiu doubled up, and then continued to chip up against Hansen and grew his stack to over 11 million. Chiu then cotinued to play solid heads-up poker, and caught a little help from lady luck to continue his march to the unthinkable comeback against the once untsoppable Hansen. Chiu marched back to even with Hansen and then pulled ahead to take the lead after 50 hands had transpired between them. Here are the pivotal hands from the heads-up match, pulled from live updates: