On his way to the title, the young pretender eliminated all seven of his final table opponents. The last of these was Roman Matteoli. There was no mammoth WPT heads-up to be found though. Berglund finished off his opponent in a frenetic 15 minutes that must have left Matteoli wondering what day it was. It was Sunday and Berglund had just walked away with €206,000. You’d imagine he’ll be back in the playground telling all his friends on the jungle gym today.
The Arkansas native won a $180 satellite and $1,500 main event at Harrah’s in Tunica, Mississippi to get into the event. After playing like a lights out pitcher, the final out came in the shape of James Anderson in heads up. It delivered him the first place prize of $300,000 and a place in WSOPC and WSOP folklore.