The tiring flight from Canada to Barcelona in Spain to compete in the 888.com World Poker Crown final table was worth it for 21 year old Canadian poker player, Jack Hinchey. He took the title and a million dollars in prize money.

The first phase of the tournament was online at Pacific Poker, where play continued until ten survivors were left. The game was then suspended, and the players - including Hinchey and three other Canucks - carried their chip counts over to a final table in Barcelona, where the live face-to-face game took place, webcast to the Internet once the final eight players remained.

The epic final table was webcast at Pacific Poker this week as the culmination of the highly innovative tournament that featured both online and offline action.

Among the final eight were players from both Europe and Canada, including Canadians Jack Hinchey (chip leader), Michael Lawson and Mark Castonguy; Bert van Doesburg, Arjan van Bavel and Bart Wetsteijn from the Netherlands; Mark Roessler of Germany and Piotr Stanislaw of Poland.

The game came to an end eight hours after the start of final eight play. Hinchey was triumphant on a $1 million payday after a heads-up with second placed fellow Canuck Michael Lawson, who collected a $397,000 check from the cashier. Hinchey remarked: “This is a lot better than being in a sewage pit,” - a reference to his pump business back home in Canada.

Piotr Stanislaw was placed third and took home $210,000 and Hollander Arjan van Bavel $180,000 for a fourth place. The last of the six figure prizes went to Bart Wetsteijn on $120,000 while Van Doesburg, Roessler and Castonguy collected checks for $90,000, $60,000 and $30,000 respectively.

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