Cody Completes WSOP, WPT and EPT Trifecta

June 4th, 2011 - 22 year old British tournament professional Jake Cody defeated Yevgeniy "Jovial Gent" Timoshenko to win the $25,000 buyin WSOP heads up event.

He won $851,192 in addition to his WSOP bracelet.  Timoshenko took home $525,980 for his runner up finish.

Cody also won the EPT Deauville and WPT London earlier this year, as well as a PokerStars SCOOP victory in May.

Notables that cashed in this 128 player, $3,040,000 prize pool event included Gus Hansen (3rd place), Tom Dwan (9th place), Olivier "livb112" Busquet (12th place) and Jonathan Jaffe (16th place).

Olivier Busquet was knocked out by Timoshenko in the tournament, as was Daniel Cates.

Cody defeated several well known players on his way to the bracelet, including Dani Stern, Jaffe, Hansen and Timoshenko.