Ram Vaswani has won Event #53, ,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout, earning 7,438, a Corum watch, and a coveted WSOP bracelet.

The win marks the first success for a British player at the 2007 World Series of Poker, and follows up the dual victories of Praz Bansi and John Gale last year.

This tournament attracted 720 players who contributed to a prizepool of 2,800 The end came at around 4am in the morning, as the Hendon Mobster defeat Andrew Ward in heads-up play. Vaswani built up an unassailable chip lead, before winning the bracelet after turning a King high flush.