Last year, J.J. Liu came thisclose to becoming the first woman to win a WPT event that you actually have to pay money to enter, coming in second at the Bay 101 "So-Called" Shooting Star main event.

This year, it was Jennifer Harman‘s, a woman, turn.

Harman entered final table play as one of the short-stacks. As the last remaining so-called "shooting star" and last remaining woman, she had a lot on the line. In an interview made up in our head right before final table play began, Harman imaginarily told us:

"As the last so-called shooting star and last remaining woman in the tournament, I recognize that there’s a lot of the line. You know what I’m saying?"

It wasn’t meant to be, however, as Harman bowed out in third place, banking $330,000.

It was meant to be, however, for Brandon Cantu, who pretty much was the chip leader or near the chip lead from Day 1. Cantu was never really threatened during final table play, eventually eliminating Steve Sung for the title.

This is Cantu’s first WPT main event win. He also won a WSOP bracelet in 2006.

For the win, Cantu banks $1,000,000 to go along with the year supply of almonds he won earlier in the week as the Blue Diamond Almonds Bold Player of the Day.

Get full final table results and recap from the WPT site here.

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Last year a four month pregnant J.J. Liu almost made history by becoming the first women to not nag a man into submission display some everyday common sense drive well not run screaming to the middle of the dance floor when Come On Eileen is played win a major poker tournament.

Liu eventually failed because the female brain is half the size of the male Ted Forrest prevailed in a grueling final table battle. And then a few months later, Annette Obrestad, a woman, won the WSOP Europe Main Event.

But since that didn’t happen in U.S. America, it only partly counts.

Which means that top pro and one of the most respected players in the game, Jennifer Harman, a woman, can finish what J.J. Liu so bravely started last year by capturing the WPT Bay 101 Shoot Star final table.

Harman, who also happens to be a so-called "shooting star," will have her work cut out for her though, as she’s short-stacked at 541,000. Leading the way is Day 1a chip leader Brandon Cantu with 3,323,000.

In second overall is some guy named Mike Baker with 1,964,000. The rest of the final table chip counts break down as follows: Noah Jefferson (842,000), Steve Sung (474,000), and John "The Razor" Phan* (374,000).

Some big name bust-outs include the spectacularly-breasted J.C. Tran (7th), Lee Watkinson (9th), this guy who looks like an escaped convict (10th), Rich Belksy (13th), Clonie Gowen, a woman (14th), and this guy who looks like Perez Hilton and possibly really is (15th).

Get full payouts here.

* Not a real razor.

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