The Tournament of Champions, a curtainraiser for this year's World Series of Poker has drawn to a close in Las Vegas, with a somewhat unlikely winner.

Mike Sexton took down the $1 million first place prize after an epic heads-up battle with Daniel Negreanu.

Sexton is well known for his media work co-hosting World Poker Tour TV broadcasts, but less well known these days as a player, but he has pedigree, and has been playing in the big games for years.

Not only that he helped inaugurate the Tournament of Champions in 1998.