North of the U.S. border, it’s a classic Canadian competition at the beautiful Niagara Falls.

The field of 504 players has come down to the final six, and it will be a battle of experience, age, and poker wisdom. Barry Greenstein, the clear veteran at the table, will face two young successful pros in Clements and Little – the latter of which won the WPT Mirage Poker Showdown months prior. There are two 19-year-old online pros in Farkye and Garza, and the amateur Canadian in Cloutier. Can the seasoned pro overcome his short stack to take down another WPT title, eh?

Catch all the action with the WPT on GSN!

With the beautiful backdrop of Niagara Falls, a total of 504 players descended upon the Fallsview Casino Resort in Ontario for one of the most anticipated stops on the World Poker Tour – the North American Poker Championship. As the tournament progressed, only six of them could survive to face the lights and cameras of the WPT set.

The interesting range of players – seasoned pro versus young guns and newcomers – is as follows, with seating chart and chip counts:

Seat 1: Kofi Farkye 1,504,000

Seat 2: Jonathan Little 2,716,000

Seat 3: Jeff Garza 1,320,000

Seat 4: David Cloutier 1,614,000

Seat 5: Barry Greenstein 447,000

Seat 6: Scott Clements 2,483,000

Play began with a 3,000 ante and blinds of 10,000 and 20,000. And as Vince Van Patten mentioned in the show’s opening, it was time to see who would be the first to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

The first hand of the night saw Kofi Farkye reraising chip leader Scott Clements. Farkye had pocket Queens, and Clements wisely folded his AcJh.

The second hand would set a precedent for the table, as David Cloutier began to show that his amateur status would not guarantee amateur play. Cloutier initially raised with Ks10s, and WPT champion Jonathan Little called with Jc10c. Both players checked the flop of Ac10h5s and did the same on the 2h turn. When the river brought a 10d, Little bet 125,000 with his set but Cloutier raised to 376,000 with his set. Little called, and Cloutier took down the pot with his better kicker.

Clements decided to add to his chip lead by taking some away from Jeff Garza. Their battle started with Garza raising pre-flop with AdQh and Clements calling with KsJd. The flop of Kh5d4c brought a raise of 120,000 from Garza and a call from Clements with top pair. The turn was a 10h, Garza checked, and Clements bet 225,000 which caused Garza to fold.

The very next hand started with a raise from Clements with As9s and a call from Garza with 10d9d in the big blind. The flop showed 8h7s2s, and Garza checked his straight draw. Clements bet 150,000 with the flush draw, Garza raised All-In for his last 738,000, and Clements quickly called. The turn was a 3s to complete the flush, and the 8s on the river cemented the deal. Jeff Garza was eliminated in sixth place for CAD $170,216.

Very shortly thereafter, Clements raised to 80,000 from the small blind with 10c8d, and Farkye called from the big blind with 6c5d. When the flop came 10s8s7s, Clements checked his top two pair but Farkye moved All-In for 808,000 with the straight draw, despite the all-spade board. Clements snap-called and was the immediate favorite. The turn and river were Ks and 7c, and Clements rocketed to 4,675,000 in chips. Kofi Farkye was sent back to college in San Diego with CAD $218,849.

Then it was Barry Greenstein’s turn to make some moves with his short stack. He moved All-In with a post-flop flush draw and caused Cloutier to lay down his bottom pair. He caused Little to fold Kh6h pre-flop when he pushed All-In with As10h. And he worked a straight draw against Clements, moved All-In when the turn showed a pair of 7’s on the board, and caused Clements to fold his Queen high.

As Greenstein chipped up and got aggressive, he also found an opportunity to double up with pocket K’s against Clements’ Qh10s. They got it All-In pre-flop, and the board produced KcQs7c7d10h. Greenstein’s trips gave him the double-up.

Meanwhile, Cloutier was also being aggressive. In a hand where he limped with QcJh, Clements called with Js9c, and Little checked his option with As3c, the flop brought Jc10s2s and the betting began. Clements bet, Little folded, Cloutier raised, and Clements called. The 8d on the turn was checked in the dark by Clements. Cloutier responded with an All-In move for his 1,080,000, and Clements called. The 4d on the river didn’t help, and Cloutier doubled up.

Cloutier then took the chip lead at the table after taking a pot from Greenstein. Two hands later, Cloutier raised to 140,000 with Kh9c, Greenstein reraised All-In for his last 675,000, and Cloutier called. The board came Qs10c8dKs5h, and Cloutier won the hand with a pair of Kings and sent Barry Greenstein away from the table in fourth place with CAD $291,798.

Three-handed action saw Clements take some hits and lower his stack to less than 2 million for the first time at the final table. He managed to double through Jonathan Little to stay in contention. By playing nearly every hand, he ended up doubling again through Little, then took several key pots from Cloutier to regain the chip lead.

Finally, Cloutier had lost much of his momentum and didn’t like being the short stack. With As10s, Little made an initial raise to 180,000, and Cloutier came over the top All-In for 1,680,000 with Jh9h. Little called, and both players watched the board come 8d6s3sJs3c to give Little the flush. David Cloutier was gone after a valiant effort, and he took CAD $355,021 with him.

Heads-up action was set to begin with a 10,000 ante and blinds at 30,000 and 60,000. The chip counts were as follows:

Scott Clements 7,080,000

Jonathan Little 3,005,000

Clements was determined. The first hand between the last two standing started with Clements raising to 150,000 with Kc10d. Little called with 7s6h. The flop brought 8h8d6c, Little checked, Clements bet 200,000 with King high, and Little called with bottom pair. The 5c on the turn was checked by both players, but the river of a 10s gave Clements top pair. Little checked, Clements bet 400,000, and Little called. Clements won the pot.

Little was the aggressor to begin the second hand; he raised to 180,000 with Kc4h, and Clements called with Qd5d. When the flop came 7s5c5h, Clements checked his set of 5’s, and Little checked behind. The 4s on the turn was the deciding factor. Clements trapped by checking again, and Little bet 250,000 with his bottom pair. Clements raised to 550,000, and Little reraised All-In for 2,040,000. Clements called immediately, and Little saw that he was drawing dead. The irrelevant Kh came on the river, and Jonathan Little would have to settle for second place. He won CAD $680,862, which translated into roughly US $715,702.

Scott Clements won the North American Poker Championship and became the newest WPT Poker-Made Millionaire! He won CAD $1,387,224 (or US $1,458,208) and a place in the prestigious club of WPT champions. Congratulations, Scott!