When you're in last place in any competition its easy to sack it in for the night and come back the next day with a renewed vengeance to perform better. The 1987 minnesota twins decided to beat all odds with a scrap yard of players to go from bottom feeders in the American League in 1986, to defeating the St. Louis Cardinals for the World Series title the next year.

At the World Series of Poker you don't get a second chance at the final table. No mulligans, no rebuys, and no sleeping it off with a renewed chip stack in the morning. Francois Safieddine took his last place status and managed to take down John "The Razor" Phan for his first WSOP bracelet. Safieddine's victory in event nineteen, a $2,500 No Limit Hold Em' event netted a win of $521,785 after his pocket fours proved to be lucky enough find a third on the river versus Phan's aces.

From Michael Friedman at Pokernews.com here's the final table recap:

... 12 minutes later, Brenes' drive for his third WSOP bracelet ended. Brenes busted in seventh place when his A-K failed to improve against Porter's pocket nines. Brenes took home $55,918 for finishing seventh. Only 11 minutes later, Bonding, the leader after both Days One and Two, joined him. Bonding exited when Phan hit a full house, sevens over fours. Bonding won $74,557 for his three days of play.

Just minutes after that, yet another player was bounced. Shawn Hattem saw his WSOP bracelet hopes vanish when Francois Safieddine hit a set of aces. Busting in fifth place, Hattem earned $97,856.

As the second hour began, the remaining four players were almost even in chips. Marcus Obser held a slight lead over Phan, with Porter and Safieddine close behind. Several rounds passed by with only a minor trading of chips. It wasn't meant to be for Porter, however, as he eventually busted in fourth place. Safieddine and Porter tangled, leaving Safiedienne at the top of the chip count and Porter busted when Safieddine's pocket sevens beat Porter's suited A-J. Porter collected $139,794 for his play.

Down to three, increasing blinds soon forced the remaining to put their chips at risk. Obser's time ran out when his flopped eights were beaten by Safieddine's flopped aces. Obsed earned $212,021 for his third-place finish. Safieddine pulled ahead in the matchup against Phan for the bracelet, but Phan looked to be about to move back to near even when he got all his chips in with pocket aces against Safieddine's pocket fours. Safieddine rivered the miracle two-out four for the set and the victory, claiming $521,785 and the bracelet. Phan's tough-luck runner-up conclusion was still worth $330,846.