Matt Waxman eclipsed the $1 million mark in career earnings (including live and online play) with his victory in the 352-player field at the WSOP Circuit Atlantic City main event. The $1,650 buy-in boasted the second-largest WSOPC main event field of the season and many top players who made the trip hoping to earn the next automatic entry into the WSOP's national championship, which will take place in May 2011.

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Eric Harkins/IMPDIWith the victory, Matt Waxman earned automatic entry into the WSOP's national championship to be held at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas in 2011.

Waxman, a 25-year-old professional poker player from Parkland, Fla., plays online under the alias "BigStackBBQ" and has nine WSOP cashes -- with five coming in 2010. This was his second-largest score in his live career; he finished sixth in the $5,000 six-handed no-limit hold 'em event in 2009, which sent $138,393 his way. However, online is where Waxman made his mark, winning the prestigious Full Tilt Online Poker Series XIII main event for $453,663. In that $500 buy-in event, Waxman outlasted a huge field of 5,306 for the win. Even though the money for this WSOPC win isn't anywhere near the online score, Waxman was thrilled to finally break through in live action.

"I've been winning a lot of major online tournaments but only coming close in the live ones, so it really feels great to lock one up," said Waxman to the WSOP. "There are so many great players out there nowadays that it gets harder each year to stand out from the pack."

Waxman faced Jesus Cabrera heads-up for the title and the battle included some tough beats for both players. Cabrera's turn to get lucky came with a river nine with A-9 versus the A-K of Waxman. After battling back to regain the chip lead, Waxman got lucky with 3-3 versus Cabrera's 6-6 to wrap up the tournament. The 46-year-old Cabrera earned $72,824 for the second-place finish.

Notable finishers include Matt Glantz (16th), Josh Brikis (20th) and Chris Tryba (35th).

Here's a look at the final table results:

1. Matt Waxman ($117,797)
2. Jesus Cabrera ($72,824)
3. Mark Sykes ($53,126)
4. Chris Bonita ($39,406)
5. David Cubeta ($29,685)
6. Mike Summers ($22,704)
7. Tam Ly ($17,618)
8. Brandon Croft ($13,869)
9. Manish Patel ($11,073)

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