On Tuesday night, Joe Brindle was in Adam Owen’s winner’s photo after Owen took down the $125 win the button event. Less than 24 hours later, Brindle had a winner photo of his own.

Brindle joined Owen on the long trip from England to Reno and couldn’t let the 25-year-old high-stakes poker pro have the spotlight all to himself on the trip. Brindle won the $235 six-max 8-game mix on Thursday night, defeating Chris Moneymaker heads-up to best a field of 185 entries to earn the trophy and $8,155.

“I think I’ve got bragging rights,” said Brindle. “Just because he’s a mixed game specialist, he would rather have this trophy I would imagine. One each is ridiculous. We couldn’t have asked for more coming over here.”

Brindle came to the final table near the chip lead but was trailing the 2003 WSOP Main Event champion in chips at the outset of the final table. As players steadily hit the rail, Brindle’s stack grew and eventually he was the chip leader, starting heads-up play with a slight chip advantage on Moneymaker.

For Brindle, having the opportunity to battle with the man responsible for the modern poker boom made the experience even more special.

“It’s ridiculous,” said Brindle. “At my age, he was massive when I got into poker. And to be on the same table as him is quite humbling sometimes, but actually beating him heads-up is ridiculous. I couldn’t have picked a better person in the field to beat heads-up because it’s just such a big name. I’ll definitely take that one and it’s something to brag about personally. He played great as well.”

Unlike Owen, Brindle doesn’t play full time. He has a day job working in the investment field but gets the opportunity to bounce ideas off of Owen on a regular basis.

“We play quite a bit together and he plays a lot higher levels and a lot more than me, but I’m getting there. This is going to boost my confidence into maybe trying myself more often at mixed games live,” said Brindle.

The two Brits still have plenty of time left in America as they fit Run It Up Reno into the first half of a vacation on the west coast. But with both of them having entries into the Platinum Pass freeroll event, they are hoping to have to make a trip back across the Atlantic Ocean in January to take a seat in the PokerStars Players Championship.

Andy Pokrivnak also earned a seat into the freeroll after winning the RIU gear last longer.

Here are the Full Results:

1st: Joe Brindle – $8,155
2nd: Chris Moneymaker – $5,400
3rd: Andy Pokrivnak – $3,600 + seat into Platinum Pass freeroll (winner of RIU gear last longer)
4th: Nick Eastman – $2,440
5th: Jason Miller – $1,700
6th: Daniel Van Voorst – $1,230
7th: Cheng Lu – $910
8th: Eric Nelson – $910
9th: Pablo Gutierrez – $775
10th: Ryan Ordonez – $775
11th: John Chorne – $685
12th: Brett Gordon – $685
13th: Jesse Capps – $600
14th: Gus Pasquella – $600
15th: Kevin Gerhart – $600
16th: did not claim – $525
17th: Rami Abdella – $525
18th: Elio Aponte – $525
19th: Yarom Limor – $460
20th: Adam Owen – $460
21st: Christopher Yuan – $460
22nd: Brian Sherrier – $460
23rd: Timothy Su – $460
24th: Christopher Linoner – $460
25th: Jeffrey Chapman – $415
26th: Jon Turner – $415
27th: William Burns – $415
28th: Alexis Aguiar  – $415
29th: Charisse Case – $415
30th: Patrick Preston – $415