It’s Day 16 here in the WSOP. Two more bracelets were awarded yesterday to the first place finishers and the famous Michael Mizrachi got one, his fifth!
Event #27: $1,500 Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better
Michael Mizrachi topped a field of 460 and defeated Robert Gray heads-up to secure the title and $142,801, nine years after his first back in 2010.
Event #28: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Stephen Song entered the day with nearly half the chips in play at the beginning of Day 3. A huge advantage that he used to win his first bracelet even if it was not as easy as imagined, Ryan Laplante and Scot Masters fighting their best to win the tournament as well.
| # | Buy-in | Event | Player | Prize |
| 27 | $1,500 | Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo 8 or Better | 🇺🇸 Michael Mizrachi | $142,801 |
| 28 | $1,000 | No-Limit Hold’em | 🇺🇸 Stephen Song | $341,854 |
Phil Hellmuth and Shaun Deeb both finishing in top30 of Event #28:
| Player | Place | Earnings | # | Event |
| 🇺🇸 Ryan Laplante | 3rd | $154,268 | 28 | $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em |
| 🇺🇸 Phil Hellmuth | 16th | $13,830 | 28 | $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em |
| 🇺🇸 Shaun Deeb | 28th | $8,989 | 28 | $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em |
| 🇺🇸 Chris Ferguson | 62nd | $2,337 | 27 | $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo 8 or Better |
Event #26: $2,620 No-Limit Hold’em Marathon
There are only sixteen players left in this long race to come back for Day 5 tomorrow. The Russian Roman Korenev is leading the way with a stack of 3,800,000 chips. The sixteen survivors are guaranteed a minimum of $16,970 while $477,401 will be given to the winner.
Event #29: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship
They are only seven left to be able to win one of the toughest tournament in these WSOP as well as $425,347 guaranteed for 1st place. Dario Sammartino will start the final table in great shape with a massive chiplead of 5.0M chips while the 2nd has only 1.6M.
Event #31: $3,000 NLHE 6-handed
Just 20 players remain in this event, and De Silva has the chiplead 100 big blinds after Day 2 coming back on Day 3 to lead the pack. The two-time bracelet winner is trailed by Nicholas Howard (1,700,000) and the French Thomas Cazayous (1,690,000) amid a top three that has paced a bit ahead of the others.
Tomorrow will see the final table of the Event #26: $2,620 NLHE Marathon and the winner will be awarded $477,401.