The bracelet harvest resumes:
| Buy-in | Event | Prizepool | Entries |
| $10,000 | Event #33: $10,000 Razz Championship | $948,600 | 102 |
| $1,500 | Event #34: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha | $1,808,925 | 1,355 |
| $10,000 | Event #35: $10,000 Secret Bounty No-Limit Hold’em | $5,282,400 | 568 |
| $3,000 | Event #36: $3,000 Nine Game Mix | $963,870 | 361 |
Event #33: $10,000 Razz Championship
Jerry Wong, 8th in the 2016 WSOP Main Event, having made 11 prior WSOP final tables, 83 WSOP cashes, finally put his hands on a coveted bracelet and $298,682. He was third and last at some point but finally overcame Carlos Chadha-Villamarin (2nd) and Michael Moncek (3rd). Wong’s total live earnings are now at $5,8M.
Event #34: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
1,355 entries built this large Pot-Limit Omaha event. Robert Mizrachi started the day as the chip leader but only made a disappointing 7th place. It’s Sean Troha, starting the day with the fifth largest stack, who paved the way for victory, winning $298,192 in the process. It’s the second PLO bracelet for the player who won the $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship last year.
“I guess I’m as confident as I’ve been, there are still better players out there, but I’ve done a little bit of work and I guess I’m just trying to do my best”, Troha told after the win.
Event #35: $10,000 Secret Bounty No-Limit Hold’em
After many ups and downs from chip leader to short stack, Chris Klodnicki did the work to earn $733,317 and his second bracelet, now cumulating $10,8M in live earnings. He denied the bracelet to serious players including Barak Wisbrod (3rd) and Jeremy Ausmus (4th).
He commented: “Really not traveling for poker but playing online. I’ve been playing a ton of online no-limit hold’em so, you know, I felt really good, and they have the bounty events online too so I felt really comfortable in this format and it was nice to get back to live poker. I’ve always felt comfortable in live poker. I’ve worked on my fundamentals a little bit more by playing online”.
Event #36: $3,000 Nine Game Mix
22 years old Ryutaro Suzuki from Japan bested a field of 361 players to earn his first bracelet and his first major performance in a live tournament ($221,124). It’s only the seventh World Series of Poker bracelet winner from Japan.
Justin Liberto (8th, 1 bracelet) and Scott Clements (9th, 3 bracelets) fell early yesterday and couldn’t add a new bracelet to their wrist.
“Now the Japanese poker community is really growing up. There were a few bracelet holders, especially in mixed games. So it’s really so special for me and the poker community,” Suzuki said through translator Tamon Nakamura, finishing himself fourth in this event.
In progress
Event #37: $2,000 No-Limit Holdem has registered 1,962 entries and 28 remains. Yuan Li in the lead and will return today, accompagnied by previous Main Event 3rd finisher Antoine Saout in fifth place. They will battle for the first prize of $524,777.
Ten remains in a stacked line-up in Event #38: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship. They were 130 entries in the event, all players secured $25k and they will play for $311,428.
Here are the chip counts:
| Benny Glaser | 1,695,000 |
| Sampo Ryynanen | 1,240,000 |
| Joao Vieira | 1,105,000 |
| Jason Papastavrou | 860,000 |
| David “Bakes” Baker | 750,000 |
| Michael Rodrigues | 735,000 |
| Julien Martini | 660,000 |
| Oscar Johansson | 500,000 |
| George Alexander | 120,000 |
| Alexander Wilkinson | 85,000 |
Day 1A has ended for Event #39: $1,500 MONSTER STACK No-Limit Hold’em with a prizepool already at $5,2M. A second flight will take place today.
The biggest buy-in event this year has started with Event #40: $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold’em. 56 entries were recorded on day 1 and 37 players remains, Dustin Bailey in the lead. Here is the current top 10:
| Rank | Player | Country | Stack | BB |
| 1st | Dustin Bailey | United States | 4,850,000 | 162 |
| 2nd | Chance Kornuth | United States | 4,340,000 | 145 |
| 3rd | Steven Veneziano | United States | 4,315,000 | 144 |
| 4th | Henrik Hecklen | Denmark | 4,285,000 | 143 |
| 5th | Artur Martirosian | Russia | 3,785,000 | 126 |
| 6th | Ben Heath | United Kingdom | 3,720,000 | 124 |
| 7th | Alex Kulev | Bulgaria | 3,625,000 | 121 |
| 8th | Koray Aldemir | Germany | 3,535,000 | 118 |
| 9th | James Chen | Taiwain | 3,485,000 | 116 |
| 10th | Espen Jorstad | Norway | 2,800,000 | 93 |
To end the recap, here are some of the notables finishes in these events
| Player | Place | Earnings | Event |
| 🇺🇸 John Hennigan | 6th | $56,265 | Event #33: $10,000 Razz Championship |
| 🇺🇸 Nick Schulman | 11th | $23,850 | Event #33: $10,000 Razz Championship |
| 🇦🇺 James Obst | 17th | $17,789 | Event #33: $10,000 Razz Championship |
| 🇺🇸 Robert Mizrachi | 7th | $42,200 | Event #34: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha |
| 🇺🇸 Josh Arieh | 13th | $16,028 | Event #34: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha |
| 🇨🇦 Daniel Negreanu | 16th | $10,632 | Event #34: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha |
| 🇺🇸 John Racener | 18th | $10,632 | Event #34: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha |
| 🇺🇸 Phil Hellmuth | 11th | $45,301 | Event #35: $10,000 Secret Bounty No-Limit Hold’em |
| 🇺🇸 Matt Berkey | 14th | $29,600 | Event #35: $10,000 Secret Bounty No-Limit Hold’em |
Sources: www.wsop.com, www.thehendonmob.com
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