Five bracelets were awarded yesterday! Let’s jump in:
| Buy-in | Event | Prizepool | Entries |
| $1,000 | Event #61: $1,000 SUPER SENIORS No-Limit Hold’em | $2,777,690 | 3,121 |
| $1,500 | Event #62: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em, Pot-Limit Omaha | $2,771,460 | 2,076 |
| $10,000 | Event #63: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship | $1,311,300 | 141 |
| $1,500 | Event #66: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better | $1,501,875 | 1,125 |
| $1,000 | Event #68: $1,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em | $2,513,360 | 2,824 |
Event #61: $1,000 SUPER SENIORS No-Limit Hold’em
Austria’s Klaus Ilk is our winner for the event reserved to the 60 years old and more. The event had about 20% more entries than last year, building hefty prize of $330,609 for the winner. What a performance for the player who had until then $30k in total live earnings! Moreover, Ilk started the day with the lowest stack and succeeded in outlasting the 12 other competitors.
Event #62: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em, Pot-Limit Omaha
After four days of play, David Simon defeated David Prociak in heads-up to put his hands on his first bracelet and $410,659. Probably a life changing experience for this player who had until then $98k in live earnings.
“I’ve played with a lot of people who have always been super positive with me and just been like, ‘It’s gonna happen for you at some point,'” said Simon. “I don’t know if I myself really believed that, but during this event in particular I just felt incredibly calm and locked in.”.
Event #63: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
After a long heads-up battle of more than five hours, Ryan Miller was able to overcome the second player of the all time money list Bryn Kenney to win his first bracelet. Here are the final results of the event:
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Miller | United States | $344,677 |
| 2 | Bryn Kenney | United States | $213,027 |
| 3 | Maximilian Schindler | United States | $149,981 |
| 4 | Andres Korn | Argentina | $107,824 |
| 5 | Chino Rheem | United States | $79,189 |
| 6 | Eddie Blumenthal | United States | $59,441 |
| 7 | Yong Wang | China | $45,624 |
| 8 | Joao Vieira | Portugal | $35,826 |
“I’ve waited a long time and I wasn’t sure if it would ever come,” said Miller, whose first WSOP cash stems from 2007, after all was said and done, “but I’m super excited to get one. I feel like I put a lot of time in poker and was deserving of one, and now it finally came and it’s great to get it in a Championship event.”
Event #66: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better
Event #66 had 1,125 entries and ended yesterday with William Kopp earning his first bracelet and $259,549, putting his live earnings at $1,3M. The player is now part of a family of bracelet winners as his sister Katie Kopp won last years’s Casino Employees Event.
“When we were growing up we were always about poker. We’re pretty close…me, my sister, and my mom. We all talk poker and help make each other better,” Kopp said.
Event #68: $1,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em
With a total of 2,854 entries, the event build up a prizepool of $2,5M and a $228,632 top prize. Brazil’s Gabriel Schroeder knocked out 15 players ($300 each) to become the final survivor of the event.
In progress
Only three player remains in Event #64: $600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold’em. A close three-way will attend John Taylor (48M), David Guay (46M) and Steven Stolzenfeld (35M). They have all secured $124,821 and will play for their first bracelet and $270,972.
The Event #65: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em (1,199 entries) is down to six players lead by Hungarian Norbert Szecsi. Angelina Rich, second in chips, has a good chance to become the first female winner this year. Top prize is set at $938,244.
Event #67: $1,000 LADIES No-Limit Hold’em Championship is down to 47 ladies. Mary Dvorkin has the top stack after two days. Unfortunately many notables did not make it today, including Veronica Brill, Vanessa Kade, Melissa Schubert, Kristen Foxen and Vivian Saliba.
That’s it for today, Event #70: $400 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold’em and Event #71: $50,000 HIGH ROLLER Pot-Limit Omaha have just started, so more about these event tomorrow!
Sources: www.wsop.com, www.thehendonmob.com
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