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What a day at the World Series!

Buy-in	Event	Prizepool	Entries
$1,000	Event #67: $1,000 LADIES No-Limit Hold’em Championship	$1,152,550	1,295
$10,000	Event #69: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship	$1,432,200	154
$50,000	Event #71: $50,000 HIGH ROLLER Pot-Limit Omaha	$9,550,000	200
$10,000	Event #72: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em	$5,970,600	642

Event #67: $1,000 LADIES No-Limit Hold’em Championship

Tamar Abraham makes her biggest score ever by winning the largest ladies event of history and the $192,167. Day 4 starting chipleader Shiina Okamoto from Japan ended up defeated in the heads-up and will bring home $118,768.

It’s the fourth WSOP cash for Tamar, who had cashed twice in the ladies event since 2018. Emotions flowed and Tamar couldn’t say much after the win: “It’s surreal. I don’t even know what to say, I don’t have any words right now.”

Event #69: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship

Luck wasn’t on David “ODB” Baker yesterday. Starting with half the chips at 3 left, he was the first to fall, leaving Alex Livingston and Chris Brewer battle for the $367,599 title. In the end, Chris Brewer made history happen as he won the title and a second bracelet this year!

“The other one was a $250,000 tournament with $5 million on top,” Brewer said about between the two tournaments. “I wanted to win the bracelet and it still means a lot, but the stakes were very different and it definitely was a lot less intense.”

Event #71: $50,000 HIGH ROLLER Pot-Limit Omaha

One of the highest buy-in of the year ended up distributing the third biggest prize of $2,303,017. With two rings and close to $900k in WSOP earnings, Jesse Lonis scored big by defeating Tyler Smith and win his first bracelet.

Bracelet holders Ian Matakis (9th) and Isaac Haxton (7th) improved a bit on the ladder but couldn’t do more.

“I put a lot of hours in. Besides family, poker is pretty much what I do. I don’t do studying. I’ve actually never studied in my life,” Lonis said. “I just play. Volume over and over. The more and more hands you see obviously you’re going to get better. I watched some of the best players in the world play over and over. After you see it enough times you’re going to eventually get better and better. And I think this proves the point that hard work pays off.”

Event #72: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em

He has done it again! Phil Hellmuth wins another bracelet to get further ahead in the World Series of Poker bracelet race with 17 trophies! It’s the fourteenth bracelet in No-Limit Hold’em for the player, his others being in No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw (2021) and Razz (2015, 2012).

After falling at some point with a stack of two big blinds, Hellmuth got the good run to finish the tournament on top, taking home $803,818 and the additional $3,000 bounties.

“I tried not complain. Oh, I’ve been unlucky in key spots. F*** all that bulls*** you know, because things happen for a reason. You know maybe part of the reason I busted the Pot Limit Omaha was to come and win this. You know, maybe part of the reason I busted the deuce to seven was so I could get rest”.

Here are the final table results:

Place	Player	Country	Payout
1	Phil Hellmuth	United States	$803,818
2	Justin Zaki	United States	$496,801
3	Tom Kunze	Germany	$349,737
4	Kelvin Kerber	Brazil	$249,876
5	Chris Savage	United States	$181,230
6	Phil Ivey	United States	$133,461
7	Brandon Steven	United States	$99,817
8	Marc Foggin	United Kingdom	$75,837

In progress

Event #70: $400 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold’em is down to 80 players after making the second largest field this year with 15,894. Jesse Kertland is the current chip leader and will look to win the $501,120 prize.

Event #73: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet Event registered 377 entries and 29 remains. Jon Turner leads the pack, and he will return with Anthony Zinno (3rd), Hye Park (4th), Benny Glaser (6th) and Steve Zolotow (8th). They’ll play for the $190,240 first prize.

Today is a big day at the World Series as players will take the start of Event #76: $10,000 MAIN EVENT No-Limit Hold’em World Championship with flight A! Four flights are scheduled this year. See you tomorrow for more stories!

_{Sources: www.wsop.com, www.thehendonmob.com}

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Two more champions got a gold bracelet:

Buy-in	Event	Prizepool	Entries
$600	Event #64: $600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold’em	$2,194,530	4,303
$5,000	Event #65: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em	$5,515,400	1,199

Event #64: $600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold’em

At the start of the day, the three players all had a fair chance to win chip-wise. Canadian David Guay had the most solid resumé with $1.2M in total live earnings, and made the experience talk to take down the $271,032 first prize.

“I’m definitely going to be more emotional later,” Guay said about his feelings. “I’m going to call my mom soon to let her know,”.

Event #65: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em

China’s Weiran Pu is our winner in thig big $5,5M prizepool event for $938,244. He put his hands on his first bracelet and China’s fifth this year after defeating Hungarian Norbert Szecsi.

Some words from Pu after the win: “I’m so thankful. I didn’t start traveling to play poker until this year. I went to the PCA and other events like EPT’s and the results were not what I expected. This is a big moment. It’s a big surprise because the first half of this year wasn’t so smooth. Right now I’m a social media influencer for poker in China. I’ve made hundreds of vlogs, but this one may be my biggest”.

More results from this event:

Player	Place	Earnings	Event
🇺🇸 Scott Seiver	39th	$22,344	Event #65: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em
🇺🇸 Matt Berkey	52nd	$16,261	Event #65: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em
🇺🇸 Phil Ivey	75th	$11,524	Event #65: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em
🇦🇺 James Obst	83rd	$11,524	Event #65: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em
🇩🇪 Steffen Sontheimer	120th	$8,787	Event #65: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em
🇩🇪 Rainer Kempe	133rd	$8,787	Event #65: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em

In progress

Event #67: $1,000 LADIES No-Limit Hold’em Championship is lead by Shiina Okamoto at 7 left. The ladies have all secured $26k and will play for the $192,167 top prize.

A high level three way will take place in Event #69: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship: David “ODB” Baker (3 bracelets) leads with half the chips, followed by Chris Brewer (winner of the $250,000 High Roller) and Alex Livingston (1 bracelet won last year). The three player will return today to win $367,599.

After two days, Event #71: $50,000 HIGH ROLLER Pot-Limit Omaha, only 11 players remain in the tournament. There were 200 entries building a large prizepool of $9,5M, making the players eyeing a more than decent $2,303,017 top prize. Tyler Smith is the chip leader, and he will be joined by two other bracelet holders: Isaac Haxton (10th) and Ian Matakis (11th).

Event #72: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em had 642 entries and after a single day just 14 remains! The end of the tournament will be very entertaining as Phil Ivey (7th) returns, and he’s joined by Phil Hellmuth (9th). There is a big $803,818 to grab for the winner.

_{Sources: www.wsop.com, www.thehendonmob.com}

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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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There has been a single bracelet awarded yesterday but we have many tournaments in reached the later stages:

Buy-in	Event	Prizepool	Entries
$1,500	Event #60: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw	$731,580	548

Event #60: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw

We haven’t seen him much at the WSOP since 2018, but it looks like the skills are still there for Jason Mercier, who won $151,276 and his sixth bracelet! He’s now 15th in the bracelet race, right behind John Hennigan and ahead of TJ Cloutier. Mercier is also ranked 39th in all time money list with more than $20M.

Mercier defeated Mike Watson, who’s unfortunately also seen this story happen already: “I’ve been three-handed with him four separate times in major events and I’ve won all four.”, said Mercier. “So he’s gotten second twice and third twice. But in particular, we played heads up for the no-limit deuce bracelet in the $10K in 2016. So it was definitely a bit of déja vu.”

In progress

Event #61: $1,000 SUPER SENIORS No-Limit Hold’em stopped with 13 players remaining. Rassoul Malboubi is in the lead to grab and his first 6 figure score with $371,603 on the line.

There are five players left out of 2,076 entries in Event #62: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em, Pot-Limit Omaha. Robert Mizrachi was the last to fall in sixth place for $76k, continuing a great run this year. David Prociak will return as the chip leader to try to win a second bracelet.

Only six remain in Event #63: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship. Bryn Kenney lost his chip lead to Ryan Miller but is still second. Many well known players fell in day 3: Joao Vieira (8th), Mike Matusow (9th), Bruno Fitoussi (10th), Dzmitry Urbanovich (14th) and Daniel Negreanu (17th). The winner of the event will take home $344,677.

After two days of play, 44 players will return in Event #64: $600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold’em (4,303 entries). Cade Lautenbacher has the biggest stack and will try to win the main prize of $270,972.

Two days have also been played in Event #65: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em, keeping 48 players. 1,199 entries have been registered, building a large $5,5M prizepool. Vitor Dzivielevski is again on the front line, followed by another fellow Brazilian Pedro Garagnani. Some familiar names will return with: Ryan Leng, Artur Martirosian, Scott Seiver and David “Bakes” Baker.

William Kopp leads Event #66: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better at 13 left. Anthony Zinno (10th) has a chance to put his hands on bracelet number five and $259,549.

The famous Event #67: $1,000 LADIES No-Limit Hold’em Championship has started with 1,295 entries. Bernice McLennan is in the lead after day 1. Will also return: Veronica Brill (12th), Vanessa Kade (42th) and Melissa Schubert (86th).

See you tomorrow for an exciting day!

_{Sources: www.wsop.com, www.thehendonmob.com}

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The current second and fifth biggest prizepool events have ended yesterday:

Buy-in	Event	Prizepool	Entries
$1,500	Event #53: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold’em	$13,905,360	10,416
$25,000	Event #57: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha	$10,551,500	449
$3,000	Event #59: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em	$4,266,660	1,598

Event #53: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold’em

Pavel Plesuv wins the first ever bracelet for Moldova and a millionaire prize of $1,201,564. It puts the top Moldova’s earner at $7,2M in total live earnings. The tournament made another millionaire in the name of Florian Ribouchon from France, defeated in the final heads-up.

Here is one of the highlights of the day between Andreas Kniep and Pavel Plesuv:

You grind past 10,000 people, get to the last 4 and get in AA v A2. What a sick game we play

pic.twitter.com/KscoNp6qDd

— Patrick Leonard 🫡 (@padspoker) June 28, 2023

In the winner’s interview, Plesuv declared: “Keep studying and keep believing in your dreams. Follow your passion and the results will come. Don’t let results affect your life too much. You can extract a lot of good things, even when you have a losing streak.”

He are the final results:

Place	Winner	Country	Prize
1	Pavel Plesuv	Moldova	$1,201,564
2	Florian Ribouchon	France	$1,003,554
3	Paul Gunness	United States	$650,058
4	Andreas Kniep	Germany	$501,182
5	Anton Smirnov	Russia	$373,524

Event #57: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha

After losing to Shaun Deeb in this event in 2021, Ka Kwan Lau went all the way to finish at the top place this year. A significant performance as it was the biggest prize pool for a Pot-Limit Omaha live poker event in the history of the WSOP.

Here are the final eight results:

Place	Player	Country	Prize (in USD)
1	Ka Kwan Lau	Hong Kong	$2,294,756
2	Sergio Martinez Gonzalez	Spain	$1,418,270
3	Andjelko Andrejevic	Serbia	$989,464
4	Roger Teska	United States	$701,522
5	Mads Amot	Norway	$505,588
6	Quan Zhou	China	$370,498
7	Firas Kashat	United States	$276,141
8	Jeremy Ausmus	United States	$209,392

“My secret is to grind a lot. I love poker and push hard.”, said Lau. “PLO is getting more and more popular. I didn’t come the last year, but people told me that it is almost double the field and that is a lot. Also in the 10k, the field was up a lot. I think the game is getting more popular.”

Event #59: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em

Austria’s Robert Schulz wins his first bracelet in the $3,000 event for $675,275 by defeating Julien Sitbon. Accumulating more than $1M in live earnings since 2010, Schulz crushed his previous best performances.

After making two podiums this year, Barak Wisbrod added a fourth place to an already impressive run, and Dario Sammartino finished 5th for his second cash this year.

In progress

Event #60: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw is down to only five players. Brad Ruben is the current leader, followed by Erik Seidel (2nd) and Jason Mercier in third place. WSOP veterans Mike Watson (82 cashes) and Jon Turner (116 cashes) completes the picture. They’ll play for $151,276.

Event #61: $1,000 SUPER SENIORS No-Limit Hold’em counted 3,121 entries, building a $2,7M prizepool. 109 players, lead by Farhad Davoudzadeh will return in day 3 today.

2,076 entered Event #62: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em, Pot-Limit Omaha. Israel’s Eran Carmi is the current chip leader amongst the 28 remaining players, and he will notably be joined by Robert Mizrachi (6th), who has already six cashes and four top 25 this year.

Event #63: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship ended day 2 with 17 players. A star-studded line-up will come back today, including Bryn Kenney as the chip leader, Joao Vieira (8th), Bruno Fitoussi (9th), Mike Matusow (11th), Dzmitry Urbanovich (14th) and Daniel Negreanu (15th). The top prize for this 141 entries event is $344,677.

_{Sources: www.wsop.com, www.thehendonmob.com}

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