The 1,962 entries build up a first prize of $524,777, which went to China’s Yuan Li. He defeated the Canadian Jonathan Camara who earned $324k.
It’s the first bracelet for the player who crossed the $2M in total live earnings. He notably won a No Limit Hold’em – Super High Roller at the 2016 Asia Championship of Poker for more than $860k.
Jacks Yuan
In progress
Event #38: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Championship will add another day to decide who will win between Benny Glaser, leading with a 2 to 1 lead, and Sweden’s Oscar Johansson. The two men will battle for $311,428. Some high profiles lost in the final table, including Julien Martini (5th), David “Bakes” Baker (6th) and Joao Vieira (7th).
Nine players still have their chance to put their hands on the huge $5,2M first prize in Event #40: $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold’em. The 69 entries built a massive prizepool of $17M. Here is the chip count for those returning:
Chance Kornuth
22,450,000
Martin Kabrhel
18,400,000
Artur Martirosian
18,225,000
Alex Kulev
12,600,000
Chris Brewer
8,525,000
Dan Smith
7,800,000
Steven Veneziano
6,775,000
David Peters
4,925,000
Brandon Steven
3,225,000
Ben Heath lost in 11th but just made the money for $411k, and the bubble boy of this event was none other than Phil Ivey (12th). Jason Koon abandoned his day 2 stack when he learned that his wife went into labor, waiting their second kid. WSOP officials said that his $250,000 entry will be fully refunded.
Check out the full results if you want to see the beautiful line-up of players.
Today will mark the start of the mythical Event #43: $50,000 Poker Players Championship with its nine games!
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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.
3746 Jerry
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.
PLO Sean
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”.
Aces Chris
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.
AAK3 Ryutaro
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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It was to be expected…we didn’t have a new champion yesterday. However, we have six tournaments running nonetheless!
Event #33: $10,000 Razz Championship
Players are still playing at the time of writing. Michael Moncek has just took the lead. He’s battling Carlos Chadha, second in chips, and Jerry Wong, third and last remaining player. $298,682 will go to the last player.
Several well known players were close but didn’t make it: Talal Shakerchi (5th), John Hennigan (6th) and Nick Schulman (11th).
Event #34: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
Ten players remains in the event, lead by Robert Mizrachi, who will try to put his hands of a fifth bracelet and $298,192 in an event that registered 1,355 entries.
Familiar names were close to make the cut but fell near the end of the day, including Josh Arieh (13th), Daniel Negreanu (16th) and John Racener (18th).
Event #35: $10,000 Secret Bounty No-Limit Hold’em
The final eight players are set to return today for the final table and the big $733,317 prize. Chris Klodnicki (1 bracelet) will start as the chip leader, with a slight lead over Jeremy Ausmus (5 bracelets). Some other bracelet holder will return, including Angel Guillen (1 bracelet, 4th) and Barak Wisbrod (1 bracelet, 5th).
Phil Hellmuth made a deep run but fell in 11th place, Matt Berkey losing in 15th place.
Event #36: $3,000 Nine Game Mix
The event made 361 registrations and now only 22 players have the chance for the trophy. $221,124 are up for grabs, with British pro Philip Long with the largest stack. Justin Liberto (3rd), runner-up a few days ago will come back, accompagnied by Shawn Buchanan (6th) and Scott Clements (8th).
Many well known names made a deep run but won’t come back unfortunately: online legend Viktor Blom (26th), Eli Elezra (28th), Todd Brunson (30th), Dzmitry Urbanovich (34th) and Ari Engel (36th).
Event #37: $2,000 No-Limit Holdem and Event #38: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship just finished day 1, so plenty of players remains. More tomorrow on these!
To end the recap, let’s have a look at the most cashes for the 32 completed events:
Name
Cashes
Total Earnings
🇺🇸 Ivan Starostin
8
$28,719
🇦🇹 Koray Aldemir
7
$244,499
🇨🇦 Alex Livingston
6
$280,695
🇺🇸 Jordan Spurlin
6
$42,646
🇺🇸 Jake Schwartz
6
$20,926
🇨🇦 Kristen Bicknell
5
$436,639
🇺🇸 Josh Arieh
5
$340,731
Sources: www.wsop.com, www.thehendonmob.com
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Benjamin Ector is our winner for this large 2,000+ event. He put his hands on his first bracelet and $406,403. It’s Ector 26 WSOP cash, his previous best performance being a 5th place in the 2019’s Monster Stack for $286k, and now has more than $1,5M in total live earnings.
Popular poker coach and previous chip leader Matthew Hunt suffered two lost coin flips against Ector and ended up 7th for $59k.
A8 Benjamin
Event #29: $100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em
The massive high-roller finally went to Jans Arends, who kept his chip lead to close the tournament and win the massive prize of $2,5M, defeating Cary Katz in the heads-up. It’s the first live bracelet for Arends, who won a $1,000 online bracelet last year.
“It’s completely different live,” Arends said. “Live is more pressure, there’s people around, there’s cameras, live-streamed final table. There’s added pressure. The first one was just an online tourney and basically, all that people saw in the end was who won. So, this is very different. Way more special, I would say.”
Here are the final table results:
Place
Player
Country
Prize
1st
Jans Arends
Netherlands
$2,576,729
2nd
Cary Katz
United States
$1,592,539
3rd
Adrian Mateos
Spain
$1,142,147
4th
Chance Kornuth
United States
$833,854
5th
Jeremy Ausmus
United States
$619,919
6th
Biao Ding
China
$469,464
7th
Justin Bonomo
United States
$362,279
8th
Ren Lin
China
$284,979
AKs Jans
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Another big time WSOP veteran wins, in the name of John Monnette, joins the closed fifth bracelet club! He’s now ranked 31rd in the bracelet race, right behind Eli Elezra. What a year for the player, having a 1st, 4th and 5th place in three cashes!
He added $145,863 to his live earnings by defeating Christopher Chung in the heads-up, also denying the bracelet from the British powerhouse Patrick Leonard (3rd).
Joseph Dulaney is the winner of this large 2,759 field for $194,155. Dulaney’s main occupation is fighting fires, and had until then 90k in total live earnings, accumulated since 2009.
“I’m really excited, kinda reeling at the moment,” Dulaney said afterward. “But I knew it was gonna happen and I plan on winning multiple Omaha bracelets this week, this year. I think all the best Omaha players in the world come from Houston and I’m trying to prove it this summer.”
AQ87 Joseph
Event #32: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em
Mark Ioli won his first bracelet and one the largest prize this year for $558,266. He bested a tough competition, including the likes of Paul Volpe (10th) and Maria Ho (17th).
“It was a long two days, but it was worth it,” the newly crowned champion said, beaming. “The two previous times I got heads up for a bracelet, I was a card away from winning,” he said, referring to his two second places in WSOP online events. “So it feels good to finally win. It’s the one accolade in poker you want no matter what.”
KJs Mark
In progress
Event #33: $10,000 Razz Championship has Talal Shakerchi in the lead at 13 left. Still in contention are veteran Jerry Wong (9th), legend John Hennigan (10th) and one of the hottest running player this year Nick Schulman (11th). They’ll battle for the top prize of $298,682.
Thanks for the read and see you tomorrow!
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Event #25: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
$1,971,600
$800
Event #26: $800 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack
$3,341,888
$1,500
Event #27: $1,500 Eight Game Mix 6-Handed
$1,053,315
Event #25: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
It’s the second bracelet for Ben Lamb, getting through a very tough competition in the championship event and taking home $492,795. Ben Lamb defeated all six opponents yesterday, including James Chen (2nd) for $304,571 and Erik Seidel (4th) for $150,445. Another good attendance this year as the event gathered 212 players.
Ben Lamb won his first bracelet back in 2011 in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship where he pocketed $814k. Lamb is one the top performer ever at the WSOP Main Event, including a 3rd place in 2011, a 9th in 2017 and a 14th in 2009.
“I guess I am not any more confident than I was, I mean, I don’t know. Cards come and go, you have a hot streak and a cold streak, and I ran hotter than the fuckin sun, which was nice. Again, I think I am playing pretty good poker. I haven’t been playing a lot but when I have been playing, I have been more emotionally invested and focusing harder.”, Lamb said.
Ben Lamb
Event #26: $800 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack
Matthew Elsby and Renji Mao came back yesterday to end the heads-up, with Elsby with a close to 2:1 lead, but he couldn’t do it and ended at the second place, offering Renji Mao his first bracelet and $402,588. Mao started writing hendon mob lines since 2019 and has cashed 50k until then, crushing all his previous performances.
Event #27: $1,500 Eight Game Mix 6-Handed
It’s now six for Shaun Deeb! Deeb now ranks 10th in the WSOP bracelet race, right behind Daniel Negreanu. The player made $198,854 by beating Aloisio Dourado in the final heads-up, and has now more than $12M in live earnings.
“I don’t take days off. I don’t even take hours off. I wish the Razz was still running right now, I would hop in right now,” he said. “I love to grind. I wish the World Series was longer. I wish they had more events. The fields have been great. The players I’ve met have been awesome. Just so happy.”
In progress
17 players out of the initial 2,046 remains in Event #28: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Holdem, lead by Matthew Hunt, looking to put his hand on the $406,403 top treasure.
There are only 6 left in Event #29: $100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em. There has been 93 entries, making up for the current biggest prizepool of the series with nearly $9M, $2,5M going to the winner. Here is the seat draw and the stacks:
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Cary Katz
United States
12,775,000
51
2
Jans Arends
Netherlands
16,625,000
67
3
Biao Ding
China
8,800,000
35
4
Adrian Mateos
Spain
7,175,000
29
5
Chance Kornuth
United States
4,600,000
18
6
Jeremy Ausmus
United States
5,750,000
23
Event #30: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw totalled 522 entries and is now at 18 left, with Benny Glaser in the lead. Lots of known players are still playing, including John Monnette (2nd), Patrick Leonard (5th), Allen Kessler (8th) and Carol Fuchs (12th). They’ll battle for the $145,863 top prize.
See you tomorrow for the follow-up!
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