The most diverse event of the WSOP in terms of games played is the six handed 10-game mix Event #50. Players compete in a rotation of 10 different games (Limit Hold’em, Omaha Split 8-or-Better, Razz, Stud Hi, Stud Split 8-or-Better, No-Limit Hold’em, Pot-Limit Omaha, Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw, No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Single Draw and Badugi) which really shows the strengths and weaknesses of each player.
372 players thought that they had what it takes to take on this event and each of them put up $2,500, creating a $846,300 prize pool. After 3 days of play the unofficial final table of 7 was set, ready to play down for the final elimination before the start of the “real” final table. Among those who remained were top caliber pro’s Scott Abrams and Sebastian Saffari, both looking to capture this prestigious bracelet.
Unofficial final table
1 Scott Abrams
2 Christopher George
3 Brandon Wong
4 Sebastian Saffari
5 Daniel Makowsky
6 Loren Klein
7 Philip Sternheimer
With just a few hands played on the unofficial final table an elimination took place in a rotation 2-7 triple draw. Daniel Makowsky opened the action with a raise from the big blind and was called by Philip Sternheimer from the big blind. Daniel stoop pat while Phillip drew one card. After a check from Phillip Daniel fired another bet and was called. Phillip drew one card again and Daniel stood pat again. This time Phillip took the initiative into his hands and fired an 8,000 chip bet, which at this point was enough to put Daniel all in. That’s exactly what Daniel did, calling off his last chips. Unfortunately for him Phillip flipped over 7 5 4 3 2 for the nuts, after which Daniel threw is hand into the much and started packing up his things. Having been eliminated in 7th place Daniel Makowsky earned $20,065 for his efforts.
With that the official final table was set and Phillip Sternheimer was leading the pack with a comfortable chip lead.
Official final table
Philip Sternheimer 670,000
Sebastian Saffari 597,000
Scott Abrams 494,000
Brandon Wong 470,000
Christopher George 404,000
Loren Klein 158,000
With the same rotation of 2-7 triple draw still going and just 2 hands into the official final table another elimination took place.
Loren Klein opened the action from under the gun and was re-raised by Scott Abrams from the small blind. Klein called and only had a big bet worth of chips left behind. Both players drew one card and Scott put in another bet to put Klein all in. At this point Klein had no other option and elected to call. Scott was now standing pat while Klein drew one more card on the second draw and then another one on the third. Scott turned over 8 6 4 3 2 and Klein acknowledged that he was drawing dead since the second draw. With that Loren Klein was eliminated in 6th place, earning $27,792.
On the last hand of the rotation a huge hand took place as Scott Abrams, Christopher George and Phillip Sterheimer got involved in a 4-bet pot before any draws took place. On the first draw Phillip and George drew one card each while Scott drew two. At this point Sternheimer put out another bet and both players called. This time all players drew one card each with the pot now ballooning to well over 500,000 chips. All three players checked the second draw and Scotty was the first to act patting his hand. George was still drawing as he took one more card and Sternheimer patted too. Scott fired out another bet and got George to fold, but Sternheimer was not going anywhere as he made the call. Abrams turned over 9 7 6 4 2, which was second best to Sternheimer’s 9 7 5 4 3, leaving Abrams with only 55,000 chips.
On the very next hand of a PLO rotation Abrams opened the action to 35,000 and was re-raised by Sebastian Saffari to put him all in. Abrams did exactly that and flipped over A 
T 6 
4 
which was up against Saffari’s K K 
Q 8 . The A J T flop hit both players hard, but it hit Saffari harder as he flopped the nuts, leaving Abrams with 6 outs to a full house after he flopped two pair. The turn K took away 3 more outs from Abrams and the 6 on the river sealed the deal as Scott Abrams was eliminated in 5th place, taking home $39,564.
After the hot start to the final table players were not in cool off mode and a few more rotations passed until the table saw another elimination. On a rotation of Stud Hi/Lo Christopher George had the bring-in with 6 and Brandon Wong completed with A . George called, after which for the next three streets Wing was betting and George was calling until finally George was all in. After the last cards were dealt Wong showed A J J 5 J 5 3 for a full house which was good enough to beat George’s A T 2 6 8 2 2 who made 3 deuces but missed the low. With that Christopher George was eliminated in 4th place, earning $57,954.
Brandon Wong was now on a roll and a few rotations later he went head to head with Sternheimer who made a very bad mistake. In a badugi rotation Sternheimer raised from the small blind and got a call from Wong from the big blind. Sternheimer stood pat and Wong drew two cards. Sternheimer fired another bet and Wong called again. This time Wong drew one card. With one draw left Sternheimer fired his last 17,000 into the pot and was called by Wong. When Sternheimer turned over K J 6 5 and immediately realized that he misread his hand. At this point Wong already won this hand holding A 5 2 , but he drew the 3 for the second nuts anyway. With that bad mistake Phillip Sternheimer was eliminated in 3rd place, taking home $87,397.
Brandon Wong and Sebastian Saffari battled through the stud-8 round, with Saffari being all in at one point by third street and surviving with a chop. They then moved to no-limit hold’em and cycled through the first five hands with Wong keeping cool and olding after a couple of all-ins from Saffari.
Then came the sixth hand of the round, which again saw Saffari open-pushing from the button, this time for about 180,000. This push would be his last as Wong snap called him with A A . Saffari was on the ropes with 8 6 . The Q 2 7 flop did not bring him any help. The turn brought the best possible sweat as the 9 hit the board giving Saffari an open ended straight draw. Unfortunately for him, the river was a brick and Sebastian had to settle for 2nd place and $135,932 in prize money.
Congratulations to Brandon Wong on winning his first WSOP bracelet and $220,061 that went with it!
Brandon Wong
Final table payouts
1 Brandon Wong $220,061
2 Sebastian Saffari $135,932
3 Philip Sternheimer $87,397
4 Christopher George $57,954
5 Scott Abrams $39,564
6 Loren Klein $27,792