WSOP
The 20th of June saw three final tables, one of which was won by a player who has a less than spotless record away from the table, and another giving Jason Duval the chance to knock Daniel Negreanu off the top spot in the Player of the year race. We also saw action across another four events, making it a very busy day for poker followers everywhere.
Event #32
The final day of the $5,000 No Limit 6-Max Event #32 saw it being won by a down on his luck Erick Lindgren, who is climbing back up the comeback trail. Even with the skeleton’s in his closet, most people still consider Erick a very decent poker player. He beat out Lee Markholt for the bracelet and $606,317, which should put a dent in his debts. We’ll have full report up later, but until then, this is how the final table ended up:
- Erick Lindgren – $606,317
- Lee Markholt – $374,960
- Jonathan Little – $238,833
- Connor Drinan – $157,274
- Vasile Buboi – $106,830
- Ryan D’Angelo – $74,768
Event #33
David Bach has been the dominant force during the first two days of the $2,500 Seven Card Razz Event #33, but Day 3 saw him pipped to the post as Bryan Campanello beat him heads up for the title. Campanello takes home his first bracelet and $178,052, in only his second WSOP cash. We’ll be bringing you a final table report later today, and we have brought you the final table cashes to tide you over.
- Bryan Campanello – $178,052
- David Bach – $110,098
- Jim Wheatkey – $72,346
- Sebastian Pauli – $52,844
- Ivan schertzer – $39,128
- Brent Keller – $29,369
- Rick Fuller – $22,351
- Ismael Bojang – $17,235
- Frankie O’Dell – $13,469
Event #34
The $1,000 Turbo No Limit Hold’em had the chance to shake up the Player of the Year race, as if Jason Duval won the event, he would jump to the head of the queue. Unfortunately for him, Jason only got 6th place, leaving the victory laps for Michael Gathy, who won the title, bracelet and $278,613. A final table report will be along shortly, and we have an small starter in the final table payouts to keep you going till it gets here:
- Michael Gathy – $278,613
- Benjamin Reason – $172,252
- Yueqi Zhu – $113,358
- Sergey Rybachenko – $81,720
- Daniel Bishop – $59,816
- Jason Duval – $44,422
- Jake Cody – $33,456
- Noah Vaillancourt – $25,539
- Russell Cane – $19,748
Event #35
The $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha Event #35 is down to just 19 players from the 137 starting the day. 72 got paid, and included in the players making the journey to the cage to pick up some cash were Padraig Parkinson (52nd for $6,814), Phil Hellmuth (26th for $11,915) and Jonathan Duhamel (24th for $11,915).. The big stacks going into the final day are:
- Jeff Madson – 922,000
- Scott Clements – 534,000
- Issac Hagerling – 440,000
- William Black – 418,000
- Anthony Zinno – 406,000
- Ashton Griffin – 352,000
- Jason DeWitt – 344,000
- Yuri Perez – 305,000
- Michal Maryska – 295,000
- Ryan Chapman – 273,000
The players will be back in their seats in the Amazon Room at 14:00pst, and will playing down to a winner.
Event #36
The first day of the $1,500 NLHE Shootout Event #36 got no-where near to it’s cap of 2,000 players when only 1,194 players registered. 120 players remain going into Day 2, and include Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier, Erik Seidel, Gavin Smith and Allen Kessler. Players not making it back for a second day include Daniel Negreanu, Jason Mercier, Eugene Katchalov and Phil Ivey. The second day will see 10- handed tables playing down to just 12 players for the second day of action, and it all kicks off at 1pm Las Vegas time.
Event #37
Limit Hold’em has recently gone through a bit of a renaissance, but even the best Limit Hold’em player I know still calls it “Poo-Flinging!” The $5,000 Limit Hold’em Event #37 attracted 170 players, and 103 of them get to come back for Day 2. Players who don;t get to come back include Nick Abou Risk, Maria Ho and JC Tran. Players who do get to enjoy a second day of flinging excrement are Jason Mercier (5,600), Daniel Negreanu (15,900), Phil Ivey (24,200) anf Juha Helppi (32,000).
The top stacks for the second day are:
- Greg Mueller – 94,600
- Todorovic Slavko – 64,900
- Brent Wheeler – 57,500
- Ronnie Bardah – 54,800
- Voncent Gironda – 49,100
- Tommy Heng – 49,000
- Justin Bonomo – 46,600
- Brock Parker – 46,100
- Matt Schreiber – 45,000
- Mike Leah – 42,700
The players will be back in the action at 2pm, and we’ll have an update on all the flinging action.
Player of the Year
At the time of publication, the WSOP Player of the Year numbers haven’t been updated, but we’re expecting to see Daniel Negreanu still sitting pretty on top, but Jason Duval will have climbed up the leader board from 10th, probably to somewhere near mid table. We’ll have a full run down on the changes for you when they’ve been updated.
Friday will see the longest day of the year, but only one final table as the PLO Event #35 will come to an end. We’ll also have action from Events #36 and #37, as well as the first days of the $2.500 4-Max NLHE Event #38 and the $1.500 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo Event #39.