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A quick recap: Event #61 saw Chicagoan Matt “Grapes” Grapenthien win his first bracelet after wading through a field of 102 players.
Yesterday we had reported about Event #60 reaching its final leg of play with just two players – Salman Jaddi (6,820,000) and Brandon Hall (4,725,000) left to fight it out for the gold bracelet. We now continue with the latest update from the event.
Event #60: $1,500 No Limit Hold’em
The final No Limit Hold’em event of the series was a massive one with more than 2,500 players taking to the felt that created a prizepool of $3,460,050. The fast pace of the tournament on Day 3, saw the final table players hitting the rail in just eight and half hours of play until only two players were left.
The pace of the tournament certainly slowed down when Salman Jaddi and Brandon Hall came heads-up for the title. Three and a half hours of heads-up action on Day 3 couldn’t decide a champion and ushered the tournament into a fourth day.
It took another five hours of heads-up action, before Salman Jaddi emerged as the undisputed champion and took home his first WSOP bracelet and $614,248 in prize money.
Pembroke Pines, Fla. resident Sam “MSH” Jaddi, a business man by profession came into the event with only four previous WSOP cashes amounting to $12,000, but walked away with almost fifty times that amount and the shiny piece of WSOP hardware.
It wasn’t an easy triumph for Jaddi, who at one point was down to a mere 16,000 in chips, but some timely luck combined with aggressive moves got him the bracelet. Jaddi managed to eliminate the first five players at the final table, leaving the last two players at the mercy of his heads-up opponent, Hall. Despite that, he entered the heads-up match with a 2:1 chip disadvantage against Hall. Though, he evened up things and finally ended the day with a slight chip advantage.
After an epic heads-up match that lasted nearly five hours, Jaddi defeated Hall with a flush on the river, leaving Hall with a second place finish worth $381,885.
From the Indian camp, two players made it in the money – Aditya “Intervention” Agarwal and Sahil “Antilog” Agarwal. While Aditya finished at 109th place, Sahil busted the event in 104th position, with both cashing out $3,875.
Buy-in: $1,500
Prizepool: $3,460,050
Entries: 2,563
Event 60 Top Ten Results
Position | Player | Prize |
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1st | Salman Jaddi | $614,248 |
2nd | Brandon Hall | $381,885 |
3rd | Zachary Gruneberg | $270,299 |
4th | Guillaume Marechal | $194,939 |
5th | Cherish Andrews | $142,346 |
6th | David Bravin | $105,185 |
7th | Thomas Dietl | $78,681 |
8th | Steve Sung | $59,547 |
9th | Kurt Jewell | $45,603 |
10th | Matthew Alexander | $35,327 |
Event #63: $1,500 10-Game Mix Six Handed
Another final event at this edition of the WSOP, the mixed game saw New York based, Bryn Kenney walk away with his first gold bracelet and $153,220 in prize money.
“It feels great. I would have been really upset if I didn’t take this tournament home,” Kenney said moments after the victory. “I’m happy I could win it for me, my family, and all my friends.”
Kenney had complete control of the game right from the beginning as he ended Day 1 with the chip lead. During Day 2, Kenney experienced his share of rough patches, but he never really relinquished this advantage and continued his reign at the top of the chip counts to finally end the day in second place. Day 3 began with nine final players taking their seats with only one goal in mind, to take home the coveted WSOP bracelet.
The first elimination of the day was the short-stacked David Blatte followed by Haresh Thaker in eighth. Michael Mixer became the final table bubble boy as he bowed out of the tournament in seventh place to set up the official final table of six.
From here on, former bracelet winner Randy Ohel exited in sixth place as he lost his tournament life to Daniel Zack’s flopped quads during the round of Pot Limit Omaha. Andrey Zaichenko was next to go, after he moved all in into Fabio Coppola’s pocket kings in limit hold’em. Zack hit the rail in fourth place followed by Fabio Coppola who was sent packing during No-Limit 2-7 single draw.
Kenney began the heads-up match against Jan Suchanek with a healthy chip lead and all efforts from Suchanek to get back into the game were in vain. It was during a round of No-Limit Hold’em that it all came to an end. On the final hand of the tournament, Kenny’s 10s9h first found a pair on the flop of 12h9s2h and further improved to trips on the river 9c while Suchanek’s 13d2c could only manage a two pair on the river.
Buy-in: $1,500
Prizepool: $600,750
Entries: 445
Event 63 Top Ten Results
Position | Player | Prize |
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1st | Bryn Kenney | $153,220 |
2nd | Jan Suchanek | $94,618 |
3rd | Fabio Coppola | $61,396 |
4th | Daniel Zack | $40,550 |
5th | Andrey Zaichenko | $27,033 |
6th | Randy Ohel | $18,923 |
7th | Michael Mixer | $13,576 |
8th | Haresh Thaker | $13,576 |
9th | David Blatte | $10,152 |
10th | Stuart Rutter | $10,152 |
The long-awaited moment is finally here as today marks the beginning of the most awaited event on the schedule – the $10,000 Main Event.
With three entry flights set to run on July 5, 6 and 7, the event is sure to attract thousands of poker players from around the world. The three flights will continue play until the completion of level 5 each day. The remaining players will resume action on July 8 for 2A and 2B, while 2C will be played on July 9. The next day will see the field of surviving players from 2A, 2B and 2C combining. Five more days will be played out from there on, to reach the final nine, the so called ‘November Nine’ who will re-convene on November 10-11 to play down to a new WSOP champion.
So, take your seat and enjoy the updates from the WSOP Main Event as we bring you all the action right here on PokerGuru!
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