WSOP 2022: Phil Hui Comes From Behind to Win His Third Bracelet in Event #45: $1,500 PLO 8-Handed ($311,782)

Phil Hui wins WSOP Event 45
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  • Namita Ghosh June 24, 2022
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Phil Hui (cover image) is no stranger to winning WSOP gold bracelets, as he already had two to his name, including WSOP 2014 Event #59: $3,000 Omaha Hi/Lo title and WSOP 2019 Event #58: $ 50,000 Poker Players Championship title. He added another bracelet to his tally after taking down Event #45: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed for $311,782.

A former professional golfer, Hui now has $2,727,037 in WSOP winnings, including three bracelets and five WSOP circuit rings.

Hui was grateful after his victory and said, “I have a good life, I like winning bracelets, I like winning trophies, I have my whole life. I’m happy with everything.”

Hui married fellow poker pro and two-time bracelet winner Loni Harwood in November 2020. He jokingly boasted, “The more important thing is that I broke the tie with my wife; before this, we both had two, now I have three.”

Day 1 reduced the starting 1,438 player field to 97 players. A total of 216 players were assured to make a minimum of $2,405. Notables who fell out on Day 1 after reaching the money included Steven Kelly (98th for $3,528), Aristeidis Moschonas (102nd for $3,235), Steven Wolansky (108th for $3,235), Indo-Australian Ashish Gupta (118th for $3,006), Chad Holloway (139th for $3,006) and Daniel Weinman (162nd for $2,630).

Day 2 saw the 97-player field narrow down to the final 10. Notables who were eliminated on Day 2 included Day 1 chip leader Joshua Stefansky (12th for $17,013), Dash Dudley (28th for $9,317), Brandon Cantu (42nd for $6,627), Scott Bohlman (46th for $6,627), William Kakon (47th for $6,627), Randy Ohel (69th for $4,367), Marco Johnson (76th for $3,900), Allan Le (81st for $3,528), Erick Lindgren (86th for $3,528), and Joseph Couden (89th for $3,528).

The unofficial final table was set right after Kao Saechao (10th for $21,293) was sent to the rails in tenth place, forty minutes after the play started on Day 3.

 

Unofficial Final Table Chip Counts

  1. Shane Nardiello – 6,545,000
  2. David Prociak – 6,400,000
  3. Dylan Weisman – 5,660,000
  4. Charles Coultas – 4,325,000
  5. Daniel Tordjman – 3,745,000
  6. David Williams – 2,980,000
  7. Phil Hui – 2,675,000
  8. Paul Fehlig – 1,930,000
  9. Dylan Smith – 1,640,000

Being the shortest stack at the start of the unofficial final table, Dylan Smith could not extend his stay in the event for too long. He pitted his against chip leader Shane Nardiello’s . The board ran and offered no help to Smith, eliminating him in ninth place. With this elimination, the official final table was set up.

Final Table Recap

One hour after the final table started Dylan Weisman became the first casualty, when his went up against David Prociak’s . Both players flopped sets on the runout, Prociak’s stronger set eliminated Weisman in eighth place.

Minutes later, Paul Fehlig followed Weisman to the rail.

Paul Fehlig:

Shane Nardiello:

The community cards bricked and Fehlig walked out in seventh place.

Six-handed play lasted almost two hours, before David Williams was knocked out in sixth place. His were no match for Phil Hui’s that flopped a straight on the board.

Twenty minutes later Shane Nardiello fell out in fifth place when his ran into Prociak’s . The showdown revealed , and Prociak turned a straight, sending Nardiello to the rail.

During level 32, Hui was running low on chips when Daniel Trodjman raised all-in from the big blind. Hui called tabling and Tordjman turned over . The board ran giving Hui a full double-up courtesy to a full house. This hand proved to be the much-needed elixir as it helped revive Hui back into the bracelet rush.

Soon after Charles Coultas had to bear Tordjman’s rage of losing a big pot to Hui. Coultas’ went head-to-head with Tordjman’s . The rundown showed and Tordjman flopped trip treys to eliminate Coultas in fourth place.

Meanwhile, Hui secured another double-up through Tordjman, adding to his momentum to take down the title.

Finishing in third place was David Prociak. The former bracelet winner’s were bested by Hui’s that bettered to trip Kings on the board.

The heads-up between Daniel Tordjman (24,400,000) and Phil Hui (15,525,000) began with the former enjoying a slight edge. Early into the heads-up match, Tordjman won three consecutive pots, bringing Hui’s stack down to 10,000,000. After a while, Hui started to fight back, and by the time the players went on a short 15-minute break, they were dead even in stacks. Coming back from the break, Hui started playing more aggressively and soon enough, he had claimed his career-third bracelet.

Daniel Tordjman
Daniel Tordjman

 

On the final hand, Tordjman limped in and Hui raised to 1.2 Million. Tordjman jammed and Hui called.

Daniel Tordjman

Phil Hui

The board brought . Tordjman was ahead with tens pre-flop, but the flop was good for Hui as he picked up straight and two pair outs. The turn gave Hui the lead with sevens and eights. The river was inconsequential for both players, ending Tordjman’s dreams for his maiden bracelet in second place.

Phil Hui
Phil Hui

 

Final Table Results (USD)

  1. Phil Hui – $311,782
  2. Daniel Tordjman – $192,674
  3. David Prociak – $140,783
  4. Charles Coultas – $103,979
  5. Shane Nardiello – $77,635
  6. David Williams – $58,606
  7. Paul Fehlig – $44,735
  8. Dylan Weisman – $34,532

 

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