Second World Series Of Poker Bracelet For Baldwin
Online and live poker pro claims main prize of $319,580 after winning $1,500 buy-in NLHE event
Online and live poker pro Eric ” Basebaldy” Baldwin has claimed his second World Series of Poker winner’s bracelet and a pay-day of $319,580 after winning the $1,500 buy-in NLHE event, besting a star-studded entry field of 1,330.
His first WSOP bracelet came from the same event nine years ago.
By the time the final table formed Aaron Massey held the chip lead, although he was unable to maintain it and was eventually eliminated at fourth.
After four eliminations table action was dominated by 2016 WSOP.com Nevada Online Player of the Year, Ian Steinman and Baldwin, and the duo maintained that advantage to face each other in the three-hour heads up.
Late Wednesday night the organisers decreed that an additional day would be required to end the competition, and the two tired players bagged up for the night.
Thursday saw the duo back at the table and this time Baldwin was able to put Steinman away after a grinding, hard-fought heads up action. Steinman’s second placing brought him $197,461.
Other final table cashes included:
3rd: Enrico Rudelitz – $140,957
4th: Aaron Massey – $101,819
5th: Robert Georato – $74,434
6th: Michael Finstein – $55,077
7th: Stephen Song – $41,257
8th: Gilsoo Kim – $31,290
9th: Matthew Moore – $24,032
Californian Poker Pro Wins World Series Of Poker Shootout Event
Preston Lee secures his first winner’s bracelet and $236,498 main prize
The World Series of Poker $1,500 buy-in NLHE Shootout event is in this year’s record books with Californian poker pro Preston Lee (32) claiming the top prize of $236,498 and his first winner’s bracelet.
The event attracted 908 entries, generated a prize pool of $1,225,800 and culminated in a gruelling 5-hour heads up between Lee and Fort Lauderdale poker pro Corey Dodd (32) in which the lead changed a number of times as the evenly matched duo duked it out.
Although Lee was generally the dominant player he was repeatedly challenged and put under pressure by a skilled and determined opponent who worked hard for his runner up prize of $146,146.
The win – Lee’s third WSOP career cash, was his biggest thus far.
Other final table earnings included:
3rd: Anthony Reategui, $105,307
4th: Dylan Linde, $76,829
5th: Jesse Kertland, $56,763
6th: Young Phan, $42,476
7th: Royce Matheson, $32,198
8th: Alexander Lakhov, $24,728
9th: Bas de Laat, $19,245
10th: Endrit Geci, $15,180
230 Players Contest World Series Of Poker Plo Omaha 8-Handed High Roller Event
Las Vegas poker pro earns his biggest yet career win at $1,402,683
The World Series of Poker $25,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed High Roller event over the weekend attracted a field of 230 and generated a prize pool worth $5,462,500, enabling 35 entrants to cash.
Claiming the lion’s share of the prize pool at $1,402,683, Las Vegas poker pro Shaun Deeb (32) achieved the biggest single reward in his career (which includes a million dollar One Drop victory) along with a third WSOP winner’s bracelet. It was his 54th WSOP cash.
The heads up stage of the competition presented an interesting reversal of a similar event last year, when Deeb was beaten by fellow poker pro and double bracelet holder Ben Yu (32) in the $10,000 buy-in Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship competition; this time the outcome went Deeb’s way.
The duo started heads up following the departure of former WSOP main event champion Scotty Nguyen at third for $592,875, with Yu holding and extending the lead in the early stages to create a 2 to 1 chip advantage.
Deeb then won several key pots that gave him fight-back momentum and enabled him to take the lead and extend it to cover three-quarters of the chips in play.
Yu was unable to recover and close the deficit, and had to be content with the runner-up prize of $866,924.
Final table cashes included:
4th: James Calderaro, $414,134
5th: Jason Koon, $295,606
6th: Ryan Tosoc, $215,718
7th: David Benyamine, $161,020
8th: Bogdan Capitan, $123,004
Spanish Poker Ace Demolishes Opposition In Fast Paced Big Blind Ante No-Limit Hold’Em Turbo
Online player eliminates five players in just 13 hands
31-year-old Mario Prats Garcia showed the World Series of Poker the havoc that an experienced online turbo tournaments player can wreak Saturday when he demolished five final table opponents in just 13 hands.
Spanish-born but Prague-based Garcia was one of 1,712 entrants in the $1,000 buy-in Big Blind Ante NLHE Turbo event, and he dominated the final table action to wrap up the main prize of $258,255 and his first WSOP winner’s bracelet in just 87 hands.
Garcia’s lightning fast action and skill saw him enter the heads up stage against Matthew Hunt holding an almost 8 to 1 chip advantage that despite a valiant effort Hunt was unable to overcome; the heads up lasted for just 3 hands before Hunt was dispatched to the cashier to collect his second placing reward of $159,532.
Final table cashes included:
3rd: Sebastian Dornbracht – $114,909
4th: Michael Wang – $83,663
5th: Mark Schluter – $61,580
6th: Gregory Walker – $45,828
7th: DJ MacKinnon – $34,486
8th: Martin Staszko – $26,245
9th: Lander Lijo – $20,2020
Texan Wins World Series Of Poker Triple Draw Championship
Nicholas Seiken victorious in his first major triple draw live competition
The eyes of Texas were upon Nicholas Seiken (29) Sunday when he took down the World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in 2-7 Triple Draw championship event, besting a field of 109 laden with top players despite his relative inexperience.
In fact it was that inexperience that persuaded him to play much of the competition tight, emerging late in final table play to cut loose and battle his way to the top spot, his first bracelet and main prize money of $287,987.
It’s been a good WSOP summer so far for the Texan, who has also finished twelfth in the $10,000 buy-in Seven Card Stud championship, and managed a ninth place in a $1,500 buy-in Eight Game Mix competition.
Seiken entered the heads up stage with a 3 to 2 chip lead over experienced pro player Randy Ohel and enjoyed a dream finish, winning key pots and virtually every showdown to eliminate Ohel in a short but thrilling encounter that left Ohel with a second placing pay day of $177,992.
Final table paydays were:
3rd: Kristijonas Andrulis – $125,190
4th: Farzad Bonyadi – $89,078
5th: Matt Glantz – $64,131
6th: Jason Gray – $46,722
First World Series Of Poker Bracelet Achieved By Israeli Poker Pro
Timur Margolin tops a field of 1,248 to triumph in NLHE competition
Israel-based poker pro Timur Margolin (34) has claimed his first World Series of Poker winner’s bracelet and the main prize of $507,274 after winning the $2,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em event.
The competition pulled in 1,248 entrants, creating a prize pool of $2,808,000 from which 188 players cashed.
Margolin said the win was satisfying from the bracelet and prize money aspect, but also because he had managed only a runner up finish in the same event three years ago.
Organisers called for an additional fourth day of play after three players had been eliminated from the final table.
On the last day the notorious Chris “Jesus” Ferguson led the remaining six finalists. It was a tough day, with four-handed action extending for a marathon three hours before the heads up formed, with Margolin leading Ireland-based Ismael Bojang (31) 2 to 1 in chip stacks.
Margolin pushed that lead up to 4 to 1 but then Bojang fired up to close the gap and take the lead. The battle continued with the lead changing until Margolin was finally in a position to dispatch a tenacious opponent, sending Bojang home with a consolatory runner up prize of $313,444.
Other final table cashes included:
3rd: Michael Marder, $223,564
4th: Chris Ferguson, $161,371
5th: Dylan Linde, $117,894
6th: Ryan Laplante, $87,189
7th: Jeff Hakim, $65,284
8th: Andre Haneberg, $49,498
9th: Josh Bergman, $38,009
Brookshire Stages Remarkable Recovery To Claim World Series Of Poker Victory
Baltimore pro recovered from an 8 to 1 chip disadvantage late in the game
David Brookshire (35) narrowly avoided elimination at a late stage in the final table of the World Series of Poker $2,500 buy-in Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better event, but managed to recover from an 8 to 1 chip disadvantage to ultimately win the event, claiming his first winner’s bracelet and the main prize of $214,291.
The Baltimore poker pro earned his biggest yet pay day in a tense heads up duel with a dominant Brendan Taylor that started with Brookshire at a 3 to 1 disadvantage and went rapidly downhill to an 8 to 1 crisis before he scored a massive win in a stud hi-lo hand.
That put him back in the game with enough momentum to seize the lead and keep it, eliminating Taylor at second for $132,443.
It must have been deeply disappointing for Taylor, a WSOP bracelet holder who had led the final table for most of the final day, busting out opponents in a seemingly unstoppable display of aggression and skill.
The $2,500 buy-in competition drew in 402 entries, generating a prize pool of $904,500 that allowed 61 players to make the money.
Other final table cashes included:,
3rd: Daniel Ospina, $89,968
4th: Ian Shaw, $62,331
5th: Tyler Groth, $44,059
6th: Hani Awad, $31,789
7th: William Shelton, $23,429
8th: Eric Rodawig, $17,628
Third Bracelet Running For Klein At World Series Of Poker
Poker pro takes down the $10,000 buy-in PLO Championship for a million dollar pay day
US poker pro Loren Klein (36) had plenty to celebrate at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas this week: a $1,018,336 winner’s pay day and the rare achievement of winning his third bracelet in as many years.
Klein triumphed in the $10,000 buy-in PLO Championship, besting a final table laden with respected and braceletted names; five of the six finalists were former bracelet winners whilst Jerry Wong, who busted out at fourth for $303,491, can claim a WSOP Main Event finalist achievement on his cv.
The event recorded a 476-strong entry list, generating a prize pool of $4,474,400 from which 72 entries cashed.
On the last day of the contest Klein was around the middle of the chip counts among the final six players, with fellow pro Brandon Shack-Harris holding the chip lead as final table action got underway.
Klein quickly chipped up to overtake Shack-Harris and was able to maintain the lead and control for most of the remainder of the competition, busting three of the final table members.
Going into heads up, Klein held the lead over three-bracelet pro Rep Porter, and soon widened the gap to ultimately eliminate Porter and claim his biggest yet pay day and a bracelet for the third year running.
Porter’s runner up reward was $629,378, whilst other final table cashes included:
3rd: Brandon Shack-Harris – $433,259
4th: Jerry Wong – $303,491
5th: Ryan Hughes – $216,391
6th: Scott Bohlman – $157,097
7th: Mike Leah – $116,166
8th: Alexey Makarov – $87,522
Canadian Student Turns $1,500 Into A Million Dollar Pay Day At World Series Of Poker
Tommy Nguyen claims victory in record Monster Stack event
On Wednesday night in Las Vegas Canadian accounting student Tommy Nguyen (28) turned a $1,500 buy-in in the World Series of Poker NLHE Monster Stack competition into a $1,037,451 pay day enhanced with his first WSOP winner’s bracelet.
He became this series’ ninth millionaire winner just two months after winning $167,000 at a major poker tournament in Canada.
The Monster Stack event attracted a star-studded field of 6,260 entries – one of the biggest on record – generating a prize pool of $8,451,000.
By the time the final table formed there was not a single previous bracelet holder among the finalists.
Nguyen accounted for two of the final table eliminations before facing off in the heads up against James Carroll and leveraging his 8 to 1 chip advantage into a win despite a late double up by a tenacious opponent.
Carroll’s runner up prize was $640,916, and the rest of the final table cashed:
3rd: Frank Rusnak – $475,212
4th: Chris Chong – $354,903
5th: Daniel Corbett – $266,987
6th: Michael Benko – $202,327
7th: Shyam Srinivasan – $154,463
8th: Harald Sammer – $118,802
9th: Rittie Chuaprasert – $92,061
Another World Series Of Poker Bracelet For Scott Seiver
New York poker pro wins $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship, boosting career earnings to $23 million
33-year-old New York poker pro Scott Seiver boosted his career earnings to $23 million Thursday after claiming the $296,222 main prize and his second World Series of Poker bracelet in the $10,000 buy-in Limit Hold’em Championship.
At times it was touch and go for the New York pro as he battled his way through a stellar entry field of 114, all vying for the best of 18 cashes possible from the $1,071,600 prize pool, but he stayed cool and disciplined to make it through to the final table.
Surviving some formidable opponents, Seiver then entered the heads up against Matt Szymaszek (38), a poker pro from California, when ace player Anthony Zinno busted out at third for $129,186.
Szymaszek started the brief but thrilling heads up action with a 3 to 2 chip lead, which Seiver managed to reverse to a remarkable 21 to 1, only to see Szymaszek minutes later reverse their roles again to go 3 to 1 in chips. Seiver managed to take the lead back again and this time retained it long enough to take Szymaszek out for a runner up prize of $193,081.
Other final table cashes included:
4th: Christopher Chung, $93,009
5th: Matt Glantz, $68,352
6th: Philip Cordano, $51,296
7th: Daniel Zack, $39,329
8th: Michael Moore, $30,821
9th: Ken Deng, $24,700
