Wsop Main Event Finishers (update)

Events 5, 9, 10 and 11 written in the history books

Thomas Pomponio took down Event 5, the 2017 World Series of Poker Colossus III $565 No-Limit Hold’em, defeating Taylor Black heads-up to win the largest cash of his career after four-days of intense play.
The New Jersey native outplayed a massive field of 18,054, the third largest in WSOP history, to win $1,000,000 and his first WSOP bracelet.
“That’s a lot of people, you know,” Pomponio said, referring to the massive field. “Every time I come into a tournament, I think I’m going to win it. I’ve played poker for ten years, I know that’s not realistic, I know that’s not going to happen, but I try to play my best.
The Colossus III total prize pool was an incredible $9,027,000 of which 2,711 entries cashed, some more than once because of the multiple flight format. 76 different countries were represented with the youngest entrant having just turned 21 and the eldest 93.
Final Table Payouts were:
1Thomas Pomponio, $1,000,000
2Taylor Black, $545,430
3John Hanna, $406,474
4Mark Babekov, $305,294
5Kent Coppock, $230,564
6Erkut Yilmaz, $175,208
7Ralph Massey, $133,975
8Matt Affleck, $103,090
9Luke Vrabel, $79,827
New York native Abe Mosseri won Event 9, the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, for $388,795 and his second WSOP bracelet.
Mosseri defeated Daniel Negreanu, denying him a seventh WSOP bracelet, in just four-hands of heads-up play.
Final results were:
1Abe Mosseri – $388,795
2Daniel Negreanu – $240,290
3Yarron Bendor – $166,895
4Fabrice Soulier – $118,340
5Ilya Dyment – $85,702
6Ray Dehkharghani – $63,419
7Anthony Zinno – $47,975
8Mike Matusow – $37,120
9John Monnette – $29,391
Nipun Java and Aditya Sushant, playing under the name ‘Team India’, became the first Indian-born poker players to win a WSOP bracelet when they took down Event 10, the $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold’em.
When Java’s original teammate overslept, Aditya Sushant jumped the rail to play alongside his friend, the duo outplayed a field of 843 teams to win $150,637.
“Poker is booming in India,” said Java. “I’ve been in the States for the last 12 years, but I was born in India and my heart is… I’m Indian.”
Final Table Results:
1Nipun Java / Aditya Sushant – $150,637
2David Guay / Pablo Mariz – $93,074
3Kiryl Radzivonau / Mikhail Semin – $65,190
4Charalampos Lappas / Georgios Zisimopoulos – $46,318
5Mukul Pahuja / Jonas Wexler – $33,391
6DJ MacKinnon / Esther Taylor – $24,430
7Ryan Laplante / Sam Cohen – $18,143
8Austin Buchanan / Lanie Foster – $13,680
9Joseph Choueiri / Rafael Lopez / James Gibson – $10,475
David Bach earned his second career WSOP bracelet when he won Event 11, the $1,500 Dealers Choice.
Bach dominated the final table defeating Kevin Lacofano heads-up to take home the first prize of $119,399.
Final Table Results were:
1David Bach – $119,399
2Kevin Iacofano – $73,779
3Christopher Sensoli – $47,629
4Scott Milkey – $31,550
5Anthony Arvidson – $21,460
6Wook Kim – $14,998