WSOP Update 5

The World Series of Poker continues to make more and more people winners at the Rio Casino in Las Vegas and as the main event draws ever closer, here are the most recent bunch of winners:

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Event 35 18^th June – 20^th June

Seven Card Stud

Buy-in $1,500

Entrants 381

Prize Pool $2,490,390

Result – American Mike Rocco only qualified for the event playing a single–table $215 satelitte but he managed to win the bracelet and saw off  American Al Barbieri to win the $135,753 first prize.

Event 36 19^th June – 21^st June

No-Limit Hold'em

Buy-in $1,500

Entrants 2,447

Prize Pool $3,340,155

Result – Denmark's Jesper Hougaard saw off American Cody Slaubaugh to make his third cash of this year's WSOP and his first bracelet. He is only the second Dane to win a WSOP bracelet.

Event 37 19^th June – 21^st June

World Championship Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8-or-Better

Buy-in $10,000

Entrants 235

Prize Pool $2,209,000

Result- Frenchman David Benyamine was crowned World Champion of Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8-or-better when he saw off American Greg Jamison heads-up to win the $535,687 first prize. 6 out of the final 10 players held bracelets already but amazingly none of the final 3 had ever won one previously.

Event 38 20^th June – 22^nd June

Pot-Limit Hold'em

Buy-in $2,000

Entrants 605

Prize Pool $1,101,100

Result -  Belgian Davidi Kitai saw of American Christopher Bell to take the $244,583 first prize. Kitai is an economic analyst from Antwerp when he is not playing poker.

Event 39 21^st June – 23^rd June

No-Limit Hold'em

Buy-in $1,500

Entrants 2,720

Prize Pool $3,712,800

Result – American David Woo saw of Canadian Matthew Wood to win the massive $631,550 first prize. David came through the massive field that was the second largest of this year's WSOP thus far.

Event 40 22^nd June – 24^th June

2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit)

Buy-in $2,500

Entrants 238

Prize Pool $547,400

Result - American John Phan managed to do what only a handful have done before him and has won 2 events in the same WSOP. He had already won event 29. This win was not quite as big but will be just as satisfying as he walked off with $151,911. Only 9 other players have won 2 events in the same year.

Event 41 22^nd June – 24^th June

Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No-Limit)

Buy-in $1,500

Entrants 731

Prize Pool $996,450

Result - Relative unknown American Frank Gary beat fellow countryman Jonathan Tamayo heads-up to win $219,562. Gary had been travelling the country having sold off his company a few years ago and had decided to pop into Vegas to play a few events.
Event 42 23^rd June – 25^th June

Seniors No-Limit Hold'em World Championship

Buy-in $1,000

Entrants 2,218

Prize Pool $2,018,380

Result – American Dan Lacourse became Seniors World Champion with a heads-up win over American Dale Eberle and he took down the $368,832 first prize. He can now call himself the best player aged over 50 years old.

Event 43 24^th June – 26^th June

Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8-or-Better

Buy-in $1,500

Entrants 720

Prize Pool $982,800

Result - German Martin Klaser got the better of American Casey Kastle to win his first bracelet and a very nice first prize of $216,211.

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