WSOP Day 24 & 25 recap sees George Danzer win his second bracelet of the summer; Brandon Paster win his first, and a 25-year old Italian, Davide Suriano, surprises the world of poker by taking the crown in the $10k Heads-Up event.
How do you win a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet?
“I ran pretty pure.” Said Brandon Paster after his victory in Event #37: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha.
The Virginia native classes himself as an ‘Omaha Specialist’ and who are we to argue after he led this thing from start to finish. He finished Day 1 as the chip leader, finished Day 2 second in chips and then took care of the Day 2 chip leader, Marcel Vonk, in heads-up action.
Paster picks up $264,400 for his victory, a clear quarter of a million more than his biggest ever cash, which came in a Latin America Poker Tour (LAPT) event in Panama back in 2013.
“I was down to 700 chips in the second hour. I got it in real good, got beat really bad and then I just run it up I guess.” Paster told PokerNews after his win.
It wasn’t just the WSOP bracelet winner Vonk who was standing in Paster’s way; he also had to get through the PokerStars Team Online Pro, Gabriel Nassif (3rd), Kevin Saul (8th) and Galen Hall (9th).
What next for the latest WSOP champion?
“I just want to see the world.” Said Paster.
Well now you have the money to do that kid.
Final Table Standings
1st. Brandon Paster – $264,400
2nd. Marcel Vonk – $163,625
3rd. Gabriel Nassif – $102,373
4th. Matthew Humphrey – $74,306
5th. Matthew Dames – $54,855
6th. Millard Hale III – $41,121
7th. Dimitrii Valouev – $31,278
8th. Kevin Saul – $24,111
9th. Galen Hall – $18,837
George Danzer Takes Bracelet No.2
For George Danzer, WSOP bracelets are just like buses. You wait patiently for one to turn up and then two of them appear out of the blue.
It took eight years for Danzer to win his first WSOP bracelet and then just 11-days to win his second. Both events came in the $10,000 Championships format, and his reward is a ton of money and a seat at the top of the 2014 WSOP Player of the Year leaderboard.
It was a wire-to-wire performance to be proud of as Danzer topped the field on every single day of this three-day event. The final table was crammed full of talent, but it wasn’t until the play reached the three-handed phase that things started to wobble slightly for the German.
Calvin Anderson – a man who is having an outstanding series – started to gather chips, and the former WSOP Main Event runner-up, John Racener, was also playing well.
But Danzer wouldn’t be denied his second bracelet of the summer, an accomplishment that Danzer is under no illusion has as much to do with luck as it does with his expertise.
“I feel a little too lucky right now…it’s too much. I know how lucky you have to be to get one, no matter how good you are, so to win two you have to get insanely lucky. I’m not going to be calling myself an expert in anything.” Danzer told PokerNews after his win.
Final Table Standings
1st. George Danzer – $352,696
2nd. John Racener – $217,935
3rd. Calvin Anderson – $136,490
4th. Brian Hastings – $98,828
5th. Jeff Lisandro – $77,238
6th. Chris George – $61,594
7th. David Singer – $50,018
8th. John Monnette – $41,277
Davide Suriano Wins the $10,000 Heads-Up Championship
Event #40: $10,000 Heads-Up Championship is one of the most prestigious events to be held at the WSOP and this year heralded a surprise winner.
A 25-year Old Italian, Davide Suriano, recorded his first-ever live heads-up competition cash, of his career, after facing and felling a whole host of impressive opponents on his way to his amazing victory.
There were 135 matches in all, and nobody played more than Suriano and Sam Stein, who managed to get through six opponents before squaring off for the title.
Suriano eliminated Scott Seiver, Daniel Cates, Shane Moran, Serkan Kurnaz, Ankush Mandavia and Daniel Colman before eliminating Stein in just 36 hands.
“Finally, my dream has come true. It’s the biggest thing that has happened in my life.” Suriano told PokerNews after his win.
