WSOP Days 31 & 32 recap sees Phil Ivey win his 10th bracelet, Tyler Patterson, David Miscikowski and David Olson win their first; Erick Lindgren and Connor Drinan win seats into the ONE DROP and much more.
The battle for the legacy of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) hots up as Phil Ivey draws closer to Phil Hellmuth’s all-time bracelet lead after securing his 10th bracelet win in Event #50: $1,500 Eight-Game Mix.
Ivey defeated a field of 485 players to capture the $167,332 first prize, and there would have been no bigger fan than Daniel Negreanu. The pair offered even money that one of the big guns would hit the target at least once this year, and Ivey’s win means that bet has now been secured.
“It’s nice for me, but it’s also nice for Daniel,” Ivey told PokerNews after his win.
Ivey took the chip lead into the final table, and never fell below 500,000, before facing off against Bruce Yamron in heads-up action. The master barely lost a hand during the heads up phase and now joins the likes of Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan on rung number 10.
“It’s nice man. It’s pretty special I have wanted to get to 10 for a while. I completely fanned last year, but this year I got it done.” Said Ivey.
Final Table Standings
1st. Phil Ivey – $167,332
2nd. Bruce Yamron – $103,375
3rd. Dan Heimiller – $66,246
4th. Aaron Steury – $44,286
5th. Stephen Chidwick – $30,488
6th. Tuebin Guo – $21,692
7th. Christoph Haller – $15,720
Tyler Patterson Wins Event #48: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha (PLO) Hi-Low
Tyler Patterson has denied Scott Clements a third bracelet after picking up the victory at the fourth time of asking.
Patterson was victorious over a field of 991 players in the baby version of PLO Hi-Lo and takes home $270,992 for his troubles. It was a bittersweet moment for Patterson, who had to beat his friend in heads-up action, to take his first gold bracelet.
“The cards fell in my favor and so it worked out.” Patterson told PokerNews after his win.
It was another good performance by Jeff Madsen who added a fourth place to his recent 20th place finish in the $5k for his fourth cash of the series, and it was the second deep run for the 2013 double bracelet winner, Tom Schneider, who added a sixth place finish to the eighth place finish he achieved in the $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo.
Final Table Standings
1st. Tyler Patterson – $270,992
2nd. Scott Clements – $167,686
3rd. Cody Crawford – $104,914
4th. Jeff Madsen – $76,150
5th. Gary Kosakowski – $52,216
6th. Tom Schneider – $42,142
7th. Derek Raymond – $32,054
8th. J.R. Flourney – $24,710
9th. Dylan Wilkerson – $19,305
David Miscikowski wins Event #49 $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em (NLHE)
David Miscikowski overcame the WSOP bracelet winner, Norbert Szecsi, in a grueling heads-up encounter to settle affairs in Event #49: $5,000 NLHE.
It was Miscikowski’s first major title success, after finishing 23rd in this event back in 2010. Szecsi won his bracelet in a $1k event back in 2013.
It was a pretty juicy final table with the German pro Manig Loeser, former November Niner John Dolan, and the former European Poker Tour (EPT) champion, Kevin MacPhee, all making the cut.
Miscikowski picked up $719,707 for his win, making it was of the biggest purses of the season thus far.
Final Table Standings
1st. David Miscikowski – $719,707
2nd. Norbert Szecsi – $444,425
3rd. Manig Loeser – $289,912
4th. Margareta Morris – $212,202
5th. Oliver Price – $158,064
6th. Kevin MacPhee – $119,267
7th. Jean Gaspard – $91,037
8th. John Dolan – $70,265
9th. Blake Bohn – $54,792
David Olson Wins Event: #52 $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship
David Olson wins his first major title in one of the smallest events of the series.
122-players entered the $10k Limit Hold’em Championship, and the man who finished second in a WSOPC event in Bossier City, back in 2011, had just enough steam to motor past Mikail Tulchinskey in heads-up action.
Once again it was a tasty final table with Bill Chen, Jan Sjavik and Gabriel Nassif making the grade. Both Chen and Nassif were making their third final table of the series.
Olson took him $303,909 for his victory
Final Table Standings
1st. David Olson – $303,909
2nd. Mikail Tulchinskey – $187,811
3rd. Greg Debora – $136,056
4th. Samuel Golbuff – $100,425
5th. Paul Mannoni – $75,470
6th. Bill Chen – $57,706
7th. Brian Tate – $44,874
8th. Jan Sjavik – $35,481
9th. Gabriel Nassif – $28,509
The Best of the Rest
Erick Lindgren and Connor Drinan are going to be playing in the ONE DROP after taking one and two in the $25,300 satellite here at the Rio late last night. JC Tran picked up $250k for finished third after the A4o of Lindgren cracked his kings, and Jason Koon bubbled in fourth.
90 players turned up for that one.
The Monster Stack is down to just 62 players, after four days of action, and Sean Drake leads with 4,975,000 chips. Austin Bursavich is also close behind with 4,915,000 chips.
WSOP bracelet winner Jason Duval (3,465,00), Thayer Rasmussen (3,005,000), Tom Alner (1,785,000) and Mathew Frankland (1,575,000) are ones to watch in that one.
Finally, Event #53: $10,000 Ladies NLHE Championship has reached the final table and Mikiyo Aoki leads the pack. Xuan Liu was the highest profile placement finishing in 11th place.
