Event #45: $50k Players Championship
This prestigious event attracted a field of 108 players (most of them well-known poker pros) that generated a massive prize pool of $5,184,000! After a five-day battle, Michael Mizrachi was the last man standing and received his 3rd gold bracelet and stunning $1,451,527! Mizrachi is now in fourth place on the all-time money leader board!
Final table results:
1 Michael Mizrachi United States $1,451,527
2 Chris Klodnicki Unites States $896,935
3 Andy Bloch United States $561,738
4 Luke Schwartz United Kingdom $604,736
5 Roland Israelashvili United States $317,882
6 Stephen Chidwick United Kingdom $253,497
7 Bill Chen United States $205,856
8 Bruno Fitoussi France $169,879
Event #47: Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-ow Split-8 or Better
Last thursday, the third and final day of Event #47: $1,5000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better played out with the last 10 players of a 978-player field. Steven Loube, a 34-year-old personal injury attorney from Atalanta, Georgia, who played his very first WSOP event, ended up as the winner for a $267,345 first-place prize and a gold coveted bracelet! A very impressive achievement for a true amateur whose previous biggest cash was a $50 gift certificate for food.
Final table results:
1st Steven Loube $267,345
2nd Tim Finne $165,486
3rd Roch Cousineau $103,538
4th Cameron McKinley $75,151
5th Charalampos Lappas $55,479
6th Sonu Sharma $41,589
7th Paul Taylor $31,634
8th Kyle Carlston $24,386
9th Paul Ewen $19,052
10th Viatcheslav Ortynskiy $15,078
Event #48: Limit Hold'em
The $3,000 Limit Hold'em event saw 247 entries and a $674,310 prize pool. After 14 hours of play on the final table, including a two-hour heads-up match, Kenny Hsiung was the winner and received the top prize of $165,205, along with his very first WSOP bracelet!
Final table results:
1 Kenny Hsiung $165,205
2 Robert Hwang $102,118
3 John Virtue $76,244
4 Paul Berende $57,310
5 Dwyte Pilgrim $43,345
6 Matthew Woodward $32,994
7 Mitchell Davis $25,266
8 John Myung $19,474
9 Stephen Hung $15,098
Event #49: Ante Only No-Limit Hold'em
Event #49, a standard no-limit hold's event with no blinds (only antes), made its first ever WSOP appearance when it kicked off on June 27th. 939 players entered the tournament for $1,500 each, which generated a prize pool of $1,267,650. After three days of battle and 938 players had been sent to the rail, Greg Hobson had laid hands on the first prize of $256,691 and the first WSOP bracelet offered for this type of event.
Final table results:
1 Greg Hobson $256,691
2 Mike Sowers $158,887
3 John Hayes $99,409
4 Harrison Gimbel $72,155
5 Eugene Du Plessis $53,267
6 Mike McDonald $39,931
7 Seth Davies $30,373
8 Sameer Aljanedi $23,413
9 Justin Schwartz $18,292
Event #50: No-Limit Hold'em
It took four days and more than 32 one-hour levels of play for the $5,000 buy-in event to get a winner, Panayote "Peter" Vilandos. Vilandos, a Greek-American professional poker player, outlasted a field of 1,1001 players and took home $952,694 in prize money and his third gold coveted bracelet!
Final table results:
1. Panayote "Peter" Vilandos $952,694
2. Kyle Julius $589,687
3. Dan Smith $368,943
4. Kevin Schulz $267,792
5. Derek Gregory $197,691
6. Thomas Conway $148,198
7. Matt Giannetti $112,725
8. Tommy Vedes $86,889
9. Amir Lehavot $67,889
Event #51: Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship
This $1,000 buy-in event saw a field of 936 players (including a "handful" of guys)
that created a $842,400 prize pool. After a short heads-up match against Debbie Peachac on the final table, Yen Dang, a former law student who played her second ever Ladies Event, ended up taking home the first prize of $170,587, along with her first gold bracelet.
"I had a mission to play this tournament and to win and it's incredible when you set your mind to something and then you accomplish it," she said.
Final table results:
1. Yen Dang - $170,587
2. Debbie Pechac- $105,586
3. Jan Howard - $66,061
4. Angela Prada-Moed - $47,949
5. Candida Ross-Powers - $35,398
6. Rae Rocco - $26,536
7. Lesley Amos - $20,184
8. Rosemary Lawrence - $15,559
9. Ida Lundholm - $12,156
