Athanasios Polychronopoulos won his second WSOP gold bracelet by winning event #17 yesterday.
In this No-Limit Hold'em event there were no less than 2,105 players and a total prize pool of $2,841,750. Polychronopoulos beat the runner-up Manuel Mutke by hitting a Queen of Clubs on the river, making a two pair - Jacks and Queens, against Mutke's pair of Jacks. Mutke got $322,908 for the second place while Polychronopoulos earned a healthy $518,755 for winning the event.
Polychronopoulos won his first gold bracelet in 2011, event #48 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em, which gave him $650,223.
Below is the top ten finishers of the Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em:
| Place |
Player |
Prize |
| 1 |
Athanasios Polychronopoulos |
$518,755 |
| 2 |
Manuel Mutke |
$322,908 |
| 3 |
Everett Carlton |
$224,455 |
| 4 |
Joe Cada |
$161,652 |
| 5 |
Samuel Taylor |
$118,145 |
| 6 |
Michael Kurth |
$87,398 |
| 7 |
Joseph Ward |
$65,502 |
| 8 |
David Bakes Baker |
$49,716 |
| 9 |
Thomas Nicotera |
$38,178 |
| 10 |
Paul Francoi Tedeschi |
$29,980 |
