Event #19, #20 & #21, all three-day events, have been concluded and all three winners are non-americans.
Event #19, $5,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em saw Belgium player Davidi Kitai take home the first prize of $224,560 after hitting three of a kind after the flop revealed a Jack against runner-up Cary Katz whom had gone all in with KK. This gave Kitaia his second WSOP gold bracelet (his first bracelet was won in Pot-Limit Hold'em Event 38 in 2008's WSOP). The top 9 finishers below:
Place |
Player |
Prize |
1 |
Davidi Kitai |
$224,560 |
2 |
Cary Katz |
$138,794 |
3 |
Vincent Bartello |
$103,628 |
4 |
Dimitar Danchev |
$77,893 |
5 |
Eugene Katchalov |
$58,912 |
6 |
Kristina Holst |
$44,844 |
7 |
Bertrand Grospellier |
$34,341 |
8 |
Dario Minieri |
$26,468 |
9 |
Chris Johnson |
$20,520 |
Canadian player Calen McNeil earned Canada's sixth gold bracelet in this year's WSOP. Event #20, $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low 8-or-better, had gathered a field of 1,014 players that would battle for a total prize pool of $1,368,900. The top 10 finishers below:
Place |
Player |
Prize |
1 |
Calen McNeil |
$277,274 |
2 |
Can Kim Hua |
$171,577 |
3 |
Todd Brunson |
$107,349 |
4 |
Joe Ford |
$77,917 |
5 |
Hieu Ma |
$57,521 |
6 |
Stephen Chidwick |
$43,120 |
7 |
John Monnette |
$32,798 |
8 |
Won Goag |
$25,283 |
9 |
Dao Bac |
$19,753 |
10 |
Dale Beaudoin |
$15,632 |
Event #21: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em (Six Handed) was won by German born Martin Finger (now residing in Austria) who got his first WSOP gold bracelet after winning the last hand by calling Matt Stout's all-in with pocket Queens against Stout's A-7. Hitting two-pair on the river, Kings and Queens, Finger took the first prize of $506,764. Below is the Final Table results:
Place |
Player |
Prize |
1 |
Martin Finger |
$506,764 |
2 |
Matt Stout |
$313,370 |
3 |
Matt Berkey |
$199,733 |
4 |
David "The Dragon" Pham |
$131,679 |
5 |
Nikolai Sears |
$89,402 |
6 |
Andrew Dean |
$62,458 |