Simeon Naydenov Wins Event #36: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
A total of 1,194 runners signed up for this event and created a $1,611,900 prize pool. When the last day kicked off there were 12 players left with the chance of taking home the bracelet and the $326,440 first prize. After about sevens hours of play a winner had been crowned: Simeon Naydenov from Bulgaria.
Naydenov came into heads-up with a 4-1 lead after eliminating Andrew Klock in third place and taking 720k of Jake Schwartz's 2 million stack. The heads-up battle only lasted 10 hands. This is how the final hand was played (after both players had taken a shot of tequila):
Schwartz raised to 60k pre-flop on the button. He was called by Naydenov. The flop came out 4
A9 and they started to raise and reraise against each other until Schwartz was all in for his tournament life.
Schwartz: A
9
Naydenov: K8
Naydenov had flopped the nuts and only needed to avoid a few cards in the deck.
The turn card was the 7, keeping Naydenov in front. The river was a blank 2 which sent Jake Schwartz packing in second place for $202,035. Simeon Naydenov took home $326,440 in prize money and his first World Series of Poker bracelet!
Michael "Big Store" Moore Wins Event #37: $5,000 Limit Hold'em
A big congratulations to Michael "Big Store" Moore, winner of Event #37: $5,000 Limit Hold'em! Moore outlasted a field of 170 players, including a tough final table that included Greg Mueller and Justin Bonomo.
Moore, who finished 10th in the 1995 WSOP Main event for $27,680, received his long-awaited bracelet and $211,743 in prize money, which means that he has tripled his WSOP career earning!
1) Michael Moore, $211 743
2) Gabriel Nassif, $130 852
3) Ronnie Bardah, $94 793
4) Brian Aleksa, $69 968
5) Todd Witteles, $52 582
6) Dom Denotaristefani, $40 205
7) Ben Yu, $31 264
8) Greg Mueller, $24 721
9) Justin Bonomo, $19 863
Justin Oliver Wins Event #38 No-Limit Hold'em / Four Handed
The third and final day of this event saw the final 8 of 566 participants battling it out for the title and a whopping $309,071 first-place prize in the Amazon Room at Rio All-Suite & Hotel in Las Vegas.
At the end of it all, Justin Oliver, from Canada, overcame pros such as John Juanda (5th - $54,770) and David Pham (4th - $89,736) to fullfill a lifelong dream by becoming a World Series of Poker bracelet winner! Also, he received the biggest cash of his entire career!
