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2019 WSOP Day 22: Hennigan Wins Sixth Bracelet

Written by Jennifer Newell
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Four poker players won WSOP gold bracelets yesterday, one of whom – the man known as Johnny World – took down his sixth WSOP victory.

On Wednesday, June 19, this is what happened at the 50th Annual World Series of Poker.

Event 34:  $1K Double Stack NLHE – Final

Total entries:  6,214

Prize pool:  $5,592,600

Players paid:  933

Final table payouts:

1st place:  Joseph Cheong (USA) – $687,782

2nd place:  David Ivers (USA) – $424,791

3rd place:  Zinan Xu (China) – $314,876

4th place:  Andrea Buonocore (Italy) – $235,099

5th place:  Adrianna Son (USA) – $176,820

6th place:  Ido Ashkenazi (USA) – $133,970

7th place:  David Guay (Canada) – $102,258

8th place:  Ivan Deyra (France) – $78,638

9th place:  Brock Wilson (USA) – $60,930

Event 39:  $1K Super Seniors NLHE – Day 3 of 4

Total entries:  2,650

Prize pool:  $2,385,000

Players paid:  398

Minimum payout:  $1,499

Winner payout:  $359,863

Day 3 players remaining:  10

Final table chip counts:

Michael Blake (USA) – 12,300,000 chips

Kanajett Hathaitham (USA) – 9,235,000 chips

Rick Austin (USA) – 6,475,000 chips

Jeffrey Miller (USA) – 5,525,000 chips

Cary Marshall (USA) – 5,500,000 chips

Miles Harris (USA) – 3,265,000 chips

Bruce Treitman (USA) – 3,254,000 chips

William Davis (USA) – 2,755,000 chips

Barry Shulman (USA) – 2,665,000 chips

Timothy Joseph (USA) – 2,535,000 chips

Day 4 starting time:  11am

Event 40:  $1,500 PLO – Final

Total entries:  1,216

Prize pool:  $1,641,600

Players paid:  183

Final table payouts:

1st place:  Ismael Bojang (Austria) – $298,507

2nd place:  James Little (USA) – $184,424

3rd place:  Benjamin Zamani (USA) – $131,335

4th place:  Johannes Tobbe (Cyprus) – $94,669

5th place:  Denis Bagdasarov (USA) – $69,082

6th place:  Mihai Niste (Romania) – $51,041

7th place:  Richard Tuhrim (USA) – $38,189

8th place:  Glen Cressman (USA) – $28,940

9th place:  Matthew Mueller (USA) – $22,215

Event 41:  $10K Seven-Card Stud Championship – Final

Total entries:  88

Prize pool:  $827,200

Players paid:  14

Final table payouts:

1st place:  John Hennigan (USA) – $245,451

2nd place:  Daniel Negreanu (Canada) $151,700

3rd place:  David Baker (USA) – $104,416

4th place:  Mikhail Semin (Russia) – $73,810

5th place:  David Singer (USA) – $53,621

6th place:  Chris Tryba (USA) – $40,066

7th place:  Frank Kassela (USA) – $30,817

8th place:  Frankie O’Dell (USA) – $24,419

Event 42:  $600 Mixed NLHE/PLO Deep Stack – Day 2 of 3

Total entries:  2,403

Prize pool:  $1,261,575

Players paid:  361

Minimum payout: $875

Winner payout:  $194,759

Day 2 players remaining:  8

Final table chip counts:

Adam Lamphere (USA) – 17,200,000 chips

Dan Matsuzuki (USA) – 14,000,000 chips

Raghav Bansal (India) – 9,300,000 chips

Rainer Kempe (Germany) – 8,000,000 chips

Aristeidis Moschonas (Greece) – 7,325,000 chips

Ashish Ahuja (India) – 6,975,000 chips

Stephen Ma (USA) – 6,325,000 chips

Daniel Moravec (USA) – 2,950,000 chips

Day 3 starting time:  12noon

Event 43:  $2,500 Mixed Big Bet – Day 2 of 3

Total entries:  218

Prize pool:  $490,500

Players paid:  33

Minimum payout:  $3,767

Winner payout:  $127,808

Day 1 players remaining:  7

Final table chip counts:

Ryan Hughes (USA) – 1,212,000 chips

Arthur Morris (USA) – 728,000 chips

Phil Hui (USA) – 425,000 chips

Joseph Couden (USA) – 405,000 chips

Jonathan Depa (USA) – 223,000 chips

Mike Sexton (USA) – 182,000 chips

Loren Klein (USA) – 95,000 chips

Final table payouts thus far:

8th place:  Scott Bohlman (USA) – $12,240

Day 3 starting time:  2pm

Event 44:  $1,500 NLHE Bounty – Day 1 of 3

Total entries:  1,807

Prize pool:  $2,439,450

Players paid:  272

Minimum payout:  $1,414

Winner payout:  $253,933

Day 1 players remaining:  272

Chip leader:  Ignacio Molina (Andorra) – 624,500 chips

Day 2 starting time:  12noon

Event 45:  $25K PLO High Roller – Day 1 of 4

Total entries:  222 (registration still open)

Prize pool:  $5,272,500 (not final)

Players paid:  TBD

Minimum payout:  TBD

Winner payout:  TBD

Day 1 players remaining:  128

Chip leader:  Keith Lehr (USA) – 692,000 chips

Day 2 starting time:  2pm

Event 46:  $500 Online NLHE Deep Stack Turbo – Final

Total entries:  1,181

Prize pool:  $795,180

Players paid:  180

Minimum payout:  $1,113.21

Final table payouts:

1st place:  Dan “centrefieldr” Lupo (USA) – $145,273.90

2nd place:  David “DTC13” Clarke (USA) – $89,692.92

3rd place:  “johnsonck” (USA) – $63,771.03

4th place:  “JSTRIZZA” (USA) – $45,959.67

5th place:  “staeks” (USA) – $33,475.82

6th place:  “MisterKK” (USA) – $24,728.16

7th place:  “jnutz” (USA) – $18,526.99

8th place:  “TonyStarsFK” (USA) – $13,994.64

9th place:  “HITRII999” (Russia) – $10,734.52

Notable Information

There are players who make friends throughout the poker world and garner respect through their play. Joseph Cheong is one of them, so when he was on his way to winning his first WSOP gold bracelet, friends expressed their support in person and online.

Cheong was born in South Korea but raised in America, and the 33-year-old poker pro has a long career of poker highlights behind him. That includes 59 WSOP cashes, seven of which were final tables. Now, he also has one victory in the $1K Double Stack NLHE. Even so, he was calm about the win. “I have been playing poker for so long,” he said. “It was just another day at work.”

Ismael Bojang is another name that has been around the poker world for years despite still being only 30 years old. The German player is a financial advisor but also a regular poker player, who has 75 cashes at the WSOP among his other many accomplishments. This year alone, he cashed in 10 WSOP events, and then he claimed his first victory in Event 40.

He planned to celebrate with friends in Vegas but jet back home on a planned flight today. “I would love to stay longer,” he said of his plans to fly back to Germany, “but I have important stuff to do at home that I’m really looking forward to: family stuff, weddings, my girlfriend is waiting.”

Event 41 was a big one – the Seven Card Stud Championship – and recognizable poker pros were all over the final table. And when it came down to heads-up play, it was none other than John Hennigan up against Daniel Negreanu. The battle was strong, but Hennigan felt he had luck on his side. It also didn’t hurt that stud was his favorite game; he’s widely regarded as one of the best stud players in the world.

Hennigan reflected about the sixth WSOP bracelet, one that means quite a lot. “This is just a sentimental thing, the stud,” he said. “I’m happier with this than I would be with any other, to be honest with you.”

The last event of the day was also over in one day, and it was all played online. The $500 NLHE Deepstack was offered to online poker players in Nevada and New Jersey, and it was Dan Lupo from the East Coast who took it down.

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