A few days ago, Adam Friedman won his fifth World Series of Poker gold bracelet, a celebrated moment for any player. On Day 17, though, one player took himself out of the five-bracelet category by adding another one.
Brian Hastings now has six WSOP gold bracelets. Who else has six? Daniel Negreanu, Chris Ferguson, John Hennigan, TJ Cloutier, Jeff Lisandro, Layne Flack, Ted Forrest, and Jay Heimowitz.
It’s a big accomplishment.
Event 30: $1K PLO 8-Handed
Ten players started the day with Daniel Weinman in the chip lead. Short-stacked Lautaro Guerra was the first player to exit, courtesy of Chino Rheem, and Weinman sent Oliver Weis out promptly thereafter.
The final eight gathered at the official final table, and Ruslan Dykshteyn didn’t take long before hitting the payout age. Weinman busted Stephen Song in seventh, and Rheem stepped back in to bust Ferenc Deak in sixth. But Rheem lost ground, and Hendrickson busted him in fifth. Eduardo Bernal Sanchez doubled through Germandio Andoni, setting up Weinman to bust Andoni soon after. Weinman then sent Sanchez out in third.
Weinman took 23.5M chips into heads-up play, nearly twice as many chips as Jamey Hendrikson. It only took three hands for Hendrikson to push, but Weinman dominated him and won his first bracelet.
Ten players gathered for some championship-level Triple Draw on Day 17 of the 2022 WSOP. Ali Eslami was the first of the shorter stacks to leave, courtesy of Daniel Zack, who also busted Andrew Kelsall and Phil Hellmuth.
The final table took shape, with Zack and Eric Wasserson in the lead, having taken over from Brian Hastings. But Hastings eliminated Yuval Bronshtein in seventh place and charged back every time someone doubled through him. Zack continued his dominance, though, by busting Jordan Siegel in sixth place, but he lost ground as chips flew . Wasserson ousted Marco Johnson in fifth place, Hastings did the same to Shaun Deeb in fourth, and Wasserson busted Zack in third.
Hastings had a two-to-one lead going into heads-up, but it was a long fight before Hastings could declare victory. He said it was awesome to win his sixth bracelet, telling PokerNews, “It’s a lot of fun just trying to compete in all these events against great players; it’s an honor to be in that kind of company.”
Day 2 of the first HORSE event of the 2022 WSOP took players into the money and ended the night with just 22 players. Two women occupy the top five on that leaderboard with David Williams leading them all.
Event 32: Day 2 of 3
$1,500 buy-in
HORSE
Total entries:
773
(594 in 2021, 751 in 2019)
Players remaining:
22
Total prize pool:
$1,031,955
Players paid:
116
Minimum payout:
$2,419
Winner payout:
$196,089
Top chip counts:
#1
David Williams (USA) 2,125,000
#2
Jason Daly (USA) 2,015,000
#3
Michelle Roth (USA) 1,405,000
#4
Richard Bai (USA) 1,310,000
#5
Shirley Rosario (USA) 1,170,000
Event 33: $3K NLHE 6-Handed
It was a long second day of this two-day fast-paced NLHE event, but they got it done. Late into the evening, David Pham busted in ninth and Dylan Linde in eighth to set the unofficial final table. Fred Goldberg then departed in seventh place to make that table official.
Lander Lijo was the shortest stack. He immediately doubled, but Nino Ullmann busted him soon after in sixth place. As Ullmann began running away with the lead, Anthony Hu doubled through him, but Ullmann eventually busted David Peters to jump back into the lead. Timothy Frank eliminated Darren Elias in fourth, but Ullmann did the honors to send Hu out in third.
Ullmann had a solid chip lead against Flank when heads-up began. It didn’t take long for Flank to jump all-in with J-6 on a J-3-2 board, but Ullmann had 4-5 and the flush draw. He hit that flush on the turn and won his first bracelet and the first one for Germany in 2022.
The day started with more than 1700 players but found only 158 of them bagging chips at the end of the first day. The next goal is to make the final table.
Event 34: Day 1 of 3
$1,500 buy-in
NLHE Freezeout
Total entries:
1,772
(1191 in 2021)
Players remaining:
158
Total prize pool:
$2,365,620
Players paid:
89
Minimum payout:
$4,259
Winner payout:
$364,899
Top chip counts:
#1
Gregor Sverko (Croatia) 1,046,000
#2
Keith Kordowski (USA) 812,000
#3
Raffaele Sorrentino (Italy) 788,000
#4
Jason Hickey (USA) 752,000
#5
Michel Leibgorin (France) 679,000
Event 35: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet
This event offered No Limit Hold’em Pot Limit Omaha, No Limit 2-7, No Limit 5-Card Draw, Big O, PLO-8, and Pot Limit 2-7 Triple Draw. Only about 100 players survived from the starting field.
Event 35: Day 1 of 3
$2,500 buy-in
Mixed Big Bet (2 RE)
Total entries:
281
(218 in 2019, 212 in 2021)
Players remaining:
101
Total prize pool:
$625,225
Players paid:
43
Minimum payout:
$4,000
Winner payout:
$144,338
Top chip counts:
#1
Richard Ashby (UK) 387,100
#2
Unknown (USA) 273,000
#3
Steve Friedlander (USA) 204,200
#4
Bariscan Betil (USA) 199,300
#5
Sterling Savill (USA) 195,900
Event 36: $1,500 Seven-Card Stud-8
It was all about the Stud-8 players in this event, with more than 470 of them vying for a bracelet. Day 2 will bring back only 152 of them, though, all wanting a final table seat.
Event 36: Day 1 of 3
$1,500 buy-in
Seven-Card Stud-8
Total entries:
471
(460 in 2019, 372 in 2021)
Players remaining:
152
Total prize pool:
$628,785
Players paid:
59
Minimum payout:
$2,421
Winner payout:
$135,260
Top chip counts:
#1
Pearce Arnold (USA) 244,500
#2
Kenny Hsiung (USA) 224,000
#3
Bruce Hoyt (USA) 196,000
#4
Ali Eslami (USA) 189,500
#5
Chad Campbell (USA) 185,000
Today’s Poker Menu
Event 32 will play its final day and end with a winner.
Event 34 will play toward its final table.
Event 35 will try to find its final table.
Event 36 will play down to its final table.
Event 37 kicks off the NLHE Millionaire Maker tournament, the one that guarantees at least $1M for the winner. This is the first of two starting days.
Event 38 will fit a NL 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship event into the afternoon.
