WSOP 2022 Day 17: Hastings Wins Sixth Bracelet

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.

Daniel Weinman outlasts 1,891 entrants in the $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event to earn $255,359 and his first gold bracelet.https://t.co/tOaVTjpb61

📸: @spensersembrat pic.twitter.com/mzHdhsnSLP

— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 17, 2022

Event 31: $10K Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship

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.”

Brian Hastings wins sixth bracelet in $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship!https://t.co/htSAwrzbjF

📸: Rachel Kay Miller pic.twitter.com/u6N4Qolljf

— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 17, 2022

Event 32: $1,500 HORSE

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 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.

Nino Ullmann takes down the $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em for first bracelet and $594,079!https://t.co/LcIS7cLrpF

📸: Rachel Kay Miller pic.twitter.com/GlR2pVGUAs

— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 17, 2022

Event 34: $1,500 NLHE Freezeout

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 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 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.

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.