It was a fascinating weekend around the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas as the very first weekend of the 2024 World Series of Poker concluded its action. A Poker Hall of Famer took some time from their schedule to go “into the masses” to record their most current bracelet. While that was taking place, the $25,000 Heads-Up World Championship saw a not likely victor wade their method through the minefield of pros set up versus him.
“World” Earns Seventh WSOP Bracelet in Dealer’s Choice
In a rather fast 6 hours– a breeze in a Dealer’s Choice competition– Poker Hall of Famer John ‘World’ Hennigan who emerged from a tough group of gamers to record the champion. It is the seventh of Hennigan’s renowned profession, making him among just 9 gamers to record more than 6 of poker’s biggest rewards. While this triumph may not have actually been as profitable as a few of his other wins, Hennigan mored than happy to bank the $138,296 first-place reward.
10 guys returned in the Six-Handed $1500 Dealer’s Choice occasion on Saturday night, with Clint Wolcyn blazing a trail with his 2.77 million in chips. Wolcyn dealt with some substantial difficulties from a trio of leading pros, Shaun Deeb (on the brief stack at 585,000), Viktor Blom (1.65 million), and Hennigan (1.52 million) who all had eyes on the top of the leaderboard. For Deeb, that dream would end in 8th location at the hands of Wolcyn in Big O when he was not able to develop a much better hand with his A-J-J-9-2 versus Wolcyn’s A-K-K-Q-7 on a K-5-3-5-Q board.
Deeb’s departure brought the table one except their main six-handed setup, and Hennigan would look after that task. Ryan Pedigo got his chips to the center on Third Street and showed up an (A-J) 3 versus Hennigan’s (10-7) 9, however that was all the bright side that Pedigo would get. Hennigan would remove a 6 on Fourth Street and a 8 on Fifth Street to make a directly, while Pedigo combined his Ace and got 2 Kings for a great, however not winning, 2 set. With the hand, Hennigan entered into the lead of the last 6 males.
Hennigan’s grind was refrained from doing, however he continued to score pots to fend off the different risks versus him. Ultimately, ‘World’ would gather over half the chips in play, which provided him the ammo to merely damage the last table. Of the last 5 gamers organized versus him, Hennigan secured 3 of them, consisting of Robert Wells on the last hand in No Limit Deuce to Seven Single Draw, to make the triumph and the WSOP bracelet.1.
John Hennigan (USA), $138,296
2. Robert Wells, (United Kingdom), $90,339
3. Peter Gelencser (Hungary), $60,343
4. Viktor Blom (Sweden), $41,237
5. Brayden Gazlay (USA), $28,845
6. Clint Wolcyn (USA), $20,665
Darius Samual Surprise Champion of $25,000 Heads-Up
If you were taking a look at the Final Four for the $25,000 Heads-Up World Championship at the 2024 WSOP, there were a number of possible champs in the mix. Among them was Artur Martirosian, who has actually made his name in high-stakes heads-up play, and the other was Faraz Jaka, an extremely appreciated pro who likewise has actually assisted gamers by teaching the video game. Therefore, when Darius Samual became the not likely winner of the competition, it was a little a surprise.
It needs to not have actually been. Samual, who spoke after the competition that he utilized over half his poker bankroll to get in this occasion, learnt both Martirosian and Jaka to catch the champion and the $500,000 first-place reward. He was however among 8 gamers to record some cash from the competition, which saw 64 gamers come forward:1. Darius Samual (United Kingdom), $500,000
2. Faraz Jaka (USA), $300,000
3. Nikolai Mamut (United Kingdom), $180,000
(tie) Artur Martirosian (Russian Federation), $180,000
5. John Smith (USA), $86,000
(tie) Marko Grujic (Serbia), $86,000
(tie) Owen Messere (United Kingdom), $86,000
(tie) Patrick Kennedy (United Kingdom), $86,000
(Photo thanks to WSOP.com)
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