Chad Eveslage Event 10
Chad Eveslage won Event 10 to grab his second WSOP bracelet of the summer in Las Vegas.

The action was hot, the gold was won and when the dust settled on a monumental day of action on Day 7 of the 54th annual WSOP, three bracelets were resting on the hands of three tournament winners. For Tyler Brown and Kenneth O’Donnell, it was a first experience of winning a gold WSOP bracelet. For Chad Eveslage it was the second time he’d taken a WSOP title in the past week.

Brown Hero Calls to Victory in Mystery Millions

A stunning heads-up call led to Tyler Brown becoming a bracelet winner for the first time in Event #3, the $1,000-entry Mystery Millions. With a top prize of exactly a million dollars on the line, the third seven-figure sum awarded after two players opened million-dollar bounties on Day 2 of the event, eight players made it to the final table.

An early elimination for Tam Ho (8th for $121,683) was followed by one for Dan Shak, who had already pulled a $100,000 bounty prize before he was taken out in 7th for $154,940. Shak shoved with 8h8d only to be called by Guang Chen, with the chip leader holding JcJd. A clean board only boosted Chen’s chances of victory but that changed after Tauan De Oliveira Naves (6th for $198,320) and Rhian Fineis (5th for $255,210) both busted.

Brown’s dominance was growing and it was he who held the chip lead. Chen was not about to let go of his earlier advantage easily, however, taking out both Steven Thompson (4th for $330,150) and Ryan McKnight (3rd for $429,360) to grab a chip lead heads-up.

Going into the final duel with 471 million to Brown’s 258 million, Chen went for an audacious bluff on a board showing 3s3h2dQs with only Kc9h. Put to the test for all his chips, Brown only held Ac5s, though. Could he make the hero call of his life to go to the river with the best hand? He most certainly could, as after 90 seconds or so, he called the bet and was rewarded by a Qh that doubled him up to having a 10:1 chip lead. PokerGO commentator Remko Rinkema called it “the call of the summer so far”.

Shortly afterwards, it was all over. Brown’s victory was complete and he took home the $1,000,000 top prize and gold bracelet, Chen left to lick his wounds and collect the $561,320 runner-up prize.

WSOP 2023 Event #3 $1,000 Mystery Millions Results:

Place Name Country Prize
1st Tyler Brown USA $1,000,000
2nd Guang Chen USA $561,320
3rd Ryan McKnight USA $429,360
4th Steven Thompson Costa Rica $330,150
5th Rhian Fineis USA $255,210
6th Tauan De Oliveira Naves Brazil $198,320
7th Dan Shak USA $154,940
8th Tam Ho Canada $121,683

 

Eveslage Makes it a Dealer’s Choice Double

Chad Eveslage won his third lifetime WSOP bracelet in the $10,000-entry Dealer’s Choice Championship Event #10 as he took down his second WSOP Event inside a week in Las Vegas. After winning Event #5 just a few short days ago, Eveslage became the first player to win two bracelets in the 54th annual WSOP by beating his now fellow three-timer Dutch Boyd heads up for a score of $311,428.

A total of 13 players started the day but after Paul Volpe and John Hennigan were among those to miss out on making the six-handed final table, Ari Engel posted this video about his chances as a “minor leaguer” among some serious sharks.

It was Marco Johnson who busted first at the final table, sliding out in sixth for $56,528. Shortly after, Engel himself was gone, ousted by Eveslage on his seemingly inexorable path to a third WSOP title and second in six days. Dustin Driksen fell in fourth, Zack Freeman joined him on the rail in third and then it was the task of Dutch Boyd to try to conquer Eveslage. It was not to be, the final hand giving the double bracelet winner a straight flush to take the bracelet.

While Eveslage has won back-to-back Dealer’s Choice events, he’s yet to win the Championship event three times in a row a feat somehow completed by Adam Friedman between 2018 and 2021. Eveslage told PokerNews afterwards that he has his sights set on emulating his friend at the felt.

“If there’s another World Series next year, if the singularity doesn’t get us, I suppose that I will try to win. I think I’ve got an edge on Adam. He might have his own little opinion.”

WSOP 2023 Event #10 $10,000 Dealer’s Choice Results:

Place Name Country Prize
1st Chad Eveslage United States $311,428
2nd Dutch Boyd United States $192,479
3rd Zack Freeman United States $139,048
4th Dustin Dirksen United States $101,709
5th Ari Engel United States $75,341
6th Marco Johnson United States $56,528

 

O’Donnell Takes Title, Poker Brat Runs to Final 50

With a mammoth 6,085 entries in Event #11, the $600-entry NLHE Deepstack event, Poker Brat Phil Hellmuth got close to glory as his bid to win a 17th and record-extending WSOP bracelet ended in 47th place from the 340 players who began the day.

Instead, first-timer Kenneth O’Donnell won a WSOP bracelet and a top prize of $351,098 after he toppled Jefferson Guerrero heads-up with others such as Chinese player Ka Chen Kan’s (3rd for $162,371) and  Fabio Coppola (9th for $33,274) falling short at the final table.

WSOP 2023 Event #11 $600 NLHE Deepstack Results:

Place Name Country Prize
1st Kenneth O’Donnell United States $351,098
2nd Jefferson Guerrero Colombia $216,941
3rd Ka Chen Kan China $162,371
4th Aaron Georgelos United States $122,407
5th Robert Gittelman United States $92,953
6th Eric Pfenning United States $71,104
7th Manuel DeAlmeida United States $54,794
8th Andres Morales United States $42,539
9th Fabio Coppola Italy $33,274

 

Ramos and Eyer Look for First Bracelet in Freezeout

The $5,000-entry Event #12, a $5,000 No Limit hold’em Freezeout, saw Jeremy Eyer (4,420,000) and Felipe Ramos (4,155,000) take the two biggest stacks through to the final day of action. Both men have never won a WSOP bracelet, only a Circuit Ring, but with the field behind them, it’s not a two-horse race for the gold.

Also shooting for bracelet #1 are Christina Gollins (2,965,000), Jesse Lonis (2,335,000) and James Vecchio (2,050,000) with the former WSOP winners Yuval Bronshtein (1,355,000) and Jinho Hong (1,280,000) both still in contention a little further back.

WSOP 2023 Event #12 $5,000 NLHE Freezeout Top 10 Chipcounts:

Place Name Country Chips
1st Jeremy Eyer United States 4,420,000
2nd Felipe Ramos Brazil 4,155,000
3rd Ronald Minnis United States 3,215,000
4th Ivan Galinec Croatia 3,190,000
5th Christian Gollins United States 2,965,000
6th Jeffrey Halcomb United States 2,825,000
7th Shiva Dudani United States 2,645,000
8th Nozomu Shimizu Japan 2,450,000
9th Jesse Lonis United States 2,335,000
10th James Vecchio United States 2,050,000

 

Shaun Deeb and Adam Owen Chase PLO Deepstack Crown

The two-day Event #13, which costs $600 to play and is in Pot Limit Omaha saw 3,200 players take on the tables, with only 117 surviving to do it all again tomorrow for the gold. The action was fast and furious across both Horseshoe and Paris venues in Las Vegas as the top prize of $217,102 came into sight for the chip leader Aaron Ang (2,765,000) and his closest challengers Giorgiy Skhuluhiya from Georgia (2,600,000) and the America player Soheb Porbandarwala (2,175,000).

Elsewhere, sharks sit just beneath the surface of the top five stacks, ready to pounce if they smell a drop of blood. Jonathan Dimmig (1,815,000), Adam Owen (1,505,000) and Ben Herbert (1,450,000) all made the top ten chipcounts, while others such as Shaun Deeb (1,265,000), Brandon Shack-Harris (955,000) and the former world champions Greg Raymer (675,000) and Koray Aldemir (640,000) all made the cut. Big names to bust included  Daniel Zack, Barny Boatman, Maria Ho, and 2023 bracelet winner Michael Moncek.

WSOP 2023 Event #13 $600 PLO Deepstack Leaderboard:

Place Name Country Prize
1st Aaron Ang United States 2,765,000
2nd Giorgiy Skhuluhiya Georgia 2,600,000
3rd Soheb Porbandarwala United States 2,175,000
4th Marek Rous Czech Republic 2,090,000
5th Paul Fehlig United States 1,975,000
6th Jonathan Dimmig United States 1,815,000
7th Adam Owen United Kingdom 1,505,000
8th Ben Herbert United States 1,450,000
9th Liran Betito Israel 1,450,000
10th Alfred Atamian United States 1,345,000

 

Seven Card Stud Sees Schulman Slain but Williams Winning

The final event of the night to wrap featured a fallen champion and a former runner-up both of whom enjoyed varying degrees of success at the felt. Yesterday’s Event #9 Seven Card Stud winner Nick Schulman flicked 9% of his winnings into this event but was unable to last long, slipping into the night before he get a cigar in his mouth the night after his legendary success.

David Williams, famed for being a former WSOP Main Event runner-up to Greg Raymer in 2004 as well as a former bracelet winner himself back in 2006, conquered Seven Card Stud 17 years ago and is well on his way to doing so again. Amassing a spectacular chip lead, Williams bagged 530,500 chips, more than double anyone’s stack bar his nearest challengers Max Hoffman (317,500) and Tamon Nakamura (289,500).

WSOP 2023 Event #14 $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship Leaderboard:

Place Name Country Prize
1st David Williams United States 530,500
2nd Max Hoffman United States 317,500
3rd Tamon Nakamura Japan 289,500
4th Dzmitry Urbanovich Poland 247,000
5th Brian Yoon United States 216,500
6th Matt Vengrin United States 208,500
7th justin Liberto United States 205,000
8th Joey Couden United States 196,000
9th Frank Kassela United States 186,000
10th Eli Elezra Israel 184,500

 

Chris Brewer refuted claims by some that Doug Polk’s ‘double victory lap’ in the pair’s $25,000 Heads Up Championship semifinal was anything other than a non-malicious celebration of the moment.

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