Two more bracelets were awarded at the 2019 World Series of Poker. Upeshka 'gomezhamburg' De Silva shipped Event #38 ONLINE $600 KO Bounty for $98,262.72 and his third bracelet. Howard Mash outlasted 5,916 50-plus players to win Event #32 SENIORS $1,000 NL for $663K.
Russia's Roman Korenev outlasted 1,083 players to win 2019 WSOP Event #26 $2,620 NL MARATHON for a score worth $477,401 and his first bracelet. Luis Zedan, originally from El Salvador, won his first bracelet in Event #30 $1,000 PLO for a score worth $236,673... but he said he'll be donating 35% of his winnings to charity. Also, Robert Campbell from Australia won Event #33 $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw for $144,027.
Former hockey player turned poker pro Greg 'FBT' Mueller won his second bracelet after taking down 2019 WSOP Event #29 $10,000 HORSE. Canada's Mueller outlasted 172 players to win $425,347. He went ten years in between bracelet victories. Also, over in Event #31 $3,000 NL 6-Max, French pro Thomas Cazayous faded 754 players to win $414,766.
Ship it to the Grinder once again. Michael Mizrachi outlasted a field of 460 entrants to win 2019 WSOP Event #27 $1,500 Seven-Card Stud 8 for his fifth piece of WSOP jewelry. Mizrachi took down the $50K Poker Player's Championship last year and followed up with a bracelet in the second week of action at the WSOP. Also, Steve Song took down Event #28 $1K NL for a $341,854 score and his first bracelet.
The Millionaire Maker played down to its champion. Event #19 $1,500 NL Milly Maker attracted 8,809 runners and a prize pool that almost topped $11.9 million. John Gorsuch unleashed a sick comeback and outlasted the massive field for a score worth $1,344,930. Rami Boukai won his second bracelet with a win in Event #23 $1,500 8-Game Mix. Jorden Fox outlasted 3,253 runners to win Event #22 DOUBLE STACK for $420,693. Also, Andrew Donabedian won the DEEPSTACK PLO bracelet in Event #25 $600 PLO.
Talk about a blast from the past. Jim Bechtel won the 1993 WSOP Main Event and had to wait 26 years before he could slap a second bracelet around his wrist. Bechtel faded a field of 91 players to win 2019 WSOP Event #21 $10,000 NL 2-7 Lowball Draw for a $253,817 score. Bechtel outlasted a tough final table that included Darren Elias, Prahlad Friedman, Jean-Robert Bellande, Vince Musso, and Pedro Bromfman.
Eli Elezra won 2019 WSOP Event #20 $1,500 Seven-Card Stud for his fourth bracelet and his second one in Stud. Elezra banked $93,766 for defeating Anthony Zinno heads-up for the bling. Also, Josh 'loofa' Pollock shipped one of the online bracelet events. Pollock outlasted a virtual field of 1,216 runners to win Event #24 $600 ONLINE PLO 6-Handed for $139,740.
Old-school O8 player, Frankie O'Dell from LA, won 2019 WSOP Event #18 $10,000 Omaha 8 for a score worth $443,641. O'Dell faded a field of 183 players to win the Omaha 8 Championship. Dell won his third bracelet of his career, with his last one coming back in 2007 during the peak of the online poker boom. O'Dell survived a difficult final table that included Robert Mizrachi, Shaun Deeb, and David Benyamine.
The 2019 World Series of Poker continued at the Rio Casino in Las Vegas and we now have four more bracelet winners. Brazil's Murilo Figueredo won Event #14 $1,500 HORSE for a score worth $207,003. In the Event #15 $10,000 NL Heads-Up Championship, Sean Swingruber defeated Ben Yu for the bling and denied Yu a fourth bracelet. Isaac Baron finally won a bracelet. The pro from LA took down Event #16 $1,500 NL 6-Handed for $407,739. Brett Apter outlasted 917 runners to win $238,824 and a bracelet in Event #17 $1,500 NL Shootout.
Femi Fashakin, a software engineer from Orlando, Florida and originally from Nigeria, outlasted the largest field in the history of the WSOP to win The Big 50. It took nearly eight days to play out, but Fashakin faded 28,371 runners to win $1,147,449 and his first bracelet.
We have a couple more first-time bracelet winners from the 2019 WSOP. Daniel Strelitz won his first bracelet when he faded a field of 400 runners in Event #11 $5,000 NL. Strelitz banked $442,385 for first place. Maria Ho finished in fifth place. Over in Event #13 $1,500 NL Deuce-to-Seven Lowball Draw, Israel's Yuval Bronshtein won his first bling and banked $96,278.
The 2019 World Series of Poker at the Rio Casino in Las Vegas features 89 bracelet events for the 50th anniversary of the WSOP. We compiled a list of 2019 bracelet winners, which will be updated daily. Come back and find out who won the High Roller events or who won the special Big 50 or see which of your favorite pros won a bracelet.
Scott Clements won his third bracelet and only had to wait approximately 12 years to win once again. Clements outlasted a field of 470 runners in Event #10 $1,500 Dealer's Choice. He banked $144,957 for first. Over in Event #9 $600 Deepstack, local pro Jeremy Pekarek faded a juicy field of 6,150 runners to win $398,281 and his first bracelet.
Alex Epstein outlasted 114 runners to win Event #8 $10,000 Short Deck NL. Epstein binked the WSOP's first-ever Short Deck event. Epstein banked $296,227 for first place and simultaneously knocked out Thai Ha and bracelet winner Anson Tsang on the final hand. Meanwhile, Daniel Park outlasted a field of 2,452 runners to win Event #12 $1,000 NL Super Turbo Bounty for a score worth $226,243.
British pro Ben Heath outlasted a field of 110 runners to win the 2019 WSOP $50,000 High Roller title. Heath banked $1,484,085 for first place. His final table also included the likes of Andrew Lichtenberger, Elio Fox, Chance Kornuth, Sam Soverel, Dmitry Yurasov, Nick Petrangelo, and Cary Katz. Also, you can add Dan Zack's name to the list of first-time bracelet winners. The New Jersey pro was considered one of the best pros who went deep at the WSOP, but never won a bracelet. He can finally cross his name off the list after Zack won Event #6 $2,500 Limit Mixed Triple Draw for a score worth $160,447.
German pro Ole Schemion outlasted a field of 76 runners at the 2019 Baccarat Crystal WPT Tournament of Champions to win a first place prize worth $440,395. He defeated Tony Dunst heads-up for the WPT TOC title. Also at the final table were Simon Lam, Nick Schulman, Griffin Paul, and Ryan Tosoc.
The 2019 WSOP is underway with three more bracelet winners after the opening weekend of action. Nicholas Haynes, a dealer at the Aria, won Event #1 $500 Casino Employee Event for $62,345. Derek McMaster won Event #4 $1,500 Omaha 8 for a $228K score. Yong 'LuckySpewy1' Kwon won the first online event of the summer with a victory in Event #7 $400 Online NL that included a final table featuring Phil Hellmuth.
Craig Varnell, a pro and bracelet winner from Colorado, outlasted a field of 577 players to win the WPT Choctaw for $379,990. Varnell defeated Will Berry heads-up for his first WPT title, which played out the final table in Las Vegas inside the Luxor's swanky eSports Arena.
