Gregg Tops One Drop High Rollers, Brits Break Through at 2013 WSOP
The five-day $50K Poker Players Championship featuring a mix of eight different games finally concluded yesterday, with Matthew Ashton of Liverpool earning a second bracelet for the U.K. and a handsome $1.7-plus million first prize.
There were 10 more bracelet winners at the 2013 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas this week, with the seven days bookended by Anthony Gregg's huge win in the "One Drop High Rollers" event for a $4.8-plus million score and Matthew Ashton's victory in the always tough-to-win $50K Poker Players Championship.
Here's a rundown of the results and highlights from the last week which also included the Ladies event (in which no men played), the $25K NLHE 6-max., Barny Boatman finally breaking through both for himself and the Brits, and the first woman other than Vanessa Selbst to win a bracelet in an open event in six years.
Event No. 47: Gregg Tops "One Drop" Sequel
Following last year's $1 million buy-in "Big One for One Drop," a $111,111 buy-in version of the event was included this time around, dubbed the "One Drop High Rollers." A big field of 166 participated, with Anthony Gregg ultimately grabbing what will be the largest cash prize of the 2013 WSOP outside of the Main Event for his victory. Chris Klodnicki followed a runner-up in last year's $50K Poker Players Championship with a second place in this one, with businessman Bill Perkins taking third and Antonio Esfandiari nearly winning another "One Drop" bracelet before falling in fourth. Read more about Gregg's win here.
2013 WSOP Event No. 47: $111,111 "One Drop High Rollers" NLHE results
1st: Anthony Gregg (United States) -- $4,830,619
2nd: Chris Klodnicki (United States) -- $2,985,495
3rd: Bill Perkins (United States) -- $1,965,163
4th: Antonio Esfandiari (United States) -- $1,433,438
5th: Richard Fullerton (United States) -- $1,066,491
6th: Martin Jacobson (Sweden) -- $807,427
7th: Brandon Steven (United States) -- $621,180
8th: Nick Schulman (United States) -- $485,029
Event No. 48: "Crazy Marco" Captures Gold
Marco Johnson -- a.k.a. "Crazy Marco" -- continued what has been a terrific summer at the WSOP this year by earning his first bracelet in the $2,500 no-limit hold'em short-handed event, topping a field of to win a $206,796 first prize. Counting another cash in the $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw event last night, Johnson has seven cashes total in 2013, including three final tables and a runner-up in Event #31 ($1,500 PO8). Maria Ho took sixth, notching another final table for women at this year's WSOP.
2013 WSOP Event No. 48: $2,500 NLHE 6-max. results
1st: Marco Johnson (United States) -- $206,796
2nd: Jeff Thompson (United States) -- $127,801
3rd: Juha Helppi (Finland) -- $82,956
4th: Danny Warchol (United States) -- $55,457
5th: Michael Schiffman (United States) -- $38,095
6th: Maria Ho (United States) -- $26,858
Event No. 49: Boatman Sails to Victory
It was a memorable scene last Saturday in the Amazon Room as the always boisterous British rail cheered on original "Hendon Mob" member 58-year-old Barny Boatman to victory in Event No. 49, another of the large field $1,500 no-limit hold'em events. A total of 2,247 played, with Boatman earning his first WSOP bracelet after numerous near-misses in the past. The win also marked the first for the U.K. this summer after several close calls as well, with Matthew Ashton's win in the $50K PPC bringing the Brits a second (see below).
2013 WSOP Event No. 49: $1,500 NLHE results
1st: Barny Boatman (United Kingdom) -- $546,080
2nd: Brian O'Donoghue (United States) -- $338,745
3rd: Van Tran (United States) -- $239,339
4th: Taras Kripps (Canada) -- $172,087
5th: Aditya Prasetyo (United States) -- $125,372
6th: Robin Yiltalo (United States) -- $92,550
7th: Paul Dasilva (United States) -- $69,192
8th: Noah Sandler (United States) -- $52,387
9th: Roger Lussier (United States) -- $40,162
Event No. 50: Wong Wins
While Boatman was winning his event over in the "mothership," the American Brandon Wong was denying the bracelet hopes of two other British players in the $2,500 10-game mix event, earning his first WSOP win while the U.K.'s Sebastian Saffari and Philip Sternheimer finished second and third, respectively. Last year's WSOP Main Event 12th-place finisher Scott Abrams took fifth, and 2004 WSOP ME champ Greg Raymer finished 11th.
2013 WSOP Event No. 50: $2,500 10-Game Mix 6-max. results
1st: Brandon Wong (United States) -- $220,061
2nd: Sebastian Saffari (United Kingdom) -- $135,932
3rd: Philip Sternheimer (United Kingdom) -- $87,397
4th: Christopher George (United States) -- $57,954
5th: Scott Abrams (United States) -- $39,564
6th: Loren Klein (United States) -- $27,792
Event No. 51: Bicknell Binks the Ladies Event
Kristen Bicknell earned Canada its 10th bracelet of the summer by winning the Ladies NLHE Championship, made a $10,000 buy-in event this year with a special $9,000 "discount" for women. That price differential kept the men away this time, making it the first Ladies event since 2010 in which only women played. A total of 954 played the event. Poker Hall of Famer and three-time WSOP bracelet winner (including two Ladies events) Barbara Enright finished 25th.
2013 WSOP Event No. 51: $10,000 Ladies NLHE Championship ($1,000 for women) results
1st: Kristen Bicknell (Canada) -- $173,922
2nd: Leanne Hass (Australia) -- $107,616
3rd: Julie Monsacre (France) -- $67,331
4th: Shana Matthews (United States) -- $48,871
5th: Connie Bruce (United States) -- $36,078
6th: Eleanor Gudger (United Kingdom) -- $27,045
7th: Amanda Baker (United States) -- $20,572
8th: Chris Priday (United States) -- $15,858
9th: Cindy Kerslake (Canada) -- $12,389
Event No. 52: Seven-Figure Score for Sung
The $25K no-limit hold'em short-handed event always attracts a tough field of elite players, and this year was no exception as Steve Sung topped a talented field of 175 to take his second bracelet, needing to stage a monumental comeback versus Phil Galfond during heads-up play to do so. Dani Stern, Stephen Chidwick, Max Lehmanski, and Richard Lyndaker rounded out the stacked final table, with Shannon Shorr (seventh), Todd Terry (10th), David Benyamine (14th), and David "Bakes" Baker (15th) among those also making deep runs.
2013 WSOP Event No. 52: $25,000 NLHE 6-max. results
1st: Steve Sung (United States) -- $1,205,324
2nd: Phil Galfond (United States) -- $744,841
3rd: Dani Stern (United States) -- $509,473
4th: Stephen Chidwick (United Kingdom) -- $353,780
5th: Max Lehmanski (Germany) -- $249,291
6th: Richard Lyndaker (United States) -- $178,261
Event No. 53: Shaffer Bests Big Field
It took an extra fourth day for Brent Shaffer finally to finish off his last opponent -- the U.K.'s David Vamplew -- in another of the $1,500 no-limit hold'em events to win his first WSOP bracelet. A total of 2,816 participated, making this one the largest of the $1.5K NLHE events thus far this summer. Loni Harwood added another final table for women this summer by finishing fourth, with the nine-handed final table including representatives from six different countries.
2013 WSOP Event No. 53: $1,500 NLHE results
1st: Brent Shaffer (United States) -- $665,397
2nd: David Vamplew (United Kingdom) -- $413,157
3rd: Arttu Raekorpi (Finland) -- $291,392
4th: Loni Harwood (United States) -- $210,456
5th: Mike Watson (Canada) -- $153,850
6th: Diego Zeiter (Switzerland) -- $113,819
7th: Jonathan Cohen (Canada) -- $85,193
8th: Darren Rabinowitz (United States) -- $64,513
9th: Matias Ruzzi (Argentina) -- $49,420
Event No. 54: Castaneda Captures an Open Event Title
In 2007 Katja Thater won the $1,500 razz event, then the following year Vanessa Selbst won her first bracelet in the $1,500 pot-limit Omaha. No other woman won an open event until last year when Selbst won her second in the $2,500 10-game mix. This week Dana Castaneda added her name to the short list of women winning open WSOP bracelet events by capturing the Event No. 54 title. Castaneda topped a big field of 2,883 in the $1K no-limit hold'em event to earn the victory.
2013 WSOP Event No. 54: $1,000 NLHE results
1st: Dana Castaneda (United States) -- $454,207
2nd: Jason Bigelow (Canada) -- $281,991
3rd: Mattias Bednarek (Germany) -- $198,883
4th: Michael Zucchet (United States) -- $143,642
5th: Philippe Clerc (France) -- $105,007
6th: Barry Hutter (United States) -- $77,685
7th: Jacob Bazeley (United States) -- $58,147
8th: Joseph Wertz (United States) -- $44,032
9th: Kenneth Gregersen (Denmark) -- $33,731
Event No. 55: Ashton Ascends, Earns Win in $50K PPC
The five-day $50K Poker Players Championship featuring a mix of eight different games finally concluded yesterday, with Matthew Ashton of Liverpool earning a second bracelet for the U.K. and a handsome $1.7-plus million first prize. As usual, the $50K PPC brought out all of the stars of poker, with many making the final table. Also of note was the fact that 79-year-old Doyle Brunson made his 2013 WSOP debut in this one, falling shy of the money after busting on Day 3.
2013 WSOP Event No. 55: $50,000 Poker Players Championship results
1st: Matthew Ashton (United Kingdom) -- $1,774,089
2nd: Don Nguyen (United States) -- $1,096,254
3rd: John Hennigan (United States) -- $686,568
4th: David Benyamine (United States) -- $497,122
5th: George Danzer (Germany) -- $388,523
6th: Minh Ly (United States) -- $309,830
7th: Mike Wattel (United States) -- $251,602
8th: Jonathan Duhamel (Canada) -- $207,630
Event No. 56: Teichert Takes It
Finally yesterday afternoon an extra fourth day was needed before Germany's Nikolaus Teichert could finish off the American Vincent Maglio heads up to win his first WSOP bracelet and in fact his very first WSOP cash. That made two bracelets for Germany this summer after Martin Finger's win in Event No. 21 ($3,000 NLHE 6-max.). Teichert topped a 1,736-player field and a final table that included two Russians and two Frenchmen, with the Ukraine's Alexander Dovzhenko (10th), Canada's Owen Crowe (11th), and Brazil's Ricardo Fasanaro (13th) just missing the final table.
2013 WSOP Event No. 56: $2,500 NLHE results
1st: Nikolaus Teichert (Germany) -- $730,756
2nd: Vincent Maglio (United States) -- $452,008
3rd: Dan Owen (United States) -- $312,516
4th: Sergey Lebedev (Russia) -- $225,392
5th: Josh Arieh (United States) -- $164,768
6th: Kirill Rabtsov (Russia) -- $122,036
7th: Nicolas Faure (France) -- $91,586
8th: Sebastien Comel (France) -- $69,627
9th: Nicolas Levi (United Kingdom) -- $53,593