Martin Wins $10K 2-7 Event, Ahmed’s WSOP One Drop Freeroll

Szecsi and Martin Bag Bracelets

Norbert Szecsi and Jesse Martin have become the latest players to bag bracelets and pose for pictures at this year’s WSOP.

Szecsi was the first of today’s winners to feel the cold press of a winner’s bracelet on his wrist after he finished top in Event #42.

After making it past the likes of UK pro Rory Mathews, Szecsi found himself heads-up with Denis Gnidash and, after being denied a dinner break by tournament director Jack Effel, he worked on beating his opponent.

After just a few hands a [9s] [Ts] [As] [3h] [6c] board resulted in both players being all-in on the river and when the cards were revealed it was Szecsi’s [Ac] [Td] that scooped the pot ahead of Gnidash’s [Ah] [Qs].

While Szecsi was celebrating, Jesse Martin was pushing his way past an elite final table in the $10,000 buy-in 2-7 No Limit Draw Lowball event.

Although the non-Hold’em event attracted only 87 players. it was an elite field of pros so when Martin finally got his hands on a WSOP bracelet it was an emotional moment.

Indeed, after making his way past the likes of Layne Flack, Jon Turner and Jeff Lisandro, Martin finally scooped the $253,524 top prize after beating David “Bakes” Baker heads-up.

 Event #42 $1,000 No Limit Hold’em Result

Event #43 $10,000 2-7 No Limit Draw Lowball

Ahmed’s One Drop Golden Ticket

Thanks to a random draw by WSOP.com Owais Ahmed will be joining this year’s $111,111 Big One for One Drop charity event, but according to tax expert Russ Fox it’s not quite the freeroll it seems.

Although a free shot at a projected $10 million prizepool and the chance to compete with the likes of Antonio Esfandiari and Phil Laak is a great prize, Fox has stated that Ahmed will taxed on his buy-in.

Despite not physically anteing up the $111,111 entry fee, Fox wrote on taxabletalk.com that “under the Tax Code, Caesars (owners of the World Series of Poker and wsop.com) will have to send [Ahmed] a Form 1099-MISC for $111,111. And that’s income.”

Because of this Ahmed will owe “$27,778” which means unless he cashes, the prize will actually cost him money.

Fortunately, Ahmed seems to have taken note of this fact and took to Twitter earlier to day to offer shares in his action:

“Hit me up if you want a large chunk of my one drop action.”