WSOP Update and Bellagio High Roller News

The World Series of Poker continues, and the updates from Thursday evening through Saturday night are as follows:

WSOP Event 46: Hennigan Wins PPC

The $50K Poker Players Championship mixed game tournament drew 102 entrants and a $4,896,000 prize pool.

By the fifth day of play, only eight players remained, and John Hennigan played a tough table before winning his third WSOP gold bracelet.

1^st place: John Hennigan ($1,517,767)

2^nd place: Brandon Shack-Harris ($937,975)

3^rd place: Jesse Martin ($594,570)

4^th place: Abe Mosseri ($402,696)

5^th place: Chun Lei Zhou ($286,122)

6^th place: Frank Kassela ($212,829)

7^th place: Melissa Burr ($165,435)

8^th place: Allen Kessler ($134,101)

WSOP Event 47: Ante Only Win for McEuen

The $1,500 Ante Only NLHE tournament, which drew 714 players for a $963,900 prize pool, was a well-received event.

The final day started with a final table and resulted in Jesse McEuen capturing his first-ever WSOP gold.

1^st place: Jesse McEuen ($212,093)

2^nd place: Jonas Lauck ($130,955)

3^rd place: Rhys Jones ($85,131)

4^th place: Simeon Naydenov ($62,528)

5^th place: Adam Levy ($46,575)

6^th place: Ryan D’Angelo ($35,143)

7^th place: Herbert Yarbrough ($26,825)

8^th place: Jeremy Joseph ($20,704)

9^th place: Arthur Pro ($16,145)

WSOP Event 49: Miscikowski Makes It

The $5K NLHE tournament drew 696 bodies to the tables for a $3,271,200 prize pool.

Day 3 started with just 23 players and eventually found its final table. Heads-up play was scheduled to finish that night, but several hours of action between David Miscikowski and Norbert Szecsi resulted in nearly even stacks to end the night. An unscheduled fourth day allowed them to play until only one player had chips.

1^st place: David Miscikowski ($719,707)

2^nd place: Norbert Szecsi ($444,425)

3^rd place: Manig Loeser ($288,912)

4^th place: Margareta Morris ($212,202)

5^th place: Oliver Price ($158,064)

6^th place: Kevin MacPhee ($119,267)

7^th place: Jean Gaspard ($91,037)

8^th place: John Dolan ($70,265)

9^th place: Blake Bohn ($54,792)

WSOP Event 50: Number Ten for Ivey

The $1,500 Eight Game Mix event brought 486 players to action for a $656,100 prize pool.

Day 3 had only 14 players remaining, and Phil Ivey was the star of the day. He took the lead into the official final table and eventually went heads-up with friend Bruce Yamron. Ivey started behind but took over and went on to win his tenth bracelet.

1^st place: Phil Ivey ($167,332)

2^nd place: Bruce Yamron ($103,375)

3^rd place: Dan Heimiller ($66,246)

4^th place: Aaron Steury ($44,286)

5^th place: Stephen Chidwick ($30,488)

6^th place: Yuebin Guo ($21,692)

7^th place: Christoph Haller ($15,720)

8^th place: Alex Rocha ($11,750)

WSOP Event 51: Down to 62 Monster Stacks

The $1,500 NLHE Monster Stack tournament was a huge hit, much larger than anticipated. The field was finally set late into the night of Day 1 with 7,862 players and a $10,613,700 prize pool.

Day 2 brought back 3,826 players for the five-day event and reduced that number to just 576, getting into the money for the top 792 along the way.

Day 3 reduced the field to just 62 players, and Sean Drake takes the chip lead into action on Sunday in an attempt to play down to the final table.

WSOP Event 52: One for Olson

The latest in the championship series was this $10K LHE tournament that drew 122 participants and a $1,146,800 prize pool.

Eventually, the top 18 were paid, and Day 3 brought back just 10 players. Daniel Olson came back from a fairly short stack to battle his way through and finally win a bracelet.

1^st place: David Olson ($303,909)

2^nd place: Mikail Tulchinskiy ($187,811)

3^rd place: Greg Debora ($136,056)

4^th place: Samuel Golbuff ($100,425)

5^th place: Paul Mannoni ($75,470)

6^th place: Bill Chen ($57,706)

7^th place: Brian Tate ($44,874)

8^th place: Jan Sjavik ($35,481)

9^th place: Gabriel Nassif ($28,509)

WSOP Event 53: Ladies Set Final

The $10K NLHE Ladies Championship offered a discount of 90% for ladies, but the eventual turnout was disappointingly low. There were only 793 players and a $713,700 prize pool, quite a bit less than the 954 players from 2013.

Day 2 thinned the field from 101 players down to the final table, which will play out on Sunday to determine the winner. Makiyo Aoki was the chip leader for the kickoff.

WSOP Event 54: PLO to Play Final

The $3K PLO-8 tournament drew a total of 474 players to the action for a $1,294,020 prize pool.

Day 2 of the action brought the number from 152 players down to just 20, and Jonathan Depa led the way into the final day.

WSOP Event 55: Big Turnout

The most recent $1,500 NLHE event drew a big crowd of 2,396 players, resulting in a $3,234,600 prize pool.

The first day thinned the field down to 268 players, and the money bubble will burst early on Day 2 to begin payouts for the top 243 players. Michael Malm was the chip leader.

$100K Super High Roller at Bellagio

The Bellagio in Las Vegas had been trying to gauge interest in a large buy-in tournament for the summer, and they pulled it off this week. The $100K buy-in Super High Roller NLHE tournament drew a total of 87 entrants, which created a prize pool of $8,613,000.

As play moved forward, most players exited outside of the 11-player money section, and it was Salman Behbehani who ultimately bubbled the event, ousted by Tom Marchese.

Play continued with David Sands taking home $172,260 for 11^th place, Pratyush Buddiga the same for tenth, and ditto for Chris Klodnicki in ninth place. Play continued through the night, and five players were still in action at 6am the next morning. The elimination of Doug Polk in fifth place left the final four to agree to a chop of the remaining prize money. The payouts were done, and the tournament was, too, by 7am.

1^st place: Dan Smith ($2,044,000)

2^nd place: Jason Mercier ($1,622,000)

3^rd place: Thomas Marchese ($1,465,000)

4^th place: Jason Somerville ($1,327,000)

5^th place: Doug Polk ($602,910)

6^th place: Matt Hyman ($430,650)

7^th place: Adam Bilzerian ($344,520)

8^th place: Gabe Kaplan ($258,390)