Two Daniels Battle for ONE DROP Title, and Other WSOP News

For the latest on the Big One for ONE DROP tournament, scroll down to Event 57. Then come back and check out the rest of the results for Tuesday through 8pm local time.

WSOP Event 51: Pingray Prevails

One of the few five-day tournaments at the WSOP was the $1,500 Monster Stack, extended due to the massive 7,862-player field and $10,613,700 prize pool at stake.

Day 5 finally played down the final table, and Hugo Pingray of France came back from an initial heads-up chip deficit to beat Joseph McKeehen for the title and substantial prize money.

1^st place: Hugo Pingray ($1,327,083)

2^nd place: Joseph McKeehen ($820,863)

3^rd place: Sean Drake ($619,521)

4^th place: Claas Sebegrecht ($468,594)

5^th place: Thayer Rasmussen ($356,620)

6^th place: Lynne Beaumont ($273,090)

7^th place: Bobby Byram ($210,469)

8^th place: Zachary Gruneberg ($163,238)

9^th place: Joshua Hillock ($127,264)

WSOP Event 56: Final Table Plays

The most recent $1K NLHE event had 2,525 players at the tables when it started, creating a $2,272,500 prize pool.

Day 3 brought only 16 players back with Raymond Henson as the chip leader. Michael Spegal was the first player to go for $14,407, and the payouts jumped from there to $18,180 and then $23,202. Matt Salsberg was ultimately the final table bubble player, exiting in tenth place.

The final table began with Steve Gross as the new chip leader, Henson in second, and Richard Milne in third. As play moved forward, however, both of the latter fell hard, as Henson departed in ninth place and Milne in eighth.

WSOP Event 57: Daniel versus Daniel

Most poker eyes were focused squarely on the $1 million buy-in Big One for ONE DROP tournament on Tuesday. The 42-player field started the action on Sunday with a $37,333,338 prize pool. Day 2 thinned the field from 31 down to nine players on Monday.

Day 3 began with Rick Salomon in the chip lead. Tom Hall was one of the shorter stacks and busted on the first hand of the day on the money bubble, as ninth place was worth no money. Daniel Negreanu quickly rose to the chip lead as players like Cary Katz, Paul Newey, and Scott Seiver all exited early. Tobias Reinkemeier busted in fifth place, and Rick Salomon fell next.

The third place elimination of Christoph Vogelsang launched heads-up play with Daniel Colman holding 68.55 million chips to the 57.45 million of Daniel Negreanu. The two exchanged the lead several times.

At the end of Level 24, Colman held 96 million chips, and Negreanu had just 30 million.

WSOP Event 58: Six-Handed Day

The $1,500 NLHE Mixed Max started with nine-handed play for the 1,475 participants. The prize pool was set at $1,991,250.

Day 2 brought 181 players back for six-handed play and quickly burst into the money for the top 162 of them. Players like Liv Boeree, Gavin Smith, and Erick Lindgren cashed throughout the day. At the dinner break, only 42 players remained with Xiao Peng in the chip lead.

WSOP Event 59: Almost in Omaha Money

The late-starting Monday tournament was a $3K Omaha-8 event with 457 players and a $1,247,610 prize pool.

Day 2 started with 180 players and took all afternoon and into the evening to near the money bubble to pay the top 54. With 64 players left, Brandon Gerson was the leader and Chino Rheem was second in chips.

New Tuesday WSOP Events

The first of two Tuesday tournaments was a $1,500 NLHE event, and other players gathered at 4pm for Event 61, a $10K Seven Card Stud championship event. No official registration or prize pool numbers had been given by 8pm local time.