WSOP Day 9: Bonomo Wins Bracelet

WSOP Event 11 Update

This $1,500 NLHE Six-Handed was a big affair, attracting 1,587 players and a $2,142,450 prize pool. Day 1 burst through the money bubble and ended with 151 players.

Day 2 saw the majority of the players eliminated and ended it with 10 vying for the final table seats. Mike Sowers was in the chip lead and Justin Bonomo was in second.

Day 3 started with eliminations of players like Todd Anderson and Viet Vo, and Sowers still led as the final table began. Sowers dominated Bonomo as the heads-up battle began, but Bonomo took his time, got aggressive, and took over, ultimately winning the tournament just days after finishing second in Event 5.

1^st place: Justin Bonomo ($449,980)

2^nd place: Mike Sowers ($278,518)

3^rd place: Daniel Strelitz ($180,587)

4^th place: Lance Harris ($119,977)

5^th place: Niel Mittelman ($80,341)

6^th place: Taylor Paur ($55,703)

WSOP Event 12 Update

This $1,500 PLHE tournament started with 557 players and a $751,950 prize pool. Day 1 thinned the field down to 69 players.

Day 2 started with the bursting of the money bubble, and players were then guaranteed at least $2,443 for their efforts. Jacob Bazeley was the first to cash, and others who followed included Ryan D’Angelo, Anthony Gregg, Ryan Riess, and Darryll Fish.

Late into the evening, only 12 players remained with Dean Bui in the chip lead.

WSOP Event 13 Update

The latest championship event was the $10K NL 2-7 Draw Lowball, and it brought 87 players to the tables for a $817,800 prize pool – the exact same numbers as the previous year. Day 1 thinned the field to 36 players with Jennifer Harman in the lead.

Day 2 eliminated a number of players, including Harman, and Galen Hall bubbled in the evening hours. Jon Turner then cashed for $16,601, followed by Mike Watson. With a dozen players remaining, Jason Mercier was the chip leader.

WSOP Event 14 Update

The only starting event of June 4 was a $1,500 Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Split-8 tournament, which had a whopping 1,036 entries. The resulting prize pool was $1,398,600, out of which the top 117 players would be paid.

At the start of Level 9, about 400 players remained.