| # | Buy-in | Event | Player | Prize |
| 44 | $3,000 | Event #44: 6-Handed Limit Hold’em | 🇺🇸 Ryan Hansen | $109,692 |
Event #44: 6-Handed Limit Hold’em
The $3,000 event did not attract much as it registered only 162 entries, but Ryan Hansen really stunned the field as his online profile suggests a very recreative player. Hansen had only wrote 3 low-stakes lines on his Hendon Mob profile in 11 years until then!
To win the bracelet, Hansen needed 2 hours in heads-up to defeat the Japanese Kosei Ichinose, cashing for the 5th time this year.
The player declared: “I’m a little shell-shocked right now. I was kind of a Moneymaker-effect person. Came in after that like 2004-2005, and switched to limit hold’em. I think it’s a great game; I always liked that game the best. So I switched over to that and have been playing that ever since.”
A few more performances worth noting in this event:
| Player | Place | Earnings |
| 🇺🇸 Mike Matusow | 16th | $6,668 |
| 🇺🇸 Daniel Zack | 19th | $5,597 |
| 🇺🇸 Nick Schulman | 21st | $5,597 |
| 🇺🇸 Joe McKeehen | 23rd | $4,830 |
Event #45: Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship
The $10k championship event has cumulated 344 entries for a large $3,2M prizepool. Eighteen players will battle for the $746,477 first prize. Some of the fan favorites include Daniel Zack (4th), Mike Matusow (11th) and Eli Elezra (14th).
A few stats!
Dan Zack, who cashed once more in event #44, became the first player this year to cash for the tenth time! Can he reach twenty?
| Name | Cashes | Total Earnings |
| 🇺🇸 Daniel Zack | 10 | $166,461 |
| 🇺🇸 Ben Yu | 9 | $138,400 |
| 🇺🇸 Shaun Deeb | 9 | $42,776 |
| 🇺🇸 Mike Shin | 9 | $17,937 |
| 🇺🇸 Jake Schwartz | 8 | $304,158 |
That’s it for today, see you tomorrow for more updates!
source: www.wsop.com, www.thehendonmob.com