The Monster Stack finally came to an end after five days of battle, and two more events also delivered their bracelets!
| Buy-in | Event | Prizepool | Entries |
| $1,500 | Event #39: $1,500 MONSTER STACK No-Limit Hold’em | $11,103,195 | 8,317 |
| $1,500 | Event #45: $1,500 Mixed Omaha Hi Low | $1,456,485 | 1,091 |
| $500 | Event #46: $500 Freezeout No-Limit Holdem | $2,243,640 | 5,342 |
Event #39: $1,500 MONSTER STACK No-Limit Hold’em
After a long battle Braxton Dunaway from Texas put his hand on the coveted bracelet and the large $1,1M prize. It’s the first bracelet for the player who had until then $333k in total live earnings. Joe Cada had a chance to win his 5th bracelet yesterday but couldn’t climb the ranks. Still he pocketed a more than decent $186,149 for his 7th place.
“I want to say that all the people who were at the final table were really nice, great opponents, good players,” Dunaway said in the winner interview. “I got extremely lucky a few times, but you have to win one of these things. It was just my turn, it’s just awesome.”
Event #45: $1,500 Mixed Omaha Hi Low
William Leffingwell is the winner of the event for $253,651. A first bracelet for the American who had until then $374,168 in total live earnings. Shaun Deeb had a shot for the double this year, but got stuck in fifth place for $55k. He’s currently 3rd in the Player Of the Year race, currently lead by Ian Matakis.
Event #46: $500 Freezeout No-Limit Holdem
The small buy-in event attracted 5,342 players and only two days were needed to go down to a winner. Jay Lockett defeated Benson Tang to claim the $262,526 prize. Before yesterday, Lockett only live cash was in the $600 Deepstack event at the 2021 WSOP, what a second cash he got!
“This wasn’t supposed to happen” an emotional Lockett said. “I was dead money coming in…this is amazing. You have to run so hot. I had quads twice at the final table. I had ace-queen that ended up beating ace-king earlier”.
In progress
Only seven players were eliminated on day 4 of Event #43: $50,000 Poker Players Championship. Daniel Alaei lost in 10th, Josh Arieh in 9th, and finally Phil Ivey was the last eliminated of the day in 6th for $228k.
Here are the final five by seat order:
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Obst | Australia | 5,110,000 |
| 2 | Talal Shakerchi | United Kingdom | 10,170,000 |
| 3 | Brian Rast | United States | 4,545,000 |
| 4 | Matthew Ashton | United Kingdom | 7,380,000 |
| 5 | Kristopher Tong | United States | 2,500,000 |
Obst and Ashton will try to capture their second bracelet, while Rast can win his sixth! The chips favors Shakerchi who still has to win a bracelet despite his generous $12M in total live earnings. Shakerchi won $3,5M last March in the $100k of the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series.
Event #44: $3,000 No-Limit Holdem is at 15 left, with Aram Oganyan in the lead. Out of the numerous known names that started the day, none made the cut. Main Event winner Espen Jorstad lost in 21st for $25k.
Twenty eight players remain in Event #47: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. Chip leader Yuri Dzivielevski will return as the chip leader and will try to put his hands on the $207,688 top prize.
Also happening yesterday: 3,692 took the start of Event #48: $1,000 SENIORS No-Limit Hold’em Championship, 2,226 in the Event #49: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em and one of the most prestigious championship started with Event #50: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship.
One final word…Jeremy Ausmus won Online Event #8: $3,200 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller and his sixth bracelet for $360,036!
Sources: www.wsop.com, www.thehendonmob.com
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