Three lucky guys made it yesterday!
| # | Buy-in | Event | Player | Prize |
| 40 | $10,000 | Event #40: H.O.R.S.E. Championship | 🇺🇸 Kevin Gerhart | $361,124 |
| 41 | $2,500 | Event #41: Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em | 🇹🇼 Carlos Chang | $364,589 |
| 42 | $1,500 | Event #42: Razz | 🇺🇸 Brad Ruben | $99,188 |
Event #40: H.O.R.S.E. Championship
Kevin Gerhart converted his chip lead at 5 left into a third bracelet and $361k! Last year he won the WSOP.com Event #20: $500 PLO 6-Handed and the $1,500 Razz (Event #54) the year before, showing he’s climbing up the poker ranks. He just crossed the $1M in total live earnings by writing his biggest line up to date.
“I would consider the first one, the Razz one, the most important just because it opened the doors for me for bigger and better things. I just started playing 10ks this year so it’s something new to me and I haven’t experienced this field very much but I have played against all these guys in the $1,500’s”.
The player also added how mentally exhausting the tournament was: “It was so difficult. Playing nine-handed, anything is difficult, the hand ranges you have to play, tighten up so much and the short stacks kept doubling and doubling. By the end of the day I got home, I had no energy to think about anything and went straight to sleep for twelve hours”
Event #41: Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em
Carlos Chang achieved his biggest performance by winning the $2,500 event with a prizepool close to $2M. That’s the first bracelet for the Taiwanese considering himsef “a hobby player”, adding: “I’m probably the better non-pro out there”. Chang has 28 WSOP cashes and this was his fourth final table: “I told myself, this year if I make a final table, I will win the bracelet. And it happened! I am pretty excited. I was focused all day and yesterday.”
Event #42: Razz
Bradley Ruben total live earnings does not look that impressive with $640k compared to the usual WSOP population, but the player has just won his 3rd bracelet! He won the previous ones at the online tables in 2020 and 2021. To make it happen, he defeated a solid final table including Yuri Dzivielevski (2 bracelets), David “ODB” Baker (2 bracelets), and Matt Grapenthien (1 bracelet).
Here are some other notable results for these finished events:
| Player | Place | Earnings | # | Event |
| 🇫🇷 David Benyamine | 8th | $38,035 | 40 | $10,000 Event #40: H.O.R.S.E. Championship |
| 🇮🇹 Max Pescatori | 14th | $20,272 | 40 | $10,000 Event #40: H.O.R.S.E. Championship |
| 🇺🇸 Mike Gorodinsky | 20th | $16,218 | 40 | $10,000 Event #40: H.O.R.S.E. Championship |
| 🇺🇸 Scott Seiver | 22nd | $16,218 | 40 | $10,000 Event #40: H.O.R.S.E. Championship |
| 🇺🇸 Frank Kassela | 23rd | $3,376 | 42 | $1,500 Event #42: Razz |
| 🇫🇷 Julien Martini | 24th | $3,376 | 42 | $1,500 Event #42: Razz |
| 🇺🇸 Ryan Riess | 27th | $3,039 | 42 | $1,500 Event #42: Razz |
| 🇺🇸 Anthony Zinno | 41st | $2,431 | 42 | $1,500 Event #42: Razz |
Good luck at the tables!
source: www.wsop.com, www.thehendonmob.com