Another two players were awarded WSOP bracelets on Thursday.
Late Thursday night, Andrew Yeh took down the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. to win his first WSOP bracelet against a stacked field of some of poker’s finest. In addition to winning his bracelet, Yeh also secured the $487,129 first-place prize.
In order to win the bracelet, Yeh outlasted a field of 192 entries over four days including Craig Chait heads-up and players such as Philip Long, Bryce Yockey and John Racener at the final table. Yeh’s previous best score prior to the bracelet during a third-place finish in the $10,000 Omaha Hi/Lo 8 or Better Championship.
In post-match comments, Yeh admitted that the fields in the $10k events are difficult to overcome.
“I feel like I’m definitely capable of winning, but in these tournaments, especially $10Ks with all of the good players, it’s really tough to navigate a field. So to be able to do that and make it here again from last year and actually do this is pretty surreal.”
Final table prizes
- 1st – Andrew Yeh – $487,129
- 2nd – Craig Chait – $301,068
- 3rd – Philip Long – $209,424
- 4th – Bryce Yockey – $148,896
- 5th – John Racener – $108,253
- 6th – Paul Sokoloff – $80,523
- 7th – Mike Gorodinsky – $61,314
- 8th – Eric Wasserson – $47,819
Phil Hui wins 3rd WSOP bracelet
The other WSOP bracelet was awarded to Phil Hui when he took down the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha on Thursday night against 1,437 entries over the course of three days. The victory was Hui’s third career WSOP bracelet, having previously won gold in the 2014 $3,000 Omaha Hi/Lo and the 2019 $50,000 Poker Player’s Championship. Hui’s win gave him $3,550,519 in live tournament winnings according to the Hendon Mob.
Hui was humbled by the win in post-match comments: “I like winning bracelets, I like winning trophies, I have my whole life. I’m happy with everything.”
What’s on tap on Friday
Event #46 – $5,000 6-Handed No Limit Hold’em – The event reaches Day 4 with Stephen Song holding the chip lead among the final five, which includes Tamer Alkamli, Jonathan Pastore, Elio Fox, Paraskevas Tskaridis and Amirhossein Shayesteh. Action gets underway at 2 PM PT as the remaining players are all guaranteed six-figure scores with first place set to receive $771,765.
Event #47 – $1,000 Senior’s Championship – Day 1 of the $1k Senior’s event is in the books with 7,188 entering the tournament on Monday and 1,079 left to end the day. When the action picks up at 10 AM PT, they will be led by chip leader James Kennedy while other big names such as Allyn Shulman, Kathy Liebert, JJ Liu, and Men Mguyen also survived the day
Event #48 – $1,500 Eight Game Mix 6-Handed – Jason Stockfish leads a field of 16 players in the $1,5000 Eight Game Mix 6-Handed event after two days. Action resumes at 2 PM PT as players play towards the bracelet and a $180,783 first-place prize.
Event #49 – $2,000 No Limit Hold’em – A total of 310 players are left in the $2k No Limit Hold’em with Faraz Jaka leading the way when action resumes at 2 PM PT.
Event #50 – $250,000 Super High Roller No Limit Hold’em — Some of poker’s biggest names showed up to the $250,000 Super High Roller No Limit Hold’em event on Thursday. A total of 52 entries joined the event with 34 left to start the action on Friday. Leading the way is Adrian Mateos, but a who’s who of poker names also have big stacks – Phil Ivey, Dario Sammartino, Nick Petrangelo, Dan Zack, Alex Foxen and Justin Bonomo, to name a few.
Upcoming events
Two new events are on the schedule for Friday, including Flight A of the Colossus, a popular low buy-in favorite among players. In the afternoon, beginning at 3 PM PT, will be the start of the $2,500 Nine Game Mix 6-Handed.
Watch the WSOP 2022
PokerGo takes a break with the live streaming action on Friday but will return on Saturday for the conclusion of the $250,000 Super High Roller No Limit’em.
