Those with addictions to alcohol, drugs and chocolate bunnies can rest easy. A new obsession is in town – the pursuit of a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet.
In some quarters of the poker community, the WSOP’s decision to shoot an extravagant volley of low buy-in bracelet events that you can win from the confines of your four walls is too much too bear.
“What happened to the iconic brand!”
“We’ve cheapened what it means to be a bracelet winner.”
“It’s too easy to win a bracelet.”
I don’t think Nathan Gamble or Joon Kim cares too much about things like that.
Gamble (come on, what a name) took down the 833-entrant Event #6: $600 PLO8 6-Handed to capture the $89,424 first prize and a gold bracelet. It’s his second piece of WSOP gold, and at least his third final table (Hendon Mob doesn’t record online results).
In 2017, Gamble won the 830-entrant $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo event for $223,339 after beating Adam Hendrix, heads-up. A year later he finished eighth in a 773-entrant $1,500 Mixed Pot Limit Omaha/Hi-Lo/Big O contest.
It was the first non-Hold’em event of the celebrations, and it was a tidy turnout.
Here are the final table results.
Results
- Nathan ‘surfbum’ Gamble – $89,424
- Shane ‘danish01’ Daniels – $55,283
- John ‘rainman3817’ Esposito – $38,685
- Tom ‘hansdigalo’ Schwartz – $27,484
- Timothy ‘SSJTimmy’ Batow – $19,792
- Simon ‘bagelbites’ Lam – $14,484
Joon ‘jykpoker’ Kim Wins Event #7: $800 No Limit Hold’em Knockout DeepStack
The other bracelet of the night went to Joon ‘jykpoker’ Kim, who bested a field of 989-entrants in Event #7: $800 No Limit Hold’em Knockout DeepStack.
Leading the final table before the gun went off was PokerNews commentator/sideline reporter, Jeff Platt. Joining him was the two-time bracelet winner Eric Baldwin. Both failed to make the grade with Platt’s run ending in seventh, and Baldwin’s in third.
Here are the final table results.
Results (Including Bounties)
- Joon ‘jykpoker’ Kim – $106,127
- Bunsamillion – $65,767
- Eric ‘CircleBall’ Baldwin – $46,514
- Jason ‘Gunner_Q10’ Gunn – $33,844
- Ian ‘APokerJoker2’ Steinman – $24,578
- ‘Smallmytable’ – $18,383
- Jeff ‘mavusc’ Platt – $15,057
- ‘Fan_sawyer21’ – $10,760
- ‘Thehoffix’ – $8,716