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The World Series of Poker (WSOP) used to be known for its marathons, but, today, there are also sprints. Allan ‘Treeoflife’ Cheung is a bracelet winner after zipping speedboat-like through Event #22: $500 No Limit Hold’em Turbo Deepstack, signalling much chinking of fluted glasses.

The whole thing took a prematurely ejaculative seven hours from start to finish, netting Cheung $120,083 in his fourth in the money finish of the series. Myles “Shipthemoney’ Kotler finished second, as he did in Event #18: $1,000 No Limit Hold’em Turbo Deepstack, four days prior. I wouldn’t like to be in earshot of Kotler for a few days.

The final table was devoid of bracelet winners but did include three gold ring winners. Brian Altman was the biggest draw. The man who won the World Poker Tour (WPT) Lucky Hearts Open, twice, earned his ring at the World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) Main Event in Montreal back in 2016. His third-place finish is the closest he has come to the sumptuousness of a gold bracelet. The other pair of gold ring winners were Daniel Buzgon and Robert Natividad.

We should also give a hat tip to Terrell ‘heezahustla’ Cheatham, who finished fifth. Cheatham shipped a Turbo bracelet earlier in the series.

Here are the final table results.

Event #22: $500 No Limit Hold’em Turbo Deepstack

1,579-entrants (1,082 unique, 497 re-entries)

Results

  1. Allan ‘Treeoflife’ Cheung – $120,083
  2. Myles “Shipthemoney’ Kotler – $74,039
  3. Brian ‘JackBogle’ Altman – $53,291
  4. Daniel ‘juice’ Buzgon – $38,725
  5. Terrell ‘heezahustla’ Cheatham – $28,493
  6. Louie ‘ pongpong’ Valderrama – $21,174
  7. Derek ‘this1smyvice’ Salgals – $15,916
  8. Kara ‘theLMY90’ Denning – $12,079
  9. Robert ‘Nvrstsfied’ Natividad – $9,308

High Rollers who went deeper than an over-exuberant father buries his three-year-old daughter in the sand at the seaside were Daniel Negreanu (32nd) and Anthony Zinno (93rd).

Scott ‘BudLightLime’ Hempel is a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner after a couple of crazy nights at the WSOP.com tables. Hempel became a colour on the canvas of Event #17: $777 No Limit Hold’em finishing seventh, before turning gold in the proceeding event.

Hempel conquered a field of 987-entrants (697 unique, 290 re-entries) in Event #18: $1,000 No Limit Hold’em. His $181,060 purse is a few grand shy of the $185,330 he picked up, finishing sixth in the World Poker Tour (WPT) LA Poker Classic in March. Hempel has finished in the money in only two other WSOP events for nothing more than gnarled bark.

Barry Hutter was the only gold bracelet winner to make the final table. With more than $5.8m in live tournament earnings, Hutter, is a big hitter, with roots in the high roller scene in Las Vegas. Hutter won his bracelet in 2015, winning a 1,000 entrant $1,500 No Limit Hold’em Shootout for $283,546. In 2018, Hutter finished 25th in the Main Event and finished runner-up to Diogo Veiga in a $3k No Limit Hold’em event.

Hutter also owns a World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) gold ring after taking down an event in New Orleans, more than a decade ago, the same period that Daniel Fischer earned his in Atlantic City. Hutter finished fifth, and Fischer took fourth.

For every winner, there is someone who had a fantastic experience that nobody will ever care about, and in this report that experience belongs to Dave ‘dunningkrugr’ Alfa who ran deep in both Event #17 & #18 events, finishing ninth in them both.

Here are the results.

Event #18: $1,000 No Limit Hold’em

987-entrants (697 unique, 290 re-entries)

Results

  1. Scott ‘BudLightLime’ Hempel – $181,060
  2. Myles ‘Shipthemoney’ Kotler – $111,955
  3. Andrew ‘GoatMaster’ Melillo – $78,856
  4. Daniel ‘IntoTheRiver’ Fischer – $56,259
  5. Barry ‘puigmyfriend’ Hutter – $40,694
  6. Landon ‘ActionDealer’ Tice – $29,817
  7. Harrison ‘harrisond33’ Dobin – $22,222
  8. Matthew ‘EarvinMagic’ Parry – $16,784

Two high rollers to plunge deeper than an asparagus spear in runny egg yolk were Ryan Riess (32nd) and Phil Hellmuth (97th).