David Chiu joins poker’s elite by winning bracelet #5

Only 22 players in the 44-year history of the World Series of Poker have won five or more bracelets, and David Chiu has now joined that illustrious group. Chiu, whose last bracelet win at the WSOP came back in 2005, won the $2,500 Seven Card Stud tournament over the weekend, to go along with his other four bracelets:

• 1996: $2,000 Limit Holdem
• 1998 $3,000 Limit Holdem
• 2000: $5,000 Seven Card Stud
• 2005: $5,000 Omaha 8 or better
• 2013: $2,500 Seven Card Stud

Chiu’s latest bracelet wouldn’t come easy, as the long-time poker pro had to contend with a very game final table where a mind-boggling seven of the eight final table participants were bracelet winners and the one player who wasn’t had a runner-up finish in a WSOP event just days ago! The final table included Scott Seiver, Mike Mizrachi, and Frank Kassela, as well as a bunch of Stud specialists in the forms of 2009 Seven Card Stud bracelet winner Freddie Ellis, 1996 Stud bracelet winner Gary Benson, Matt Ashton (at his second Stud final table of the 2013 WSOP), and 2012Stud 8 bracelet winner Adam Friedman.

After winning his fifth bracelet Chiu paid his respects to the late Dr. Jerry Buss, a Seven Card Stud aficionado who was a regular at the WSOP stud poker tournaments and in high-stakes cash games: “(I have) four bracelets this one is for Jerry (Buss).” Buss was also honored at the start of the tournament, including a video message from Kobe Bryant who performed the “Shuffle Up and Deal” duties.

Here is a look at how the final table of Event #23, the $2,500 Seven Card Stud tournament, and the only straight Seven Card Stud tournament on the 2013 WSOP schedule:

1. David Chiu – $145,520
2. Scott Seiver – $89,980
3. Freddie Ellis – $59,127
4. Michael Mizrachi – $43,188
5. Frank Kassela – $31,978
6. Gary Benson – $24,003
7. Matthew Ashton – $18,266
8. Adam Friedman – $14,086

Here is a look at the 22 players who have at least five WSOP bracelets:

13 WSOP Bracelets

• Phil Hellmuth

Ten WSOP Bracelets

• Johnny Chan
• Doyle Brunson

Nine WSOP Bracelets

• Phil Ivey
• Johnny Moss

Eight WSOP Bracelets

• Erik Seidel

Seven WSOP Bracelets

• Men Nguyen
• Billy Baxter

Six WSOP Bracelets

• TJ Cloutier
• Jay Heimowitz
• Layne Flack

Five WSOP Bracelets

• Daniel Negreanu
• Berry Johnston
• Chris Ferguson
• John Juanda
• David Chiu
• Jeff Lisandro
• Allen Cunningham
• Scotty Nguyen
• Ted Forrest
• Stu Ungar
• Gary Berland

*Resources: www.wsop.com, www.thehendonmob.com

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