Josephy wins 2nd WSOP bracelet while Clements denied 3rd

We’ve now seen 11 World Series of Poker bracelets handed out at the 2013 WSOP tournament series taking place in Las Vegas, and aside from a fun ending to event #1 it’s been a rather ho-hum WSOP up to this point. We have seen a few “name” players pickup some WSOP hardware though: Trevor Pope and Matt Waxman, and since our last update Cliff “JohnnyBax” Josephy doubled his bracelet count by winning Event #9, the $3,000 NLHE Shootout.

Here is a look at the results from the past three events at the 2013 WSOP:

Event #9: $3,000 NLHE Shootout tournament

Event #9 featured a very tough final table that included Steve Silverman, David “Bakes” Baker, Tim West, Chris Klodnicki, and the eventual winner Cliff Josephy, AKA “JohnnyBax”. Shootout final tables are always a tough affair, as the players must win their first and second round tables to make it to the final; something that is very hard to do by simply getting lucky. The win marked the second WSOP bracelet of Josephy’s career, adding a NLHE Shootout bracelet to his 2005 Seven-Card-Stud bracelet.

Here is a look at the final table payouts from the tournament:

1. Cliff Josephy — $299,486
2. Evan Silverstein — $185,487
3. Steven Silverman — $123,202
4. Tim West — $91,428
5. Alessandro Longobardi — $68,613
6. David “Bakes” Baker — $51,997
7. Max Steinberg — $39,756
8. Chris Klodnicki — $30,641
9. Ryan Hughes — $23,791
10. Simeon Naydenov — $18,609

Event #10: $1,500 Limit Holdem tournament

Limit Holdem is dead… well except at the WSOP where several Limit Holdem tournaments are played. A total of 645 players registered for Event #10, and in the end it was Jason Wheeler who would take home the bracelet after a three-hour heads-up duel with Mark Mierkalns.

Here is a look at the final table payouts from the tournament:

1. Brent Wheeler – $191,605
2. Mark Mierkalns – $118,300
3. Malissia Zapata – $76,904
4. Chiduziem Obi – $56,485
5. Grayson Scroggin – $42,074
6. William James – $31,747
7. Brian Nichols – $24,232
8. Alex Queen – $18,703
9. Eric Froehlich – $14,585

Event #11: $2,500 No Limit Holdem 6-Max tournament

For the fourth time at the 2013 WSOP a Canadian came out on top. This time it was Levi Berger who outlasted the 924 player field and defeated a very game Scott Clements in heads-up play to win the $2,500 NLHE 6-Max event and nearly half-a-million dollars. Clements was in search of his third career WSOP bracelet but will have to settle for a runner-up finish, which was worth almost $300k.

Here is a look at the final table payouts from the tournament:

1. Levi Berger – $473,019
2. Scott Clements – $292,339
3. Ben Palmer – $185,426
4. Eddy Sabat – $121,711
5. Jacob Bazeley – $82,297
6. David Gonia – $57,282

*Resources: www.wsop.com