Tuesday at the WSOP: Monnette wins and two final tables set

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Published June 6th, 2012 in WSOP

One World Series of Poker bracelet was awarded on Tuesday and it turned out to be the first winner of the 2012 WSOP who was not a first-time WSOP champion. Tuesday also saw two tournaments play down to the final table, as well as the $10k Heads-Up NLHE event playing down to the round of 32.

John Monnette wins second WSOP bracelet

Longtime poker pro John Monnette picked up his second career bracelet on Tuesday after defeating a final table full of Stud Poker specialists, including bracelet winners Jeffrey Lisandro and Perry Friedman. Monnette’s heads-up opponent Huu Vinh was playing in his second Stud final table of the 2012 WSOP, having made the final table of the $1,500 Stud 8 event.

John Monnette – $190,826
Huu Vinh – $117,913
Tim Finne – $73,847
Perry Friedman – $53,470
Jeff Lisandro – $41,789
Mark Dickstein – $33,325
Bryn Kenney – $27,062
Ray Dehkhargani – $22,332

$1,500 NLHE reentry event reaches final table

The $1,500 NLHE reentry event reached the final table on Tuesday, with several big names still remaining in the event, including two two-time bracelet winners in Brian Rast and Greg Mueller, along with Amanda Musumeci, who is looking for her first big win after finishing 62^nd in last year’s Main Event.

Here is a look at the final table chip-counts for the tournament:

Ryan Olisar – 3,715,000
Brian Rast – 2,415,000
Amanda Musumeci – 2,040,000
Duy Ho – 1,990,000
Benjamin Reinhart – 1,800,000
Ashkan Razavi – 985,000
Greg Mueller – 820,000
Dien Le – 775,000
Derrick Huang – 760,000

$1,500 PLO event down to 9 players

The second final table that was set on Tuesday was the $1,500 PLO event which drew 970 entrants. Here is a look at the final nine players that will play for the WSOP bracelet on Wednesday:

Charles Tonne – 1,121,000
Vincent Van Der Fluit – 951,000
Damien Lhommueau – 663,000
Alex Dovzhenko – 579,000
Rodney Brown – 457,000
Brian Garbe – 158,000
Tristan Wade – 150,000
Calvin Anderson – 149,000
David Schnettler – 139,000

Round of 32 matchups in the $10k Heads-Up Championship

One of the most prestigious tournaments at the WSOP is the Heads-Up Championship, and the $10,000 buy-in event drew 152 players. By the end of the day the field was down to just 32 players, all of whom are now guaranteed $10,966, with the next pay jump being to $20,674 for the winners of this round.