WSOP Day 6 Recap Part 1: 2 More Champions Crowned

With so much action happening at the Rio I’ve decided to break up my daily reports into two pieces. This report will focus on the two events that crowned a champion yesterday, whereas Part 2 will update you on the tournaments still in progress.

Event #3: $1k NLHE

After five grueling days of poker and 4,344 bust-outs, Canadian Aadam Daya has won his first World Series of Poker bracelet –and the $625k in prize-money also constituted his first ever cash in a WSOP tournament! Daya describes himself as a casual player, and works as a business analyst during the day.

Daya entered the final table as the chip-leader, and in a rare poker feat was able to hold on to the top spot and win the tournament. After the win, Daya told Nolan Dalla, ““I really think I got pretty lucky to get through so many players. I was fortunate and I played well, but I also got lucky at the right times… I am sure I might play a few more events. But right now, I just want to enjoy this.”

Final Table payouts:

• Aadam Daya — $625,872
• Deepak Bhatt –$385,106
• Gabe Costner –$279,327
• William Mark Davis –$206,904
• Nicholas Mitchell –$154,425
• Corey Brown –$116,141
• Isaac Settle –$88,025
• Dash Dudley –$67,221
• Rich Rice –$51,735

Tournament notes:

• The massive player field will go down as the 6th largest poker tournament in history
• Father/Son combo Rich and Irving Rice finished 9th and 10th respectively
• Men Nguyen picked up his 66th WSOP cash, good for 2nd place on the all-time list (9 back of Phil Hellmuth.
• Event #5: $1,500 NLHE

Yesterday I singled out Praz Bansi as the player to watch in this event and English poker pro didn’t disappoint. Bansi bested a large field of over 2,000 players to capture his second World Series of Poker bracelet, and the $515k payday pushed him over the $1 million mark in career WSOP earnings (Bansi has over $2.5 million in total career earnings).

Bansi also joins Chris Bjorin and John Paul Kelley as the only English players with two WSOP bracelets; a fact not lost on the Londoner when asked which bracelet means more, #1 or #2: “That’s a tough one. I have not really thought about it yet, but I think this one means a bit more. There are quite a few guys in the UK who have one gold bracelet. But two is a rare thing.”

Final Table payouts:

• Praz Bansi –$515,501
• Vincent Jacques –$320,913
• Calvin Kordus –$223,069
• David Tuthill –$160,650
• Tomer Berda –$117,416
• Donald Offerd –$86,858
• Hugh Bell –$65,097
• David Sands –$57,221
• Kyle Knecht –$37,943

Tournament notes:

Humberto Brenes moved into 6th place all-time with his 56th cash (breaking a tie with TJ Cloutier)
Results provided by WSOP.com