There are 15 WSOP bracelets awarded this month, which means those chasing history are grabbing every chance they can get. Well, almost every chance.
Phil Hellmuth, pictured above, has more bracelets than anyone (as he’s been known to mention in the past), but wasn’t to be found in the Triton Million invitational, the $100K PLO Super High Roller or - so far at least - the $100K Triton Main Event. The ‘Poker Brat’ did make his first appearance of the series yesterday, however, taking a seat in the $26K Dealers Choice Championship.
With a field of under 40 entries, the opportunity to grab a record-extending 18th bracelet was there to be taken, but this time it was not to be. Hellmuth joined the rail alongside the likes of Jason Mercier, Scott Seiver, Shaun Deeb, Benny Glaser and Daniel Negreanu, as the day ended with just four players remaining. Eric Wasserson brings a 2:1 lead over Dan Zack in second place for the final day’s play, with Josh Arieh and Mike Gorodinsky still in with more than a fighting chance.
Triton Main Event gets started
With the Triton Poker Series still in the building players had another chance to pony up six-figures to play some hold'em, and 108 did just that in the $100K Triton Main Event. 42 re-entries boosted the pot, and registration remains open until the start of today’s Day 2.
David Yan leads the overnight pack, with the Australian and Dimitar Danchev currently the only players in the 82-strong field with stacks of over a million. This star-studded event is scheduled to play down to a final table before bedtime.
Elsewhere the $100K Pot-limit Omaha Super High Roller saw just two players return to play for all the marbles, with Spain’s Lautaro Guerra and Ben Tollerene of the USA playing heads-up for the bracelet. It wouldn’t take long, with Guerra getting off to a flying start and seeing off the match in short order. The Spaniard claimed $2,126,770 and the bracelet, with Tollerene picking up a more-than-respectable $1,577,660, but no cigar.
Coming Up
The $2,750 Mini Main Event edged past its $5M guarantee with a total of $5,077,500 in the pot to be won, and 17 players will return at 3pm local time to compete for the lion’s share. There’s $575,050 up top, with Pennsylvania’s Jeffrey Hakim leading the way with a stack of 56 bbs. The shortest stack has 10. Expect things to get crazy, quickly.
Registration is still open for the Triton Main Event, but there’s also a cheaper option on the menu, with Day 2 of the $5,300 NLHE Deepstack still accepting players up to its noon restart. While the Triton Main is soaking up much of the super high roller crowd, there are still star names to be found here including numerous world champions. The likes of WSOP Main Event winners Jamie Gold and Hossein Ensan are in the mix, as are 2022 WPT World Champion Eliot Hudon, Maria Ho, Jim Collopy and Byron Kaverman.
PLO players can also flex their muscles in the $52K PLO Championship, starting at 2pm local time.
No rest for Lococo
Speaking of flexing, if you’d just won a WSOP bracelet, would you take it off anytime soon? No need to ask Triton Million winner Alejandro Lococo, who rocked up in the Triton Main Event with some impressive bling. Well, he is a rapper.
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