Robert Mizrachi has added a 4th Bracelet to his collection after taking down the $10k Seven Card Stud Championship yesterday, he entered the final table as chip leader and didn't look to slow down as he also added just under $250,000 to his earnings





In Event #4, the $1k Turbo Top-Up NLHE, Kyle Julius picked up his first ever live tournament win, and of course the bracelet and $142,972 outlasting the 667 entries in the lightning fast 2-day event.

Today sees the final table of this years Colossus event, with Jiri Horak leading the final 9. Each have locked up at least $92,000 but with a massive $1,000,000 for first, it's going to be a hard fought final!

Today is also the start of the $10k NLHE Heads-Up Championship (capped at 512) which is sure to be packed full of big names so I'll be keeping an eye on social media throughout the day, there should be some interesting matches!

Jason Mercier is taking decent odds on him winning a bracelet this summer! Could be expensive for him!

Pokertube Article


With Vanessa Selbst taking little digs

Jason Mercier asking for 2.7:1 on him winning a bracelet this year. Thinking about putting $2.7k up vs his $1k

Do it! Can I put $50 toward it if you do?!

Ha yes sure

The first millionaire of the series has been made with Ben Keeline taking Event #2: $565 The Colossus for a very nice round $1million!





Another bracelet winner is Lawrence Berg who took down Event #5 $1,500 Dealers Choice for $125,466




This event also saw Chris "Jesus" Ferguson finishing 19th for his first live cash since December 2010

In the $10k Heads-Up Championship, some big names were eliminated on the first day including Michael Mizrachi, Daniel Negreanu, Chris Ferguson, Jason Mercier, Nick Schulman, Dominik Nitsche, 2013 Player of the Year George Danzer, and 2009 Main Event Champion Joe Cada.

32 now remain with Adrian Mateos, Jared Jaffee and Bryn Kenney amongst the notable names still in eyeing up the $320k top prize!

I think he got lucky finishing 19th.......if he won a bracelet i would have felt genuinely worried for his safety

He's saving that for the Main Event

Ryan D'Angelo added nearly $100,000 to his already impressive $2million live earnings yesterday with victory over 279 entrants in Event #7 $1,500 NL 2-7 Draw Low Ball earning his first bracelet





In Chris Ferguson news, Daniel Negreanu has taken to Twitter to speak out against him... read it all on Pokertube Here

Bracelet Updates

Justin Bonomo nearly added a 2nd bracelet to his collection but came up short against Ian Johns in Event #8 $1,500 HORSE, who took down the bracelet and $212,604





In the $10,000 Heads-Up Championship, Alan Percel bested a stacked field of 153 big name players and pros to take the $320,574 and not only his first bracelet, but his first cash in a main WSOP event!

Oops missed this one.... Peter Eichhardt took down Event #6 $1,500 NLHE for a huge $438,417 payday!





Peter had a chat with Rikard Aberg for Pokertube just after this massive achievement!

Check it out HERE

Well the big news from yesterday is that Howard Lederer has made his return to the WSOP, sitting down in Event #16 $10k NL 2-7 Single Draw, this was sort of expected after his recently apology and then Chris Ferguson making his appearance





No reporst of any confrontations yet, most of the big names aren't talking about it at the minute, but others on Social Media obviously are

Results Update:

In Event #10 $1,500 6-Max NLHE, after final tabling a 6-max WSOP Circuit event in Tunica earlier this year, Mike Cordell took down the big one, besting almost 1,500 entries to take home $346,088 massively beating his previous best score of $52,000





Jean Gaspard has added over $300,000 to his near $2million live earnings and wins his first bracelet after taking down Event #11 $10k Dealers Choice 6-Handed Championship





Ryan LaPlante has had a good start to the series with his 4th cash so far, but with the latest being a first place finish in Event #12 $565 Pot Limit Omaha for a huge $190,328 and his first bracelet, defeating a big field of 2,483 entries which also saw Chris Ferguson fall just short of the final table busting in 13th for just under $10k.





In Event #13 $1,500 Seven Card Razz, Daniel Negreanu came close to another bracelet in his first final table of the year but fell short in 4th after nursing a short stack. The accolades instead go to Rep Porter, who is no stranger to WSOP final tables and picked up his third WSOP bracelet and the $142,624 prize money, and his 4th cash of this series.






Today see's Day 2 of the aforementioned Event #16 $10k 2-7 Draw Loball Championship with 34 returning with 15 places paid. It's a stacked field with Mike Matusow, George Danzer, Jason Mercier, Brian Hastings, Daniel Negreanu, Scott Seiver, Dan Smith, Anthony Zinno and that guy Howard Lederer still with their sights on the bracelet and $273,000 top prize.

Just one bracelet was awarded yesterday, for Event #15: $1,500 8-Game Mix, which was won by Paul Volpe taking down just short of $150,000. The pro player who has nearly $5million in live earnings and final tabled Event #5 $1,500 Dealers Choice just a few days ago, won his second bracelet after defeating the 491 entrants in this event which awarded prizes to the top 74 finishers.






Today sees Jason Mercier looking for his 4th WSOP bracelet, and also to win his own bet where he offered odds of 3/1 and 2.7/1 on him taking down an event this summer! (See Pokertube article HERE. Mercier leads the final 9 in Event #16 $10k 2-7 NL Loball Championship!

Openly gay player Ryan Laplante, who won Event #12, made an emotional speech during his bracelet acceptance ceremony following the death of 50 people at the shooting at a gay night club in Orlando over the weekend.

You can see the video on Pokertube HERE

Well he's gone and done it!!

Only 16 events into the 2016 WSOP and Jason Mercier has picked up a bracelet! Surely showing Doug Polk (and others) that he is more than a "bad reg" !! Taking down the Event #16 $10k 2-7 Lowball Championship picking up $273,335 outlasting the stacked 100 entrant field




Not only that but he is leading the final 8 of Event #20 $10k Razz Championship which will complete today!

In other big bracelet news, the Millionaire Maker came to a conclusion yesterday, with 2 players guaranteed $1million, it was a tense final table but it was Jason DeWitt who has come out on top turning his $1,500 buy-in into a huge $1,065,403, with runner-up Garrett Greer taking a round $1million in the bumper 7,190 player field





Next up was Event #17 $1000 NLHE event which drew 2,242 entrants and saw Chase Bianchi more than doubling his total live winnings with his $316,920 top prize and his first bracelet on a final table which saw Roberto Romanello come close with his third place finish.





Marco Johnson, WSOP final table regular, has won his 2nd bracelet after taking down Event #18 $3,000 HORSE for a nice $259,730 adding to his $2million+ live career earnings

Young Sam Soverel has added $185,000 to his $2million live earnings after winning his first WSOP bracelet in Event #19 $1000 Pot Limit Omaha after defeat 1.106 opponents and Kirby Lowery heads-up.





Jason Mercier was the talk of the poker world last night after holding the chip lead with just 3 players left in Event #20 $10k Razz Championship and looked likely to win his second bracelet of the series, which would give Vanessa Selbst a big sweat as she would be $1.8million in debt to Mercier if he was to win 3 bracelets this summer as a result of a 180/1 prop bet! Fortunately for Selbst, Mercier was unable to close the tournament off, instead victory went to Ray Dehkharghani who has finally won a bracelet after making a number of final tables over the years. He also takes home $273,338 for the win.