Two first time WSOP bracelet winners won yesterday; Ben Keeline (Oswego, IL) took down Event #2 $565 Colossus II No-Limit Hold’em and Lawrence Berg won Event #5: $1500 Dealers Choice 6-Handed.
Event #2 $565 Colossus II No-Limit Hold’em
In a tense head to head match against Czech Jiri Horak (who entered the final day of the Colossus in the chip lead with five million more chips than Keeline) the action went down to the wire, with both men thinking they had won the title after the River produced the Ace of Spades.
Both players headed to their supporters behind the rails to celebrate—Keeline fell to the floor and bathes in the glory of victory. Awkwardly, Horak didn’t initially realize that his two pair was no good and Keeline won with a spade flush—once the penny drops, he graciously walks to Keeline to congratulate him.
Horak finished in second place with a healthy prize of $618,000 but Keeline takes the crown along with the life changing $1,000,000.
Event #5: $1500 Dealers Choice 6-Handed
Lawrence Berg won his first ever WSOP bracelet in Event #5: $1500 Dealers Choice, talking home $125,466 after battling it out for 3 days against 389 entrants.
He ended up battling heads up against Chinese player Yueqi Zhu who was finally eliminated as the runner-up, collecting $77,526.
Other events finishing up today
Today sees the culmination of Event #6: $1500 No-Limit Hold’em—chip leader is Justin Young who has 997,000 chips, Tim Farrelly is second with 870,000 and nine-time WSOP Circuit ring winner, Alex Masek rounds out the top three with 744,000.
Event #7: $1500 2-7 Draw Lowball (No-Limit) has Ryan D’Angelo leading the final eight players as they head into the final day of action.
The final chip counts and unofficial table seating of play on Wednesday look like this:
Seat 1. Joao Vieira – 94,500
Seat 2. Alex Dovzhenko – 176,500
Seat 3. Konstantin Maslak – 162,000
Seat 4. 'Captain’ Tom Franklin – 360,000
Seat 5. Ryan D’Angelo – 499,000
Seat 6. John Monnette – 425,000
Seat 7. Todd Barlow – 118,000
Seat 8. Dan Kelly – 256,500
