WSOP Week Two Recap

The number of bracelets given out is at 20 currently, the majority of events is still yet to come. 

These are the golds won since our last update [3].

Adrian Mateos wins the $10,000 Heads-up Tournament

This tourney's structure is very much like a knock-out stage at a soccer tournament: the players play each other one-on-one, whoever knocks the other out gets to qualify for the next round. The ultimate winner turned out to be the Spanish Adrian Mateos, the youngest poker player ever to win three bracelets (he's only 22) after defeating John Smith in the final, who is more than twice his age.

John Racener comes in first at the $10,000 Dealer's Choice

The Florida poker pro won his first bracelet and $273K with it. Even though it was his first WSOP win, he's not exactly a newcommer: he finished second in the 2010 WSOP Main Event, that's what most people know him for. The heads-up stage of this mixed game tournament wrapped up in only one hand. NLHE was called, Racener jammed his AJ off while covering his opponent, Zhukov who called with pocket 7s: two jacks fell on the board, along with two 5s - Racener won it all with Jacks full. He dedicated his first WSOP gold to his mother who passed away from cancer. 

Tyler Smith wins $565 Pot Limit Omaha Bracelet

PLO is probably the second most popular poker game after No Limit Hold'em - you get dealt 4 hole cards instead of 2, but only two of those can be used to make a hand. Meanwhile you cannot bet more that what is already in the pot. These are things you probably don't have to tell Tyler Smith, however - he just topped the 3,186-player field at the $565 PLO Tournament at WSOP, earning his first bracelet. The large field got together due to the low buy-in.

Anthony Marquez wins $1,500 Six Max No-Limit Hold'em

Another championship where the eventual winner had to fight his way through a large field because of the relatively low buy-in: the American Marquez bought in with 1,707 of his fellow card players to play at the tourney's 6-handed tables. It turned out that it was worth all the effort, as he ended up winning $393K, more than 260 times his buy-in, and he also got to take home his first bracelet even though it he only cahsed at the WSOP once before.

David Singer comes in first at the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.

The acronym stands for No-Limit Texas Hold'em, Omaha Hi-Lo, Razz, Seven card Stud and Eight-or-Better Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo. So it is another mixed game, evidently - one that ended with David Singer winning his second bracelet. 

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David Pham won his third bracelet in the $1,500 NLHE event, while Frank Kasella triumphed at the NL 2-7 Single Draw. Ron Ware came in first at the Eight-Game Mix tournament and John Monette emerged the victor at the $10,000 NL 2-7 Lowball Draw championship.

As for the WSOP Player of the Year award, Colussus winner Thomas Pomponio is leading the field currenty with 347.08 points, ahead of Taylor Black in second place with 328.45. This falls in line with the criticism the new way of awarding the POY title recieved before and during the WSOP, that low buy-in events have too much of an impact on the Player of the Year award this year.