Larry Wright reached the final table of the $10,000 Single Draw Championship last night, exiting in fifth place this afternoon, and unfortunately for him he was unable to parlay his deep in that event to success in Event #16.
Just moments ago he was eliminated by Don Nguyen, who finished runner-up in two bracelet events in 2013; the $50,000 Poker Players' Championship and the $10,000 Heads-Up Championship. Wright made an eighty-seven, Nguyen an eighty-six, and Wright hit the rail.
Phil Ivey opened to 800 and was called by a player on the button. Both players drew one, Ivey check-called a bet, stood pat, and the player on the button drew one. Ivey lead on with a bet, his opponent made the call, Ivey stood pat and his opponent again drew one. Ivey lead out again and his opponent tossed his cards in the muck.
Registration is closed for this event, and the 348 entrants generated a total prize pool of $469,800. The top 36 players will earn a minimum of $2,767, each member of the six-handed final table will take home $16,170, and the winner will bank $124,510 along with the WSOP gold bracelet.
Final Table Payouts
Finish
Prize
1st
$124,510
2nd
$76,943
3rd
$49,944
4th
$33,388
5th
$22,935
6th
$16,170
For the entire prize pool, click the Payouts tab above.
We arrived to the table with a very large number of chips in the middle and Mike Leah heads up with an opponent on his right. Leah bet 800, his opponent check-called, they both stood pat, Leah bet and was called again. Leah announced and his opponent mucked .
For Abe Mosseri and Sergey Rybachenko, a single $1,500 buy-in triple draw tournament just isn't enough action.
The two of them are sitting right next to each other, and for the last few minutes they've been setting up a game of open-face Chinese poker. They finally settled on the terms.
"Three-hundred a point?" Mosseri confirmed one last time.
Rybachenko nodded yes.
"Wait," one player interjected. "Y'all are playing for three-hundred dollars a point?"
Ignoring the question completely, Rybachenko put in raise from the cutoff. A player in the big blind defended, then drew two cards. Rybachenko drew three. The player led out for a bet, Rybachenko called, and both players drew two cards.
Rybachenko called another bet, both players drew one card, and the player fired out a third and final bet. The Russian called, then unhappily mucked his hand when the player revealed an eighty-seven perfect; .
Andrey Zaichenko, Larry Wright, and a third player were three handed on the second draw. Zaichenko and Wright took one card, the third player drew two, and Zaichenko tossed out a bet. Both of his opponents called.
Zaicheko stood pat, Wright and the third player both drew one card, and the trio checked.
"Eighty-seven," the Russian announced, fanning .
The two other players mucked, and Zaichenko raked in the pot.
Phil Ivey called an early position raise out of the blinds, and quickly tossed out three cards. His opponent drew one, then bet when Ivey checked. The nine-time WSOP bracelet winner called.
Ivey drew two, the player stood pat, and again Ivey check-called a bet.
On the third and final draw, Ivey took one. The player stood pat and checked after Ivey knuckled, revealing . Ivey turned over an eighty-seven, however, dragging the pot
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