Texan busts final table to win 1st WSOP bracelet, $514K

After 2 marathon days, Long Ma made abbreviated enactment of his opponents astatine the last array to assertion his archetypal World Series of Poker bracelet.

Ma, a 35-year-old from Dallas, chopped done his last 4 foes successful astir an hr Tuesday astatine the Rio to triumph the $500 buy-in The Reunion No-limit Hold’em lawsuit for $514,604. Ma said helium was “a small spot tired” for the last array aft playing 15 hours connected the archetypal time and 17 hours connected the 2nd arsenic the tract of 12,973 entries successful Event 4 of the WSOP was culled.

“Lots of bully players, fortunate players. I deliberation I americium the luckiest one,” Ma said with a laugh.

Ma came into the time with the spot lead, past eliminated each 4 of his opponents astatine the last table.

In the last hand, Giuliano Lentini went all-in earlier the flop with queen-jack, and Ma called with ace-seven. The committee helped neither player, and Ma won with ace precocious to cod the bracelet and his archetypal six-figure people successful a poker tournament. (The WSOP awards trophy bracelets for tourney victories.)

Lentini got $317,352 for second.

Ma had lone 1 currency for $1,751 successful WSOP events earlier Tuesday. He said helium mightiness play immoderate much WSOP events, but that depended connected getting much clip disconnected enactment from his occupation arsenic a manager astatine an physics company.

In an aboriginal gauge of involvement successful this year’s WSOP, The Reunion exceeded the $5 cardinal guaranteed prize excavation by much than $400,000. The WSOP is being held under a coronavirus vaccine mandate that is leaving retired immoderate U.S. players, and planetary attendance could beryllium affected by question restrictions related to the virus.

Here are the different bracelet winners from the archetypal week of the WSOP:

— James Barnett, a poker trader astatine Caesars Palace, won Event 1, the $500 Casino Employees No-limit Hold’em, for $39,013 and his archetypal bracelet, beating a tract of 420 entries.

— Jesse Klein won Event 2, the $25,000 HORSE, for $552,182 and his archetypal bracelet (78 entries).

— Jeremy Ausmus claimed his 2nd bracelet, winning Event 3, the $1,000 COVID-19 No-limit Hold’em foundation event, for $48,687 (260 entries).

— Connor Drinan claimed his 2nd bracelet, winning Event 5, the $1,500 Omaha High-Low, for $163,252 (607 entries).

— Tyler Cornell won Event 6, the $25,000 High Roller No-limit Hold’em, for $833,289 and his archetypal bracelet (135 entries).

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