2022 WSOP: Young Sik finally wins gold; Matt Glantz draws $1M bounty; Daniel Strelitz scores #2; Kartik Ved, Nicandro Filart run deep

The 53rd Annual World Series of Poker is grinding down to the finish with 74 out of 88 bracelets already claimed. This recap covers Events 66 – 69 and Event 72 – 74, plus the next three WSOP.com bracelet winners Online 7 -9. Among the top stories was Young Sik Eum who finally locked up the gold after missing it by one spot at an earlier event, Matt Glantz drew the enviable US$ 1,000,000 mystery bounty reward, and Daniel Strelitz snatched his career second gold. Among the Asians running deep were Indian pro bracelet winner Karitk Ved with a 3rd place finish and Philippines‘ Nicandro Filart placing 20th, both at the Mini Main Event. 

The Main Event is currently underway. It amassed 8,663 players across four starting days making it the second largest turnout for this event in history. The money flowed at the start of Day 4 starting at 1,299. Korean player Seungmook Jung ran the deepest of the Asians for US$ 145,800. At the time of posting, the marquee event was about to enter Day 7 with 35 remaining. We will have a recap as it completes. 

Festival update

Event 1 –  74 prize pool: US$ 286,185,645
Entries: 161,490
Two time series champion: Daniel Zack (Event 15 & 40)
Asia winners: Tong Li (Event 19), Chan Lok Ming (Event 35), Shota Nakanishi (Event 60)
Most final tables: Phil Ivey (4), Daniel Zack (4), Sean Winter (4), David Peters (4)
Online Event 1 – 9 prize pool: US$ 8,853,063
Online entries: 9,200

Multi bracelet winners

Career 6th bracelet: Brian Hastings
Career 5th bracelet: Adam Friedman, Eli Elezra
Career 4th bracelet: David Peters, Scott Seiver, Brad Ruben, Jeremy Ausmus
Career 3rd bracelet: Norbert Szecsi, Daniel Zack, Phillip Hui, Dash Dudley
Career 2nd bracelet: Manig Loeser, Daniel Zack, Robert Cowen, Steven Albini, Justin Pechie, Yuliyan Kolev, Aleksejs Ponakovs, Joao Simao Peres, Daniel Cates, David Jackson, Daniel Strelitz

Event 66: MIni Main Event NL Hold’em – YOUNG SIK EUM – US$ 594,189

Early in the series, Young Sik Eum was denied the coveted gold at Event 18: $1K Freezeout No Limit Hold’em falling one spot shy to champion Bryan Schultz. Not the case at the Mini Main Event No Limit Hold’em (Freezeout) where 5,832 players took to the ring. After three days of play, Young shipped it for his first ever WSOP title and bracelet and a WSOP high US$ 594,189. This boosted career series earnings to over US$ 1 Million. 

To capture the win, Young faced some very tough adversaries at the final table which included online bracelet winner / Indian pro Kartik Ved. After railing Philip Lee in 4th place, Young overtook Romania’s Cosmin Joldis for the lead, then outdrew Ved with an ace spiking the board to dust pocket fours. This was Ved’s deepest live series run and largest series score of US$ 275,593. With momentum on Young’s side, it didn’t take long for him to clean out Joldis and lift the gold. 

Among the notable Asian players that ran deep was Filipino player Nicandro Filart Jr who fell to Ved in 20th place. This was Filart’s deepest series finish which earned him US$ 23,148. Israeli bracelet winner Ran Koller was 30th for US$ 18,817, and Hong Kong’s Vincent Li finished 110th place for US$ 4,738. 

Buy in: US$ 1,000
Players: 5,832
Prize pool: US$ 5,190,480
ITM: 875 places

Final table payouts in USD

1st	Young Sik Eum	USA	594,189
2nd	Cosmin Joldis	Romania	367,233
3rd	Karik Ved	India	275,593
4th	Phillp Lee	USA	208,275
5th	Kei Nitta	Japan	158,515
6th	Theodore Lee	USA	121,504
7th	Adam Velez	USA	93,803
8th	Keith Littlewood	UK	72,941
9th	Sergio Ochoa	USA	57,133
10th	Jesse Lonis	USA	45,079

Event 67: $10K Super Turbo Bounty NLH Freezeout – JOSE IGNACIO BARBERO – US$ 587,520

The Super Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold’em Freezeout was the costliest bounty turbo event offered at the series with a hefty price tag of US$ 10,000. This drew 419 hopefuls for a prize pool of US$ 3,907,175. Opening day was pretty much a blur with the money reached in no time. Among the players profiting were India’s Aditya Agarwal (44th), Korea’s Steve Yea (43rd), Michael Mizrachi (25th), Mike Watson (10th), and Rainer Kempe who missed the final day in 7th place. 

The last six players returned with Brazil’s Fabiano Kovalski almost a goner with less than two big blinds while Argentina’s Jose Ignacio Barbero aka “Nacho” was riding high with a commanding 49 BB. When the game resumed, Kovalski staged an incredible run. He came from behind twice, once against Ilya Nikiforov and the other against Barbero to double up on both occasions. Impressively he had built enough to finish off Maria Ho in 5th place then faced the bulldozing Barbero at heads up. With a loud South American rail cheering both contenders, the gold was still captured quickly. Chip leader Barbero snap-called Kovalski’s shove with and stayed ahead throughout. Both players earned a career high payout. For the champion Barbero, he pocketed US$ 587,520 plus US$ 48K in bounties to boost his WSOP career earnings to well over US$ 1.125 Million. 

Buy in: US$ 10,000
Players: 419
Prize pool: US$ 3,907,175
ITM: 63 places

Final table payouts in USD

1st	Jose Ignacio Barbero	Argentina	587,520
2nd	Fabiano Kovalski	Brazil	363,116
3rd	Ilya Nikiforov	Estonia	254,791
4th	Rob Hollink	Netherlands	181,667
5th	Maria Ho	USA	131,655
6th	Andrew Lichtenberger	USA	97,002
7th	Rainer Kempe	Germany	72,683
8th	David Mzareulov	Azerbaijan	55,401
9th	Paul Chauderson	USA	42,970

Event 68: Million Dollar Bounty NL Hold’em – QUINCY BORLAND – US$ 750,120

Intended for the 2020 WSOP, the $1,000 Million Dollar Bounty event finally got on the felt. This was one of the newest additions to the 2022 roster and it was a very popular one. The event attracted a whopping 14,112 entries for a prize pool of US$ 8,326,080 and a mystery bounty pool of US$ 4,233,600. Out of the 1,986 players that reached ITM, the luckiest was Matt Glantz who drew the enviable US$ 1,000,000 mystery reward making him the event’s top earner. Coming out victorious was Quincy Borland for his first ever WSOP title and bracelet. Borland didn’t receive any bounty rewards but he did pocket the enormous US$ 750,120 first prize. 

Borland’s rise all happened at the final table. He entered running third from the bottom, stayed afloat with a double up then watched as players fell around him . By five-handed, he scored another double with his King-Jack suited outdrawing David Timmons’ pocket Queens. Borland went on to eliminate Wojciech Barzantny in 4th place then faced Kevin Hong who ended Timmons run in 3rd place. Behind in the count 2:1 didn’t seem to faze Borland who dominated the heads up action to take the lead and finish off Hong. The final hand was Ace-Queen over Ace-Jack. 

Buy in: US$ 1,000
Entries: 14,112
Prize pool: US$ 8,326,080
ITM: 1,986 places

Final table payouts in USD

1st	Quincy Borland	USA	750,120
2nd	Kevin Hong	USA	463,610
3rd	David Timmons	USA	351,800
4th	Wojciech Barzantny	Austria	268,550
5th	Michael Smith	Canada	206,250
6th	Nellie Park	USA	159,380
7th	Arash Asadabadi	USA	123,910
8th	Daniel De Almeida	Brazil	96,940
9th	Ramon Kropmanns	Brazil	76,316

Event 69: $10K PLO 8-Handed Championship – SEAN TROHA – US$ 1,246,770

The $10K PLO 8-Handed Championship saw a record 683 entrants pony up the five figure buy in to build a substantial US$ 6,368,975 prize pool. Out of the top 103 players that won a portion, it was Sean Troha who banked the largest chunk of seven figures. Troha faced Shiva Dudani at heads up, both entered the final table looking to add a bracelet to their two rings. Troha led throughout to eventually triumph and lock up the gold and a career high US$ 1,246,770. For Dudani, it was also a personal high score of US$ 770,556. 

Buy in: US$ 10,000
Entries: 683
Prize pool: US$ 6,368,975
ITM: 103 places

Final table payouts in USD

1st	Sean Troha	USA	1,246,770
2nd	Shiva Dudani	USA	770,556
3rd	Michael Duek	Argentina	548,015
4th	Tom Hu	USA	395,465
5th	Joachim Haraldstad	Norway	289,630
6th	Thair Kallabat	USA	215,326
7th	Nitesh Rawtani	USA	162,542
8th	Toby Lewis	UK	124,611

Event 72: Mixed PLO Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Omaha 8 or Better, Big O – BRADLEY ANDERSON – US$ 195,565

771 turned up for the three game mixed Omaha event with buy in at $1.5K. This built a seven figure pot of US$ 1,029,285 with 116 players taking a cut. Finding their way to their first series final table were decorated bracelet winners 7x Men Nguyen and 2x Barny Boatman. Also on the felt was Peter Neff who placed 7th at an earlier Omaha bracelet event. The trio couldn’t go the distance instead it was Bradley Anderson taking command from four-handed onwards to clinch his first ever WSOP title, bracelet, and the US$ 195,565 first prize.

Buy in: US$ 1,500
Entries: 771
Prize pool: US$ 1,029,285
ITM: 116 places

Final table payouts in USD

1st	Bradley Anderson	USA	195,565
2nd	Scott Abrams	USA	120,881
3rd	Barny Boatman	UK	83,050
4th	Peter Neff	USA	58,089
5th	Men Nguyen	USA	41,377
6th	Mark Erickson	USA	30,026
7th	Jarod Minghini	USA	22,205
8th	Shawn Carter	USA	16,740

Event 73: Razz – DANIEL STRELITZ – US$ 115,723

Career second bracelet for Daniel Strelittz after topping the 383 entry field of the $1,500 Razz event. Strelitz denied Phuong Lynda Tran at heads up to win the US$ 115,723 first prize. Impressively, this was Tran’s deepest ever bracelet reach. Other decorated bracelet winners at the final table were 2x Calvin Anderson (3rd), 3x Frank Kassela (4th), and 2x Andres Korn (8th). Also displaying incredible consistency was Kijoon “KT” Park who recently won his first bracelet at the Nine Game Mix 6-Handed. He finished 6th at this event for his second final table. 

Buy in: US$ 1,500
Entries: 383
Prize pool: US$ 511,305
ITM: 58 places

Final table payouts in USD

1st	Daniel Strelitz	USA	115,723
2nd	Phuong “Lynda” Tran	USA	71,527
3rd	Calvin Anderson	USA	49,557
4th	Frank Kassela	USA	34,996
5th	Sergio Braga	Brazil	25,198
6th	Kijoon Park	USA	18,506
7th	Mark Gerencher	USA	13,869
8th	Andres Korn	Argentina	10,611

Event 74: Bounty Pot Limit Omaha 8-Handed – PEI LI – US$ 190,219

Canadian Pot Limit Omaha specialist Pei Li won his first WSOP bracelet at the $1,500 Bounty PLO 8-Handed. Li outlasted a mighty field of 1,390 entries to collect the US$ 190,219 first prize (not including bounties). However, getting to the top was no easy ride for Li whose stack swung just as much as the style of the game. In the end, he came from behind against Nolan King for the win. Among the players that reached the final table were Diogo Veiga and Konstantin Petrushev who one week prior shipped the PLO Deepstack 8-Handed. Other players seeing the money were numerous bracelet winners that included Connor Drinan, recently minted Patrick Leonard, and Joao Vieira. 

Buy in: US$ 1,500
Entries: 1,390
Prize pool: US$ 1,855,650
ITM: 209 places

Final table payouts in USD

1st	Pei Li	Canada	190,219
2nd	Nolan King	USA	117,545
3rd	Raul Esquivel	USA	85,739
4th	Eemil Tuominen	Finland	63,231
5th	William Gross	USA	47,153
6th	Eric Lescot	Belgium	35,561
7th	Ryan Scully	USA	27,125
8th	Konstantin Angelov	Bulgaria	20,930
9th	Diogo Veiga	Portugal	16,339

Online 7: $500 NL Hold’em Deepstack – SANE CHUNG – US$ 149,729

The seventh online bracelet was offered at the $500 No Limit Hold’em Deepstack where 1,509 jumped in hoping to turn it into gold. It took a lengthy half the clock for a winner to emerge and when it did, it was brutal. USA’s Sane Chung “Ooohwee213” cracked Dylan Smith “Aurelius” pocket Aces with King-Jack straight on the river. Chung shipped his first ever series payout of US$ 149,729 and the coveted bracelet. 

Buy in: US$ 500
Entries: 1,509
Prize pool: US$ 972,900
ITM: 330 places

Final table payouts in USD

1st	Sane Chung “Ooohwee213”	USA	149,729
2nd	Dylan Smith “Aurelius”	Canada	92,523
3rd	Kahlil Francis “dripseason1”	USA	67,519
4th	Kevin Kung “kingkung99”	USA	49,715
5th	Vuong Do “Luckyboy201”	USA	36,970
6th	Nick Schulman “CashUsKlay”	USA	27,728
7th	Jeffrey Ditanna “Goodfellas2”	USA	20,917
8th	Ryan Belz “Lovemy11cats”	USA	15,956
9th	Matthew Pierce “Nibbles99”	USA	12,356

Online 8: $7,777 Lucky 7’s NLH High Roller – HARRY LODGE – US$ 396,366

161 of the world’s top pros, high rollers, and deep-pocketed players forked out the hefty US$ 7,777 buy in at Online 8: Lucky 7’s No Limit Hold’em High Roller. This built a juicy prize pool of US$ 1,468,023 with 30 players shaving a piece. Despite the heavily decorated final table with 12 bracelets among three players, winning it was UK’s Harry Lodge for his first ever series gold and a sizable US$ 396,666 first prize. Lodge has been cashing at the series for the past seven years and clinched it on his 49th payout. This pushed him to nearly US$ 1.2 Million in WSOP earnings. 

Buy in: US$ 7,777
Entries: 161
Prize pool: US$ 1,468,023
ITM: 30 places

Final table payouts in USD

1st	Harry Lodge “timexCNT”	UK	396,666
2nd	Andrew Robl “RobertB14”	USA	231,213
3rd	Daniel Lazrus “DLAZ14”	USA	132,122
4th	David Peters “dpeters17”	USA	102,762
5th	Daniel Negreanu “DNegs”	Canada	88,081
6th	Mike Watson “YagamiLight”	Canada	73,041

Online 9: $1K NLH Online Bracelet Championship – YEVGENIY MINAKRIN – US$ 238,315

The $1K buy in No Limit Hold’em Bracelet Championship drew 994 entries for a prize pool of US$ 1,328,400. USA’s Yevgeniy Minakrin “Kazak132” emerged victorious to capture his first ever WSOP title and gold bracelet. Along with the glory came a WSOP career high score of US$ 238,315. 

Buy in: US$ 1,000
Entries: 994
Prize pool: US$ 1,328,400
ITM: 207 places

Final table payouts in USD

1st	Yevgeniy Minakrin “Kazak132”	USA	238,315
2nd	Drabos Trofimov “luxifer03”	Moldova	147,585
3rd	Luke Martinelli “lewismurray”	Australia	104,811
4th	Matthew McDowell “Muckdat”	USA	75,453
5th	Noel Eicher “CA_MTNeer”	USA	55,129
6th	David Gonzalez “lamyorfather”	USA	40,649
7th	Matthew Davis “MDInvest”	USA	30,553
8th	Houston White “DeadMoney843”	USA	23,114
9th	Jeffery Hoop “Steelvikes7”	USA	17,801

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