Chris Bolek has taken down the World Series of Poker 2017 Event 50, $1,500 No-Limit Hold’Em Bounty for his first bracelet and a $266,646 pay-check.
Bolek outplayed a field of 1,927, ultimately defeating Bryan Emory heads-up for the title.
Final Table Results were:
1 Chris Bolek – $266,646
2 Bryan Emory – $164,735
3 James Gilbert – $119,479
4 Tobias Peters – $87,516
5 Zhaoxing Wang – $64,746
6 Govert Metaal – $48,386
7 Thomas Lutz – $36,530
8 Richard Dubini – $27,865
9 Dan Sindelar – $21,477
Max Silver also claimed his first WSOP gold bracelet when he emerged on top of a 256 field in Event 53, the $3,000 Limit Holde’Em 6-Max.
Silver’s $172.645 payday takes him over the $1 million mark in lifetime WSOP earnings.
“I’ve had several nice scores, but this, this is just amazing,” Silver said on his win.
Final-Table Payouts were:
1 Max Silver, $172,645
2 Guowei Zhang, $106,694
3 Mickey Craft, $69,789
4 Lena Wang, $46,871
5 Ayman Qutami, $32,345
6 Georgios Kapalas, $22,952
Mohsin Charania also burnished an already impressive reputation, adding a maiden WSOP gold bracelet and $364,438 to career earnings that now approach $6 million.
The US poker pro completed a Poker Triple Crown (only the sixth player in history to do so) by emerging victorious from event 52, a $1,500 buy-in NLHE competition that saw him pitched against equally talented and experienced countryman Cary Katz in the heads up.
Entering the heads up with a significant chip advantage, Charania adopted an aggressive strategy and dominated play, wearing Katz down before sending him home with the runner up prize of $364,438.
Other final table pay-outs included:
Brandon Ageloff $161,844
Andy Frankenberger $117,611
Mikhail Rudoy $86,424
Samuel Phillips $64,226
Ian Steinman $48,276
Yanki Koppel $36,708
Milan Simko $28,239