Our Big Winners of the Week feature has become so wildly popular that we were in a quandary when the World Series hit, because at the WSOP every win is big, right? But fear not — your friendly poker journos at CardsChat News are expanding the franchise to bring you a quick-and-easy rundown of all the players who took home gold. There were 14 this past week — consisting of a few familiar faces, a couple newbies, and some rising stars: The final table of the WSOP Ladies event, won Thursday by Lara Eisenberg (in mask and hoodie). (Image: Chris Wallace/CardsChat) Harvey Mathews
$3,000 NLH Freezeout
$371,914
The Michigander whittled his way through a 720-player field, then ran hot when it counted at the final table to book his first bracelet win. Rafael Lebron
$1,500 7-Card Stud
$82,262
With only 261 entries, this tourney took only four hours to play, which allowed Lebron to take his second bracelet by beating the likes of Chicago musician Steve Albini and Las Vegas WSOP heroes Shaun Deeb and David Williams. Bradley Jansen
$1,500 6-Handed NLH
$313,403
The Wisconsin lawyer with three WSOP cashes and a WSOP Circuit ring had to overcome a 70:30 chip disadvantage and hit a runner-runner straight on the final hand to knock out Frenchman Jeremy Malod in the popular short-handed event that drew 1,450 entries. John Monnette
$10K Limit Hold’em $245,680 The Californian picked up his 4th WSOP bracelet in a limit event that attracted 92 runners, including several tough pros (John Racener, Jason Somerville, Terrence Chan) and a formidable mathematician at the final table. Daniel Lazrus $1,500 Millionaire Maker $1,000,000 Lazrus, from Long Beach, New York, outlasted a field of 5,330 to claim the guaranteed million bucks and his second WSOP bracelet of 2021, the first coming in the summer online bracelet series. Vladimir Peck $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball $134,390 Peck made his second WSOP final table count by picking his spots and outlasting 252 entrants to win his first bracelet. Anthony Zinno $10K 7-Card […]
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