The WSOP Ladies Event saw Lara Eisenberg (pictured above) emerge victorious on Thursday, defeating Debora Burke in a hard-fought heads-up encounter. [Image: Flickr.com] Big names scoop bracelets during Week 2
If the WSOP came alight at the end of its first week, it was ablaze by the end of its second.
Phil Hellmuth might not have started any literal fires, but his incandescent, f-bomb-laden tirades during the $10K Stud final table certainly raised the temperature in the Rio. His third final table in a week momentarily put ‘The Poker Brat’ into third place on the WSOP Player of the Year Leaderboard, behind Jason Koon and Ari Engel, who both won bracelets in Week 1.
The $10K Stud event was eventually won by three-time WPT champion Ant Zinno, a result which doubles his bracelet count. During a jam-packed, action-filled week of poker, John Monnette won his fourth bracelet, Ryan Leng won his second, and there were firs- bracelet wins for WPT Five Diamond champion Dylan Linde and Hollywood Poker Open champion Dejuante Alexander.
The Ladies Event turned out 644 combatants, boiling down to a final table that included the talented player, presenter, and comedienne Marle Cordeiro and veteran JJ Liu. The event was ultimately won by Lara Eisenberg. The biggest result of the week came in the Millionaire Maker as Daniel Lazrus outlasted 5,329 other players to take home the first seven-figure payday of the fall. Burning down the house
It all began with a lot of hype and excitement as Hellmuth came into the $10K Stud final table with the chip lead. His last victory at the series was in 2018 in the $5,000 No Limit Hold ‘Em Turbo Event. Since then, there have been six final tables, including two that week. This was undoubtedly a great shot at bracelet #16.
A couple of hours in, the wheels began to come off for ‘The Poker Brat’, who became increasingly frustrated with the run-outs. Eventually, the classic, idiosyncratic Hellmuth swearing spilled over into an all-out tirade. At one point he said: “I think I’m gonna burn this f**king place down if I […]
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