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Written by Marcus | Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
Last Thursday closed out a 14-hour Day 3 in Event #21 $3,000 HORSE with 452 registered players and a $1.2+ million prize pool. The final 90+ minutes saw a heads-up battle between Zac Fellows and James Van Alstyne, in which Fellows ultimately emerged the champion, almost doubling his lifetime tournament winnings in one $311K+ win and his first gold WSOP bracelet just after 2:00 a.m. Van Alstyne cashed out in second place with more than $190K.
Then on Friday, the culmination of Event #22 came to a head as the No-Limit Hold ‘em Shootout tournament dwindled 1,000 entrants down to one. Jeffrey Carris won his first WSOP bracelet after nine hours and taking out Jason Somerville, who landed second place. The $1,500 buy-in produced a $1,365,000 prize pool and the 22nd WSOP bracelet awarded this year.
Carris commented after his win, “Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would win this. I don’t usually play tournaments, but I should probably start.” He continued, “I don’t even know what to say, this is unbelievable. I didn’t think I even had a chance to win this.”
Margolis had taken third place and $124,158, but not before knocking Brandon Wong out in sixth place with a nearly $40K payday, making that Wong’s 12th WSOP cash. Chris Moore went out in fourth place, followed by Joseph Cutler, who was eliminated in fifth place.
Also closing out on Friday night was Event #23, the World Championship No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball with a $10,000 and a prize pool of more than $900,000. Ninety-six players had entered, but by the end of Day 3, only Nick Schulman, holder of two World Poker Tour titles, earned his first WSOP bracelet. The 24-year-old live and online high-stakes sensation already had more than $3.8 million in tournament wins throughout his career.
Second place went to Finnish player, Ville Wahlbeck, who is otherwise tearing up the 2009 WSOP POY race, with four cashes this year in four different $10,000 events, three of those final table places, and winner of the $10,000 World Championship Mixed Event #12. Close behind in the POY race is Phil Ivey in second place and John Brock Parker in third place. Both Brock and Ivey have won two bracelets each this year already. Daniel Negreanu is in sixth for the Player of the Year running.
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