The new champion of the record-breaking WSOP Main Event is American professional player Jonathan Tamayo, who defeated amateur Jordan Griff in the final heads-up to take home $10 million.
What has happened in the last few days?
Right off the bat, let's talk about a fresh piece of news that happened just a little while ago. The $3,000 6-Handed PLO tournament had its final day with 844 entries and a prizepool of $2,253,480, where $390,621 awaited the winner. This amount was contested by 17 players on the final day and included names such as Dylan Weisman, Alex Foxen, Ari Engel, Shaun Deeb and Alex Livingston.
Of those names, only Alex Livingston made it to the final table and he was the eventual winner. He added $390,621 to his bankroll and won his second WSOP bracelet.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Livingston | Canada | $390,621 |
| 2 | Francisco Benitez | Uruguay | $260,403 |
| 3 | Martin Zamani | USA | $177,114 |
| 4 | Andrew Watson | USA | $122,746 |
| 5 | Hokyiu Lee | Hong Kong | $86,709 |
| 6 | Christopher Roth | USA | $62,457 |
| 7 | Tolga Demirel | Turkey | $45,892 |
Mike Watson reached the Triple Crown
The name Mike Watson certainly needs no introduction. This Canadian player has been in the poker world since 2006, and in that time he has managed to amass live tournament winnings worth more than $28.2 million. He has EPT, WPT, PGT, Triton and Aussie Millions titles to his name, but the WSOP one is still missing.
He needed that single title to reach the proverbial Triple Crown, which is a title from the EPT, WPT and WSOP. A few days ago, however, Mike finally achieved this feat. It all took place in WSOP Online tournament number 21, which was the $1,000 NLH 6-Max Online Championship with 1,052 entries and a prize pool of $946,800. Mike Watson was the winner of this tournament, pocketing $138,327, plus his first WSOP bracelet.
Scott Seiver battled for his fourth bracelet of the summer
Scott Seiver managed to win no less than three gold bracelets during this edition of the WSOP in Las Vegas. However, that wasn't enough for him and a few days ago he was fighting for his fourth one and if he had won it he would own 8 bracelets in total.
Scott sat at the final table of the hybrid online-live tournament, which started online, but the final table was live at the Horseshoe. That tournament was the $10,000 WSOP Online Championship with 134 entries and a prizepool of $1,279,700. The $330,263 was waiting for the winner here.
Scott Seiver fought his way up to third place here, which was worth $182,214, narrowly missing out on his 8th bracelet. The winner in the end was Daniel Maor.
Scott Seiver currently has 4,403 points in the WSOP Player of the Year table, so he should be the winner. However, we will have to wait for the official results. However, there was a change in second place, where Jeremy Ausmus (3,686 points) has been for a long time. However, he is now in third place. Second place was taken from him by Michael Rocco, who currently has 3.803 points.
| PLACE | NAME | PTS |
| 1 | Scott Seiver | 4,403.85 |
| 2 | Michael Rocco | 3,803.67 |
| 3 | Jeremy Ausmus | 3,686.60 |
| 4 | Xixiang Luo | 3,480.93 |
| 5 | Chance Kornuth | 3,379.99 |
| 6 | David Prociak | 3,274.87 |
| 7 | John Racener | 3,137.59 |
| 8 | Chris Hunichen | 3,094.85 |
| 9 | Yuri Dzivielevski | 3,033.64 |
| 10 | Phil Ivey | 3,004.04 |
Source - wsop, pokernews, poker.org