The bracelet battle in Vegas has already moved beyond the limit of 25 completed bracelet events, from which a number of jewels went into the hands of multiple champions. One of the last was just a few days ago Josh Arieh, a good friend of Shaun Deeb, who by winning the $10k Limit Hold'em matched his friend's number of bracelets to the number 5. And Deeb couldn't just leave it like that, resulting in a fresh win!
Shaun Deeb became the champion of event #27: $1,500 Eight Game Mix after one of the most intensive final hands in recent history, taking $198,854 and his sixth WSOP bracelet and joining elite group of players such as Daniel Negreanu, Layne Flack or Chris Fergusson. Deeb made a joke with his friend Josh Arieh, that he will get to number six before him or would retire. Well, it safe to say now that Shaun is the man of his word.
“It was only, what, four days ago, three days ago, I don’t even remember,” Deeb said about his wager with Arieh. “Battling with your friends is so much fun. The camaraderie. Me and Josh are family men the rest of the year. So we come out here, we have fun, we bullshit, we see each other, we’re talking trash all the time in our group chat. When he won five, it definitely lit a fire.”
The long, 12-year wait for a valuable bracelet is over for Ben Lamb, who excelled in the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Championship event. Among the 212 entries, Erik Seidel, who ended up in 4th place in the tournament ($150,445), kept his hopes for a record 10th bracelet alive for a long time. The bracelet, along with $492,795 in prize money, went to Ben Lamb, who after a few unsuccessful appearances at the final tables finally won his second bracelet after 12 years!
The name that is being thrown around more and more in recent days is Leon Sturm. Only a 22-year-old German professional won his bracelet in a packed $50,000 High Roller event, where he dealt with names like Seth Davies, Alex Foxen and Justin Bonomo at the final table. He was rewarded with a bracelet and a massive $1,546,024.
The German qualified for this tournament online for $5,000, but now that we've crossed over into the internet waters, here's another reason to applaud. Just 6 days prior to this feat, Sturm won the GGPoker $uper Million$ event for a massive $1,518,400, which means he won over $3 million in total over the course of the week!
Source: PokerNews, YouTube, WSOP, PokerStrategy
