John Hennigan or “Johnny World” Hennigan, as he is better known in the poker world, has just scooped his WSOP gold bracelet number four after winning the 2016 WSOP $10,000 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit) Championship. The Las Vegas resident also collected $320,103, one of the biggest cashes in his tournament career.
Hennigan is a long-time poker pro, known for playing in both cash games and tournaments. As mentioned above, he has previously won three gold bracelets. He captured his first gold piece for winning a Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split event in 2002. The player was awarded his second bracelet two years later for besting the field of a Limit Hold’em tournament. What could be described as his most prestigious title was his triumph in the 2014 WSOP $50,000 Poker Players Championship.
Of his latest victory, Hennigan said that he was not particularly happy with the way he played throughout the tournament and attributed his eventual triumph mainly to luck. No matter whether he won the tournament due to a great amount of luck or due to his indisputable poker skills, it is a fact that Hennigan emerged victorious over some of the world’s best poker players.
The 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit) Championship took three days of play for a winner to be determined. As many as 125 entries took part and contended for a share of the $1,175,000 prize pool. Eventually, the top 19 finishers were paid.
Hennigan came into a final table comprised of several other multiple gold bracelet winners looking to add another gold piece to their collection. Belgian Micheal Gathy, who won his career third gold bracelet mere days ago, was among the final table headliners. In fact, the Belgian was the one whom Hennigan faced heads-up.
Two-handed match started with the US player holding almost three times more chips than his last remaining opponent. Gathy proved to be a real challenge for Hennigan. The latter needed around 90 minutes to finish off the Belgian poker pro.
On what turned out to be the final hand in play, Hennigan raised from the button and Gathy moved all in for his last 125,000. The two players drew three cards each on the first draw. On the second draw, Gathy took one card and his opponent took two.
On the third draw, Gathy took one and Hennigan stood pat. Eventually, Hennigan turned [Jx][6x][4x][3x][2x] against the Belgian’s [7x][6x][4x][2x][4x]. Pairing his four, the latter had to settle for the runner-up finish and the consolation prize of $197,838 coming with it.
Two-time gold bracelet winner JC Tran from Sacramento, California took 3rd place in the event for $142,547. Chris Klodnicki from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania finished 4th for $102,910. Russian Viacheslav Zhukov collected $74,439 for taking 5th place.
Abe Mosseri from Longboat Key, Florida took 6th place for a payout of $53,951. Brant Hale from Moore, Oklahoma finished 7th, good for $39,179. Scot Abrams from Henderson, Nevada rounded out the official eight-handed final table, scooping $39,179 of the entire prize pool.
