David Bach has just scooped a second WSOP gold bracelet for the summer after beating the likes of David Mercier and Daniel Negreanu at the final table of the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship. The player from Athens, Georgia also collected $383,208 in prize money to bring his overall WSOP earnings to over $3.2 million.
It was only ten days ago when Bach took down the $1,500 Dealers Choice tournament. The player boasts one more victory in a H.O.R.S.E tournament. In 2009, he claimed his career first gold bracelet after winning the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Championship. It all shows that the H.O.R.S.E format may be Bach’s lucky one. And winning a mixed-game tournament certainly is a great testament to a player’s diversity and large scope of skills.
The event’s final day kicked off on Saturday at Rio All-Suite Casino with 15 players left out of an initial field of 150. The elite pack of multiple gold bracelet winners, former November Niners, and prominent high rollers was led by Canada’s Daniel Negreanu. The player was going for his bracelet number seven. The gold has eluded him so far this summer, despite him coming very close to claiming it on several occasions.
The field was somewhat quickly reduced to an unofficial final table of nine, comprised of Negreanu, defending champion Jason Mercier, 2016 November Niner Jerry Wong, and three-time WPT Main Event champion Anthony Zinno, among others. Zinno was eventually the unlucky one to set the final table by leaving in 9th place.
Negreanu and Mercier were later on denied the chance to add another gold bracelet to their hefty collections. The players left in sixth and fifth place, respectively.
One-time gold bracelet winner Eric Rodawig was the one to make it to a heads-up match against Bach. Their duel began with Rodawig as the chip leader. However, Bach was not that much behind. Despite his slight disadvantage at the beginning of heads-up play, the eventual champion quickly caught up and took the lead. He never let go of it for the rest of the evening. Bach played methodically, reducing his opponent’s stack.
The final hand was played around 3 am local time on Sunday, with Back raising to 300,000 pre-flop and Rodawig calling during an Omaha Hi-Lo round. A [Qc][Kh][Ac] flop saw Rodawig bet 150,000 and Bach raise to 395,000, forcing his opponent to go all-in. Bach’s [Ah][Jd][9h][8s] thus clashed against Rodawig’s [Jc][9c][9d][3s]. The [5h] on the turn and the [7d] on the river marked the end of the tournament and of Rodawig’s hopes for a second career bracelet, at least for now. Finishing runner-up, the player collected a payout of $236,841.
