Italian poker pro Max Pescatori has just won the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship to collect his fourth career WSOP bracelet and the amount of $292,158. About two weeks ago, the player also topped the field of the $1,500 Razz event for $155,947. Thus, he became the second player to capture two bracelets this year.
The $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship attracted 111 entries who created a prize pool of $1,043,400. The top 16 finishers were paid, with the payouts starting from $18,426.
Aside from Pescatori, the eight-handed final table featured two former bracelet winners with poker legend Daniel Negreanu being one of those. Yet, Negreanu was prevented from winning his seventh piece of WSOP jewelry. Australian Gary Benson was the other bracelet winner at the final table.
British poker pro Stephen Chidwick turned out to be Pescatori’s last obstacle before capturing the title. The heads-up play began with Chidwick holding 3 to 2 chip advantage. However, Pescatori managed to catch up and eventually capture the title.
On what turned out to be the last hand in play, Chidwick showed [8d] and his opponent showed [10c]. The British player made two bets and the Italian made three bets. Eventually, Chidwick went all-in on sixth street.
The cards were dealt and Chidwick had [Kc][Jc] for a pair of kings. Pescatori, on the other hand, could only turn over [Ks][10d] for a pair of tens. On seventh street, the British pulled [As] and the Italian pulled [10h] for three of a kind to capture his fourth WSOP bracelet and the amount of $292,158 of the entire prize pool.
As for Chidwick, he was paid $180,529 for his runner-up finish. This was his 33th WSOP cash and the player has collected more than $1.5 million in career WSOP earnings.
Daniel Negreanu could not capture the coveted seventh piece of WSOP jewelry but finished 3th in the event. He scooped the amount of $113,062 of the prize pool. Up to now, the player has won a little less than $15 million from various WSOP events.
Russian poker pro Aleksandr Denisov took 4th place for $81,865. Former bracelet winner Gary Benson finished 5th to capture the amount of $63,981. The player has cashed in a total of 18 WSOP events.
Thomas Butzhammer from Vienna, Austria received $51,022 for his 6th place. Richard Sklar from Las Vegas collected $41,433 for finishing 7th in the event. Rounding up the official final table, Alan Ledford from Wilmington, Ohio scooped his first WSOP cash of $34,192.
