The summer leg of this year’s WSOP edition is nearing its end with only a few bracelets left for grabs. The $25,000 High-Roller Pot-Limit Omaha or Event #60 on the schedule has just been completed with three-time WPT Main Event winner Anthony Zinno emerging victorious over its field to capture his first-ever gold bracelet and the amount of $1,122,196, his largest live cash so far.
The four-day event attracted a total of 175 entries who created a prize pool of $4,156,250. Only the first 24 finishers scooped a share of the money, with the payouts starting from $40,357.
Although the event’s nine-handed final table featured only one former WSOP bracelet holder – Shaun Deeb, it could be said that Zinno had really tough opponents. The eventual champion faced Pakinai Lisawad from Thailand in a heads-up duel, which lasted a little less than an hour. It began with Zinno holding 8,950,000 chips against his opponent’s 4,175,000. Lisawad never managed to catch up and had to content himself with the runner-up finish.
On what turned out to be the last hand in play, the Thai player raised to 300,000 and called all-in after Zinno raised to about 800,000. Lisawad tabled [Kh][7h][Js][3s] against Zinno’s [Ac][Ah][Qd][10d]. The dealer turned [3c][5c][4s][7c][Ad] and thus, secured the eventual champion with a set. Lisawad added $693,553 to his poker bankroll for finishing 2nd in the event.
As for Zinno, he scooped the amount of $1,122,196, one of the largest money prizes awarded in this year’s edition of the Series. This was his 12th WSOP cash and after his latest victory, the player’s WSOP winnings amount to a little less than $2 million. It is also important to note that this summer, Zinno cashed in four other Series events, making final tables at all of them.
And here are the rest of the players who made it to the final table and collected their portion of the considerable prize pool:
Christian Usterud from Norway took 3rd place to capture the amount of $456,522, his first-ever WSOP cash. Christian Harder from Annapolis, Maryland finished 4th for $332,998, which was his 31st Series cash.
Finnish player Juha Helppi captured $247,754 for taking 5th place in the event. Ismael Bojang from Austria finished 6th to receive a $187,571 payout. He has cashed in a total of 29 events since the beginning of the 2012 WSOP, thus scoring more in-the-money finishes than any other player has ever done within that time span.
Russian Alexander Kostritsyn took 7th place for $144,305. One-time bracelet winner Shaun Deeb from Troy, New York finished 8th to scoop $112,675. The player captured his first title earlier in this year’s Series.
Rounding out the final table, Christopher Santora from East Amherst, New York received $89,234.
