Day 20 of the 2023 World Series of Poker at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas occurred on June 18. Three events awarded their respective bracelet, while another trio of bracelet-awarding events nudged closer to dishing out theirs.
The first bracelet of the day went to “suited_h13” in Online Event #6: $500 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo. It took a little over six hours for the 1,203-strong field to be reduced to only one player, the tournament’s champion. “suited_h13” took home $134,527 for their efforts, which is an incredible hourly rate!
Chris Brewer reeled in the largest score by far of the series so far, a whopping $5,293,556. Brewer came out on top of the $250,000 Super High Roller, captured his maiden bracelet and denied Artur Martirosian his first piece of poker hardware. Brewer now has more than $15 million in live poker tournament earnings.
Bracelet number three came from the second online event of the day, the $500 PLO 6-Handed, and it was Joe Serock who got their hands on it. They outlasted 601 opponents, including Millard Hale heads-up, to become a WSOP champion for the first time. Oh, and they raked in $93,911 for their efforts.
Big O Reaches Day 3 With 18 Players; Chan in the Mix
Poker legend Johnny Chan has a realistic shot of becoming only the second player in history to win more than ten bracelets because he is still in the mix in Event #41: $1,500 Big O with only 18 players remaining.
Chan currently has ten WSOP bracelets on his resume, the two-time WSOP Main Event champion has not added to his collection since 2005. Could all that change on June 19 when he returns to the action 12th in chips?
Plenty of talented players stand between Chan and his 11th bracelet. They include Victor Ramdin (3,495,000), Bjorn Verbakel (3,090,000), Adam Owen (2,705,000), Robert Williamson III (2,700,000), and Owais Ahmed (2,225,000).
Play resumes at 1:00 p.m. local time on June 19, and continues until a champion is crowned. Will Chan be that champion? Tune into PokerNews to find out.
Event #41: $1,500 Big O Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gary Gwinn | United States | 4,570,000 | 76 |
| 2 | Victor Ramdin | United States | 3,495,000 | 58 |
| 3 | Scott Abrams | United States | 3,200,000 | 53 |
| 4 | Bjorn Verbakel | Netherlands | 3,000,000 | 50 |
| 5 | William Haffner | United States | 2,805,000 | 47 |
| 6 | Adam Owen | United Kingdom | 2,705,000 | 45 |
| 7 | Robert Williamson III | United States | 2,700,000 | 45 |
| 8 | Xu Zhu | United States | 2,410,000 | 40 |
| 9 | Owais Ahmed | United States | 2,250,000 | 38 |
| 10 | Billy Ward | United States | 1,980,000 | 33 |
