WSOP 2017: Jagdeep Singh Finishes 9th in Event 64 For $20,181; Alexandru Papazian, Rulah Divine, Sebastian Langrock & Shai Zurr Win Bracelets

WSOP 2017
  • Profile picture
  • PG News July 6, 2017
  • 4 Minutes Read

Like a tornado, WSOP has swept the world of poker into its tumultuous passion, with some making the bracelet and all having made the dream of attending the global festival come true! Because, though wins in WSOP matter, the real thing that counts is having stood up there amongst the best and tried one’s best. Now approaching its final throes of excitement, the WSOP countdown has now begun with the Main Event close by. Team India is hard at work and busy making inroads at various events at the series making deep runs and continuing with the list of cashes.

Headlining this report is Jagdeep Singh who made his first final table at WSOP in Event 64 and finished ninth, pocketing $20,181 in prize money. Raghav Bansal was the other Indian who cashed with a 47th place finish for $4,785

A large number of our Indian challengers participated in the record-breaking $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed event and quite a few among them finished in the money among the humungous 8,120-entry field. Amit Jain cashed in the event finishing in 82nd place for $5,637, Shashank Jain finished 248th for $4,156. Aditya Sushant was looking for another deep run and finished 685th place to win $1,742 and Samay Parikh finished 1,113th pocketing $1,332.

Sushant also finished 256th in Event 63 for $1,500 and made it in the money in Event 65 finishing 159th for $1,573.

Dhaval Mudgal finished 124th in Event 65 cashing $1,804.

Meanwhile, another exciting side event running alongside WSOP i.e. WPT500 Aria Las Vegas is also now in the books and saw a splendid performance by our Indian challengers. Nikita Luther and Nipun Java both final tabled the event with Luther finishing fifth for $65,000 while Java exited the final table in seventh place banking $35,000. Kunal Patni, Sumit Sapra, Dushyant Shekhawat and Vinod Megalmani all made a deep run in the event.

 

Event #60: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed

The $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed event saw a total of four starting flights taking the total count to a record 8,120 entries, far surpassing last year’s 6,761 player count.

Besting the huge field was Alexandru Papazian who secured the first World Series of Poker bracelet for Romania. Papazian defeated Germany’s Kilian Kramer to take home the first-place prize of $888,888.

With his win, Papazian is now the all-time money leader of Romania, overtaking longtime leader Mihai Manole.

Indian challengers including Amit Jain, first Indian bracelet winner Aditya Sushant, Shashank Jain and Samay Parikh all managed to cash in the event. Jain finished in 82nd place for $5,637 while Shashank took 248th place for $4,156. Sushant exited the event at 685th place with $1,742 and Parikh was one of the early bust outs in the money making $1,332 for his 1,113th finish.

Amit Jain
Amit Jain

Final Table Recap

The final nine included some of the top European players but the only two-time bracelet winner among them was Nevada’s own Ben Yu. Unfortunately for Yu, he couldn’t find any luck and was the first one out.

The next casualty was seen after two levels when eventual champion Papazian knocked out Guillaume Diaz in eighth place.

Papazian’s next victim was Michael Tureniec who departed in seventh place and Papazian seemed to be steamrolling over the final table as he took the next elimination in countryman Vlad Darie.

Two hands later, Papazian added yet another elimination to his list of victims in James Cappucci, who laddered several pay jumps despite being short for a long time and eventually fifth for $193,888.

Papazian’s hot streak continued with the elimination of Ioannis Angelou Konstas in fourth place and down to three-handed, Papazian had 80% of the chips in play.

The heads-up battle got set after the elimination of Harry Lodge and both players quickly agreed to wrap up the night and return the next day.

Coming back on the last day, Kramer lost a big hand that left him crippled and he shoved his short stack in the very next hand with six-nine. Papazian called off with king-nine and flopped top two pair and it was all over.

Alexandru Papazian
Alexandru Papazian

Final Table Results

1. Alexandru Papazian – $888,888

2. Kilian Kramer – $463,888

3. Harry Lodge – $344,888

4. Ioannis Angelou Konstas – $257,888

5. James Cappucci – $193,888

6. Vlad Darie – $146,888

7. Michael Tureniec – $112,888

8. Guillaume Diaz – $86,888

 

Event #63: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em

There $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em event drew 1,750 hopefuls and outlasting them all was Rulah Divine who captured his first bracelet along with $262,501 in prize money. Making the victory even sweeter for Divine was the fact that he got into the event through a $60 satellite.

Aditya Sushant managed to cash in the event pocketing $1,500 for his 256th place finish.

Aditya Sushant
Aditya Sushant

Final Table Recap

The official final table commenced after the elimination of Andy Frankenberger in 10th place who was then followed by Jeffery Silverstein at ninth place.

Action slowed down a bit at this point until Eddy Sabat exited the event in eighth place followed by the short-stacked Fabio Felice Cudia.

John Monnette was the next elimination followed by Ryan Hughes who was railed in fifth place.

Divine got a rush of cards at this point when he eliminated Yunsheng Sun at fourth place and found his next victim in Michael Amato to set up the heads-up battle against Patrick Truong.

Heads-up battle was a short affair lasting just over 20 hands and saw Truong settling for runners-up spot when his two pair couldn’t beat a better two pair of Divine.

Rulah Divine
Rulah Divine

Final Table Results

1. Rulah Divine – $262,501

2. Patrick Truong – $162,170

3. Michael Amato – $116,940

4. Yunsheng Sun – $85,226

5. Ryan Hughes – $62,785

6. John Monnette – $46,758

7. Fabio Felice Cudia – $35,207

8. Eddy Sabat – $26,806

9. Jeffrey Silverstein – $20,640

 

Event #64: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Mix

This $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Mix event attracted a total of 1,056 entries with the top 159 finishers making in the money. Besting the field was Sebastian Langrock who won the WSOP gold and $268,555 in prize money.

Langrock defeated a worthy opponent in WSOP bracelet winner Ryan Laplante, eliminating him in 22 hands once heads-up play began.

The money bubble burst on the last hand of the night on Day 1, sending 158 players on to Day 2.

A few notables who managed to make it in the money were Connor Drinan (12th place – $15,749), Chris Moorman (17th place – $8,137), Juha Helppi (28th place – $6,718), Bryce Yockey (39th place – $5,628), Matt Affleck (48th place – $4,785), Carlos Mortensen (126th place – $2,374), and the defending champion Loren Klein (137th place – $2,293).

A few who missed the money mark included Andy Spears, Jessica Dawley, Ismael Bojang, Owais Ahmed, Ari Engel, Upeshka De Silva, David Peters, Barry Greenstein, Kristen Bicknell and Maria Ho.

Delhi’s NLHE and PLO grinder Jagdeep Singh was in thick of action at the event and managed to make his first WSOP final table, but unfortunately, he was the first to fall in ninth place and collected $20,181 for his efforts.

Another top pick for picking up a bracelet from India Raghav Bansal also managed to cash $4,785 in the event from his 47th place finish.

Raghav Bansal
Raghav Bansal

Final Table Recap

The unofficial final table of nine came together after the elimination of Mark Radoja in 10th place who was looking to get his third bracelet.

Just 20 short minutes later Jagdeep Singh’s tournament life ended in ninth place. Singh’s set of kings couldn’t hold against Shannon Shorr who rivered a straight.

Jagdeep Singh
Jagdeep Singh

Remaining players then moved to another poker room to play down to a winner and after 26 hands Fernando Brito found himself leaving his seat at eighth place.

It took another 50 hands for the next elimination to take place i.e. Jerry Callahan who fell in seventh place followed by short stacked Canadian player Zahir Gilani who joined the rail in the very next hand in sixth place in his first-ever WSOP event.

In the fourth hand after dinner break, Shannon Shorr exited the event in fifth place followed by Esther ‘Etay’ Taylor who joined the rail in fourth place.

Three-handed play lasted about 30 hands, but it was eventually France`s Victor Choupeaux who became the next casualty setting up the short heads-up battle with Langrock eventually sealing the title.

Sebastian Langrock
Sebastian Langrock

Final Table Results

1. Sebastian Langrock – $268,555

2. Ryan Laplante – $165,983

3. Victor Choupeaux – $118,190

4. Esther Taylor – $85,225

5. Shannon Shorr – $62,242

6. Zahir Gilani – $46,048

7. Jerry Callahan – $34,515

8. Fernando Brito – $26,216

9. Jagdeep Singh – $20,181

 

Event #65: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em (30 Minute Levels)

The next event saw Israel taking down its second bracelet of the summer as Shai Zurr outlasted the 1,413 contenders of $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em (30 Minute Levels) pocketing $223,241 and the first WSOP gold bracelet of his career.

The short levels of the event already promised fast paced action and in record five hours, the 27-player field was dwindled to one. The day started off with a terrific pace of eliminations as at least eight players hit the rail in the first half hour!

Team India was in thick of action too at the event scoring two cashes. Dhaval Mudgal finished 124th cashing $1,804 for his efforts and India’s first bracelet winner Aditya Sushant exited the event in 159th place pocketing $1,573.

Dhaval Mudgal
Dhaval Mudgal

Start-of-day chip leader Dylan Linde finished in 11th place followed by David Valcourt who missed out on the official final table.

 

Final Table Recap

Joseph Liberta was the first one out followed by retired Navy hero John Brown who exited in eighth place.

Aaron Hirst was down to 1.5 big blind and was the next to hit the rail and soon to follow him was Phong Nguyen who went out at sixth place.

Erick But was the next casualty of the table in fifth place followed by Jonathan McCann who was short throughout the final table but laddered several pay jumps to finally finish fourth.

Alex Foxen was one of the highlights on the final day. With relentless aggression, he got himself to the top of the standings and kept raising and re-raising during the day but eventually settled in third place.

Heads-up play lasted just seven hands before it all ended with Zurr capturing the second bracelet for his country and was swamped by his ecstatic rail after his win.

Shai Zurr
Shai Zurr

Final Table Results

1. Shai Zurr – $223,241

2. Ognjen Sekularac – $137,909

3. Alex Foxen – $98,761

4. Jonathan McCann – $71,540

5. Erick But – $52,424

6. Phong Nguyen – $38,869

7. Aaron Hirst – $29,162

8. John Brown – $23,143

9. Joseph Liberta – $17,019

Keep following the latest updates from WSOP 2017 right here on PokerGuru!

0 0 votes
Article Rating
Subscribe
Notify of
0 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments

Top Online Poker Rooms

Top
PokerGuru