Final Two Battle for Event #26: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack Title
The battle for the latest 2023 World Series of Poker gold bracelet continues in Event #26: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack, as Matthew Elsby and Renji Mao need an extra day to crown a champion.
The massive field of 4,747 entries was down to 339 players to begin Day 2, but 43 levels of play were not yet enough to reach a conclusion at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
Elsby entered the final table as the chip leader, only to see Mao take the lead by the time the tournament was down to six. Elsby recovered before play finished for the night, and is returning today with 118,900,000 chips to Mao's 71,100,000. At stake is the first-place prize of $402,588, along with the WSOP hardware.
Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $402,588 | ||
| 2 | $248,833 | ||
| 3 | Anthony Potis | United States | $186,250 |
| 4 | JJ Liu | Taiwan | $140,442 |
| 5 | Ta-Wei Tou | Taiwan | $106,693 |
| 6 | Qiwen Chen | China | $81,666 |
| 7 | Jesse Rosen | South Africa | $62,984 |
| 8 | Vito Branciforte | Italy | $48,947 |
| 9 | Michael Younan | United States | $38,332 |
Mao has already secured the largest prize of his career and best WSOP result, easily surpassing the sum of his nine previous WSOP cashes. As for Elsby, the American pro is in great position to earn his second career bracelet, after taking down the $3,000 Limit Hold'em Six Handed event in 2015.
The added day will begin at 12:00 p.m. local time, with play restarting on Level 44 and blinds at 2,000,000/4,000,000 with a 4,000,000 big blind ante.
The PokerNews team will be at the feature table for heads-up action, along with all of the WSOP events in Las Vegas.