Quatre Français se sont glissés dans les 93 places payées de l'Event #24 WSOP à 1500$ l'entrée disputé en Limit qui s'est terminé dans la nuit de mercredi à jeudi par la victoire de Shane Buchwald.
C'est la 3e place payée du festival pour Alexandre Luneau. Le team Pro Winamax n'a scoré que sur des tournois de variantes, tout comme Paul-François Tedeschi qui signe lui son 2e ITM. Adrian Allain ouvre lui son compteur pour l'été tandis que le revenant Otto Richard réalise lui sa première ligne Hendon Mob de 2017.
Shane Buchwald remporte son premier bracelet World Series of Poker et 177,985$ sur un field de 616 joueurs. Il capture un peu par hasard la plus grosse partie du prizepool de 831,600$. Malgré une table finale sans vainqueur WSOP, Buchwald s'est montré surpris par sa victoire. "C'est dur à croire", explique celui qui n'avait pas planifié de jouer ce tournoi.
"J'habite au sud du Brésil et je me suis enregistré dans le tournoi après 24 heures de vol. Je suis venu avec un pote qui est un régulier en Limit et il voulait absolument faire ce tournoi. A la fin du 4e niveau je dormais sur la table", poursuit le vainqueur qui disputait son premier tournoi WSOP. "J'ai monté un gros tapis et j'ai eu un run vraiment, vraiment fou !"
Place
Name
Prize
1
Shane Buchwald
$177,985
2
Venkata "Sandy" Tayi
$109,968
3
Ray Henson
$75,780
4
Shane Fumerton
$53,102
5
Nancy Nguyen
$37,850
6
Hod Berman
$27,449
7
Kevin Lizak
$20,261
8
Mark Bassaly
$15,225
9
Tung Tran
$11,652
Présent au début du Jour 3 à 15 left, le triple vainqueur WSOP Barry Greenstein a terminé 11e pour un gain d'un peu plus de 9000$. Buchwald n'avait commencé qu'avec le 5e tapis et ne s'est porté en tête du tournoi qu'en fin de finale. Il a remporté les 6 mains du duel final face à Venkata "Sandy" Tayi et éliminé Ray Henson qui complète le podium.
Buchwald s'est aussi chargé de Shane Fumerton (4e) pour une fin de tournoi en forme de rêve. A l'aise en head's up Limit, le vainqueur n'avait jamais joué à cette variante en table pleine : "En Limit il faut prendre des décisions marginales mais vous ne pouvez pas faire d'énormes erreurs. J'ai essayé de toujours avoir 10 big bets et j'étais juste heureux de me maintenir dans cette zone".
"Je viens de m'inscrire à une école de cuisine, j'essaye de sortir du poker. [...] Je suis plutôt content de mon 100% de victoire sur les tournois WSOP, c'est génial. Peut être que je ne jouerais plus jamais", a conclu le champion de l'Event #24
Les Français in the money
42 Paul-François Tedeschi FR $3,505
44 Adrien Allain FR $3,505
48 Alex Luneau FR $3,080
72 Otto Richard FR $2,537
Hand #159: Shane Buchwald raised, and Sandy Tayi called with half of his chips in the pot. He got his remaining chips in with against the of Buchwald.
The board ran out , and Tayi was eliminated in second place. Buchwald won his first-ever World Series of Poker bracelet and $177,985. Meanwhile, Tayi collected $109,968 for his second-place finish.
Shane Fumerton raised. Shane Buchwald called. Ray Henson three-bet, and Sandy Tayi called. Fumerton then four-bet all in for 150,000. Buchwald called before Henson re-raised to 190,000. Tayi and Buchwald both called.
With Fumerton all in, the three remaining players saw a flop of . Henson bet, and the other two players both called.
The turn was the , and Henson checked to Tayi who bet. Both opponents called.
The three players checked the on the river, and the hands were shown. Buchwald showed for both a straight and a flush. Henson mucked his hand, and Tayi flashed before it, too, joined it in the muck.
Fumerton showed and was eliminated, taking home $53,102 for his 4th place finish.
Hand #53: Kevin Lizak raised. It folded to Mark Bassaly who three-bet. Lizak raised and Bassaly got the rest of his stack in. Lizak called.
Bassaly:
Lizak:
The flop was and Bassaly's boisterous rail (pictured below) shouted, "No diamond!" The crowd half-cheered, half-oooh'd when the came on the turn. The river was the , giving Lizak trip tens and eliciting a, "Jesus," from tablemate Shane Fumerton.
Bassaly took home $15,225 for his eighth-place finish.
Hand #22: Shane Buchwald raised from early position. Nancy Nguyen called in the small blind and Tung Tran defended his big blind.
The flop came . Nguyen checked and Tran bet. Buchwald raised, Nguyen folded, and the remaining two pairs got the rest of Tran's stack in the middle.
Tran:
Buchwald:
Tran had flopped a set of eights, but Buchwald had flush outs, and the on the turn was one of them. Tran needed the board to pair but the river was the , meaning he exited in ninth place for $11,652.
Nancy Nguyen won three hands in a row and, on the last hand, eliminated Ray Pulford with ace-high.
She played a hand to the river against Kevin Lizak, which she also won with ace-high and then two hands later she would four-bet Mark Bassaly after an opening raise from Ray Pulford.
Pulford got all in preflop and Bassaly and Nguyen were heads up for the side pot.
The flop came and Bassaly check-called a bet from Nguyen. The action repeated on the turn when the paired the board and both players checked the river when the came.
All players had ace-high. Pulford , Bassaly, , and Nguyen . Nguyen won with ace-king high and eliminated Pulford. She also cracked 1 million chips with that pot.
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against the 
of Buchwald.
, and Tayi was eliminated in second place. Buchwald won his first-ever World Series of Poker bracelet and $177,985. Meanwhile, Tayi collected $109,968 for his second-place finish.
, and Henson bet. Buchwald raised, and the pair proceeded to get the rest of Henson's stack into the middle.
and the river the 
. Henson bet, and the other two players both called.
on the river, and the hands were shown. Buchwald showed 
before it, too, joined it in the muck.
and was eliminated, taking home $53,102 for his 4th place finish.
. It checked to Tayi, who bet. Fumerton folded, Nguyen raised, and Tayi called.
. Nguyen bet, and Tayi called. The river was the 
. Nguyen could only show 
, and the start of day chip-leader was eliminated in fifth place.
and Berman went to bet all in. Tayi put 50,000 out to call, but Berman wasn't quite all in.
river and the cards were turned over. Tayi showed 
for two pairs and Berman showed 
and was eliminated.
and Lizak got his remaining 9,000 in the pot. He had 
of Fumerton.
, giving Lizak trip tens and eliciting a, "Jesus," from tablemate Shane Fumerton. 
