Le professionnel Brian Yoon a remporté son 3e bracelet World Series of Poker et un premier prix de 1,094,349$ en ajoutant l' Event #47 MONSTER STACK à 1500$ l'entrée à son palmarès. Déjà vainqueur d'un 5000$ WSOP et du Little One For One Drop face à 4756 entrants, Yoon a cette fois battu un field de 6717 joueurs et pris la plus grosse partie d'un prizepool de 9 millions !
Le Biélorusse Ihar Soika finit runner-up pour 675 995$ après avoir éliminé les 5 premiers sortants de la finale. Yoon a terminé le travail, éliminant ses 4 derniers concurrents. A 27 ans, le Californien Yoon a désormais amassé plus de 4 millions de dollars de gains en carrière, c'est sa 5e victoire sur le circuit pro.
"Mon style de jeu est parfait pour ce genre de tournoi (avec un gros field, ndlr)", a indiqué le champion qui avait pris un break poker de 9 mois après les WSOP 2016. Se qualifiant comme un "mec plutôt chiant", Yoon a indiqué qu'il ne se voyait pas forcément reprendre le jeu à plein temps après la 48e édition des Championnats du monde, un festival où il a déjà atteint 5 fois l'argent.
Stanley Lee complète le podium pour son plus gros gain en carrière. Cet amateur compte désormais 4 deep-runs sur des tournois avec des premiers prix à 1 million de dollars. Il a aussi terminé 24e, 9e et 39e du Millionnaire Maker 2015, 2016 et 2017 ! A noter enfin l'accession en finale du recordman des titres WSOP Circuit Maurice Hawkins (6e pour son plus gros cash en carrière) et de Will Failla (9e pour 97 223$).
Hand #106: Brian Yoon raised to 2,000,000, and Ihar Soika moved all in for 19,800,000. Yoon took some time to think about it but eventually made the call, and the cards were tabled.
Brian Yoon:
Ihar Soika:
The flop came , and Soika was still in the lead and picked up a flush draw. The turn didn't change anything, but the on the river gave Yoon the only pair. Yoon celebrated with his rail, and Soika was eliminated in second place.
Hand #80: Brian Yoon raised to 1,300,000 on the button, and Stanley Lee shoved all in for 16,500,000. Yoon showed , and Lee tabled .
The flop came , and Lee would need to hit a six to stay alive. The turn was the , and the river was the . Lee was eliminated in third place but made a great run after being down to two big blinds with seven players remaining.
Hand #72: There was a three-way all-in preflop between Yuliyan Kolev, Ryan Mcknight, and Brian Yoon, with Kolev being the shortest stack and Yoon having both players covered.
Yoon:
Mcknight:
Kolev:
The board ran out , and Yoon was the only player to make a pair. Kolev was eliminated in fifth place, and Mcknight finished in fourth place.
Hand #71: Ihar Soika raised to 1,200,000 on the button, and Maurice Hawkins put his last 975,000 into the pot from the small blind. Yuliyan Kolev also called in the big blind.
The flop came , and Soika bet 600,000, which got Kolev out of the pot.
Soika showed , and Hawkins had . The turn was the , and Hawkins was drawing dead to the on the river.
Hawkins packed up his bags and took off with his rail after finishing in sixth place.
Hand #59: Thomas Ryan shoved all in from the cutoff, and Ihar Soika moved all in over the top on the button. The blinds got out of the way, and the cards were turned over.
Soika:
Ryan:
The board ran out . Ryan couldn't find any help on the board, and he was eliminated in seventh place.
Hand #25: Ihar Soika raised to 1,000,000 from middle position, and Maurice Hawkins called from the cutoff. Richard Ma was on the button and moved all in for 9,100,000. Soika asked for a count and eventually called. Hawkins folded.
Ma was at risk with , and was well behind the of Soika. As soon as Hawkins saw the hands that were tabled, he cheered and ran over to his rail. He kept repeating, "Let's go! Folded nines with ten bigs. Let's go! Folded nines with ten bigs. Let's go! That's how legends are born."
The board ran out , and Ma was eliminated at the hands of the chip leader.
Salvatore DiCarlo raised to 850,000 from under the gun and Ihar Soika three-bet to 2,275,000 from middle position. The action was folded back to DiCarlo who shipped all in for 8,500,000. Soika called and the cards went face up.
Soika:
DiCarlo:
The board ran out and Soika hit a king on the river to eliminate DiCarlo in 10th place. Soika now has a massive chip lead over the rest of the field.
With the recent elimination of Stoyan Obreshkov in 11th place in a cooler against Brian Yoon, the unofficial final table of 10 is set. Ihar Soika leads the field with just shy of 20 million in chips.
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, and Soika was still in the lead and picked up a flush draw. The 
turn didn't change anything, but the 
on the river gave Yoon the only pair. Yoon celebrated with his rail, and Soika was eliminated in second place.
, and Lee tabled 
. 
, and Lee would need to hit a six to stay alive. The turn was the 
, and the river was the 
. Lee was eliminated in third place but made a great run after being down to two big blinds with seven players remaining.
, and Yoon was the only player to make a pair. Kolev was eliminated in fifth place, and Mcknight finished in fourth place.
, and Soika bet 600,000, which got Kolev out of the pot.
, and Hawkins had 
, and Hawkins was drawing dead to the 
on the river.
. Ryan couldn't find any help on the board, and he was eliminated in seventh place.
, and was well behind the 
of Soika. As soon as Hawkins saw the hands that were tabled, he cheered and ran over to his rail. He kept repeating, "Let's go! Folded nines with ten bigs. Let's go! Folded nines with ten bigs. Let's go! That's how legends are born."
, and Ma was eliminated at the hands of the chip leader.
and Soika hit a king on the river to eliminate DiCarlo in 10th place. Soika now has a massive chip lead over the rest of the field.
