WSOP 2023 Day 29 Recap: Jason Daly Wins Limit Hold’em Event for First Gold Bracelet, Steven Genovese Wins Warriors Gold

There were three WSOP bracelets won on a day of drama at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas as Jason Daly and Steven Genovese both claimed gold at the live felt. The Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris casinos were packed as players battled in nine live tournaments and one online bracelet event on the road to glory and gold.

Jason Daly Claims Maiden Gold After Final Table Steamroller

Jason Daly has already posted some deep runs this WSOP, but claimed his first bracelet at long last as the quality professional bagged the title in Event #58, the $3,000-entry Limit Hold’em event. Beating Brent Mutter to the gold, Daly’s victory was well-earned after an astonishing final table saw him wield the axe late in the day as he dominated the all-American final six.

With six remaining heading into the final table, Daniel Young eliminated Mavrick Yoo before falling out of the reckoning himself. Young was taken out by Freddy Sageer, but once again the player who took out the last player was to be eliminated next themselves. Sageer fell to Daly, who by this point had worked himself into an outrageous lead. There were four players in with a chance when Sageer lost his stack. In reality, however, it was all about the leader, as Daly held 80% of the chips in play.

That lead only increased and both Mutter and Nick Pupillo, who was aiming to win his second bracelet only a few days after winning his first, were playing for second place in all likliehood. This was Limit Hold’em, and Pupillo lost with a queen to Daly’s suite connectors. Heads-up was a brief, brutal affair, Mutter’s last going across the table when his set of twos lost to Daly’s combo draw which rivered a straight flush. It was a fitting end to the event, and a spectacular way for the consistent Daly to finally claim the WSOP gold his play has earned over recent years and this Series in particular.

Genovese Grabs Gold as Fireman Extinguishes Opposition

Retired fireman Steven Genovese used some of his career-defining skills to rise highest ad claim victory in Event #56, the $500-entry Salute to Warriors event which donates money to U.S. service veterans as well as providing just as many thrills to poker fans around the world. Genovese fought fire with a cool head, climbed the ladder at points and ended up extinguishing any lasting hope from those around him as he claimed the $217,921 top prize and a debut WSOP gold bracelet in the Horseshoe.

Final table players don’t come much tougher than DJ Alexander who not only came into the action as the only player to have previously won a bracelet, but a professional with over $2.9 million in live tournament earnings alone. It was good fortune for all the remaining eight players, then, when he busted in ninth place for $19,910 after running into pocket aces.

Ryan Stephens had led the field coming into the final day, but bowed out in fifth for $56,464, before Genovese made the heads-up with a massive lead of over 18:1 in chips against Kelly Gall. Genovese could call with any two and did so with nine-deuce, outrunning Gall’s queen-eight when the board of A-K-2-2-7 ended the event in the firefighter’s favor, setting fire to any hopes Gall had of a comeback.

Plesuv in Charge of Millionaire Maker Final

Moldovan player Pavel Plesuv has never won a bracelet, despite winning over $837,000 at the WSOP felt alone in his illustrious career to date. He’ll never have a better chance at ending that wait tomorrow at the $1,500-entry Millionaire Maker final table, where his leading stack of 70 million chips towers over all others.

With only seven remaining in the hunt for not one but two million-plus prizes, six nations are represented at the final table felt, with Frenchman Florian Ribouchon (46m) closest to the dominant Plesuv. Everyone is fighting for their first WSOP bracelets, however, and even the short stack of Anton Smirnov from Russia has a great chance of upsetting the odds with 19.8 million, which equates to over 12 big blinds.

Lau Leads PLO High Roller Final Five

Just five players remain in with a chance of bagging the second-largest top prize on offer at the WSOP so far this summer, with $2.29 million up top in Event #57, the $25,000-entry Pot Limit Omaha High Roller event. Ka Kwan Lau (28.2 million) has a vast stack with which to attack the final day, and a huge lead over closest challengers Spaniard Sergio Martinez Gonzalez (17.4m) and Norwegian Mads Amot (12.8m).

With The Hong Kong player Lau in charge, both short-stacked Americans Roger Teska (6.4m) and Andjelko Andrejevic (3.4m) need a miracle to get back into contention. This is PLO, however, so anything is possible, as players such as Dylan Weisman (10^th for $126,938), Chance Kornuth (9th for $161,585) and Jeremy Ausmus (8th for $209,392) all found to their cost as bad beats hurt, especially in the case of Weisman.

Took the worst beat of my career to be out in 10th. Not gonna lie I’ve never been in this much pain from poker before. These high stakes tournaments are so intense in the body. Gonna take a few days off and get myself in a good place for the $50k

— Dylan Weisman (@Dweisman13) June 28, 2023

Wisbrod the Wizard on Day 2 of Freezeout

Israel’s Barak Wisbrod was the man to catch on Day 2 of the $3,000-entry Event #59, the NLHE Freezeout event. A total of 240 started the day in seats, but only 18 remained by the close of play with Wisbrod the leader on 6.4 million chips. Closest to the high roller regular is Ilija Savevski from Macedonia on 5.4 million, but with crushers such as Jesse Lonis (4.45m), Julien Sitbon (3.2m) and Brock Wilson (2.85m) all still involved, there will be an incredible fight for the bracelet tomorrow with only the top two in chips having won gold before from those remaining.

Close but cigarless on Day 2 were Niall Farrell (25^th), Dimitar Danchev (23^rd) and Angela Jordison (21^st), all of whom earned $23,423 for their efforts.

Moriarty Avoids Any Fall in Lowball Draw

Sherlock Holmes’ nemesis Moriarty once famously survived a perilous fall in the works of Arthur Conan Doyle. In Event #60, the $1,500 buy-in No Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw event, Ryan Moriarty was in no such danger, soaring high to be the only player to end the day on over a million chips. Bagging 1,035,000, Moriarty eliminated enemies everywhere as he used his wits to end just clear of second-placed Nick Guagenti on 990,000 chips.

Elsewhere in the top ten, Jonathan Glendinning may sound like his surname is appropriate to a brand of whiskey, but he ended on a measure but magnificent 835,000 in third place, with Richard ‘Chufty’ Ashby (800,000) and Adam Friedman (720,000) joined by nine-time WSOP bracelet winner Erik Seidel (680,000) in the upper limits for this event with a $151,276 top prize.

Durgin on Top in Seniors, Two Other Events Complete Day 1s

In the record-breaking field of Event #61, the $1,000-entry Super Seniors, Kevin Durgin ended Day 1 in the lead with 392,000 just better than Greg White’s 384,000. With Christian Guittier of France on 366,500, nobody is running away with it in this event, where a record 3,121 played and only 808 survived. Big names such as Farzad Bonyadi (261,000), David Perry (198,500) and Daniel Orr (198,000) all finished inside the top 30 players.

In Event #62, the previous record of 1,234 attendees was smashed as 2,076 players took on the $1,500 Mixed NLHE/PLO event. At the close of play, 259 players had made the Day 2 cut, with Justin Jones top-scoring on a whopping 756,000.

Finally, in the $10,000-entry Championship event in Seven Card Hi-Lo 8 or Better, Daniel Negreanu (264,000) ended the night fourth in chips from 57 survivors. 124 took on the event, with Bruno Fitoussi of France on 355,000 at the top of the leaderboard. Fitoussi is yet to win a WSOP bracelet, while ‘Kid Poker’ is aiming to end a 15-year bracelet drought in Vegas and claim his seventh.

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