John Hennigan is running out of wrist space after adding more poker jewelry to his collection this week, winning his fifth career World Series of Poker bracelet in the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament.
To secure his fifth bracelet, Hennigan outlasted a 166-player field. He also earned a $414,692 cash for the win. Hennigan has had long-term success at the WSOP, with his first bracelet win coming back in 2002 in a $2,000 Limit Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo tournament. He won bracelet No. 2 in 2004, added his third in 2008 and his fourth bracelet was won in 2014. He’s posted 36 WSOP cashes in total, earning him nearly $4.7 million.
In this year’s H.O.R.S.E. tournament, it came down to Hennigan and two-time bracelet winner David Baker heads-up for the title. The final hand of the tournament came during hands of Limit Hold’em. Baker was all-in pre-flop with Ad-6s and Hennigan had Jc-3h. The board ended up showing 10s-3s-2h-Qh-Qc, giving Hennigan two pair and the win.
Michael Addamo survives WSOP Marathon
While Hennigan was on his way to his fifth WSOP win, Michael Addamo was reeling in his first in The Marathon $2,620 No-Limit Hold’em tournament.
The lengthy tournament with the extra-long 100 minute levels had 1,637 entries. Addamo outlasted them all to cash $653,581.
It came down to Addamo and Mark Sleet heads-up for the tournament title. When heads-up play began, Sleet held the chip lead with 26.4 million chips to Addamo’s 16.5 million. Addamo was almost eliminated at one point when he was all-in with 10-9 vs Sleet’s Q-J. With the board showing 10h-4d-2d-Jh, he caught a miracle 10s on the river to survive and double up.
Addamo went on a nice run not long after to take over the chip lead for good. On the final hand, Sleet was all-in with pocket sevens vs Addamo’s A-K and it was all over when a king landed on the flop.
While Addamo snagged his first WSOP win, Benjamin Dobson and Filippos Stavrakis were also adding their names to the WSOP winners list.
Dobson outlasted a 596-player field to win the $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better tournament. He cashed $173,528 for the win.
Stavrakis was the last man standing from a 986-player field in the $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha tournament. He won $169,842.