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After an action-packed week at the World Series of Poker, several players found championship bracelets and the $10,000 Main Event reached the final 10 players in Thursday’s early morning hours.

The final 10 players are now battling for a top prize of $10 million, which will be streamed on PokerGO. In other action, players from Canada, South Korea, and the United Kingdom all found wins as well. Here’s a look at some of the recent tournaments from Las Vegas.

Main Event down to final table

The Main Event has now reached the “unofficial” final table with 10 players returning for Day 8 on Friday. Players have an off day and scheduled media interviews on Thursday.

Just 35 players returned on Wednesday and were scheduled to reach the final nine. After a long day that stretched into Thursday morning, however, tournament officials stopped play with 10 players remaining.

Leading the final table are Norway’s Espen Jorstad and Massachusetts’ Matthew Su. Both players have 83.2 million chips and are seeking their first bracelet. Here’s a look at the players’ chip stacks as well as the payouts for the winners.

WSOP Main Event final 10 players

1. Espen Jorstad, Norway – 83.2 million
2. Matthew Su, United States – 83.2 million
3. Matija Dobric, Croatia – 68.7 million
4. Aaron Duczak, Canada – 56 million
5. John Eames, United Kingdom – 55 million
6. Adrian Attenborough, Australia – 50.8 million
7. Michael Duek, United States – 49.8 million
8. Jeffrey Farnes, United States – 35.4 million
9. Asher Conniff, United States – 29.4 million
10. Philippe Souki, United Kingdom – 13.5 million

Main Event payouts

• 1st – $10 million
• 2nd – $6 million
• 3rd – $4 million
• 4th – $3 million
• 5th – $2.25 million
• 6th – $1.75 million
• 7th – $1.35 million
• 8th – $1.075 million
• 9th – $850,675 million
• 10th – $675,000

Event 74: $1,500 Bounty Pot Limit Omaha Eight-Handed

Canada’s Pei “Jerry” Li came out on top in this event for his first bracelet and $190,219. Florida’s Nolan King finished runner-up for $117,545 and the later stages of heads-up play saw an interesting scenario.

As pots shipped back and forth in a long battle, the two players agreed to skip two levels later in the action.

“He’s a very aggressive player, but so am I, so it made it a fun time heads up,” Li said afterward.

That seemed to go his way as he eventually closed out the event. This tournament attracted 1,390 entries, producing a prize pool of $1.9 million. Finland’s Eemil Tuominen took fourth for $63,231 and Belgium’s Eric Lescot finished sixth for $35,561.

Event #76: $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty

Members of the Poker Hall of Fame all received a freeroll into this event. Each of those also had a bounty on their head corresponding with the year in which he or she was inducted.

The event also was held in conjunction with the announcement of the latest addition to the Poker Hall of Fame. Layne Flack was named as the latest addition and will be inducted posthumously following his death last year.

In the action at the tables, South Korea’s Jinho Hong took home his first bracelet and $276,067 top prize. It’s been a nice few weeks for Hong, who also won the $3,500 NLHE Championship at the Wynn Poker Classic in late June for $696,011.

“The win at the Wynn Summer Classic was a bigger cash, but the bracelet is a lot more meaningful to me and hopefully in the future, a lot more Koreans keep on trying to get the bracelet and hopefully our country grows (in regards to poker),” he said afterward.

 The tournament produced a $1.5 million prize pool from 865 entries. Thailand’s Punnat Punsri finished runner-up for $170,615 with Germany’s Jakob Miegel taking third for $120,756.

Pavel Spirins, of Latvia, scored third for $63,225 and PartyPoker ambassador Yuri Dzivielevski continued a nice series run. The Brazilian finished sixth for $46,791 and also has a second, fourth, and fifth this summer.

Online Event 8: $7,777 Lucky 7s High Roller

England’s Harry “timexCNT” Lodge found the winner’s circle in this larger buy-in online poker event. He has produced several deep runs at the WSOP, but has always come up short of a bracelet.

That changed in this online event and he also took home $396,366. The event drew 161 entries for a $1.5 million prize pool.

Let's gooooo! First bracelet won at the Venetian? pic.twitter.com/xUMg5Ccyen

— Harry Lodge (@HALSTER94) July 11, 2022

A look at other winners

A few other players have also found some nice scores recently. In Online Event 9: $1,000 NLHE Online Bracelet Championship, Dragos “luxifer03” Trofimov, of Moldova, finished second for $147,585.

Event 73: $1,500 Razz saw Brazil’s Sergio Braga finish fifth for $25,198.

Upcoming tournaments

The Main Event final table takes the spotlight in the coming days, but several other tournaments are set in the coming days before the end of the series on July 20. Here’s a look at the final events on the schedule:

• $3,000 HORSE (Event 84) – July 15
• $1,500 The Closer (Event #85) – July 15-16, two starting flights 
• $10,000 Six-Handed NLHE Championship (Event 86) – July 16
• $5,000 Eight-Handed NLHE(Event 87) – July 16
• Online Event 11: $777 Lucky 7ss Second Chance – July 17
• $1,000 Super Turbo NLHE (Event 88) – July 17
• Online Event 12: $5,300 High Roller Freezeout Encore – July 17
• Online Event #13: $500 NLHE Summer Saver – July 18
• Tournament of Champions $1 million freeroll – July 18

Poker Hall of Famer Chris Moneymaker returns for Day 4 as one of the chip leaders in the World Series of Poker Main Event. The 2003 champion scored some huge hands on Day 2 and that big run continued on Day 3.

Some international players also return among the chip leaders as well. In other action, a French player leads the pack in the Pot Limit Omaha Bounty event. The Little One for One Drop also returns to action on Friday. Here’s a look at some of the headlines from Las Vegas.

Event 67: $10,000 Main Event

The Main Event is heating up as players move on to Day 4 on Friday. The bubble burst on Thursday and all players have now reached the money with 1,000 left in the field.

Those now hitting the rail will at least earn a min-cash of $15,000. The event brought in 6,650 players for a $62 million prize pool, bringing a winner payout of  $8 million. The runner-up takes $4.3 million with ninth-place even earning $1 million.

The series is seeing a bit of deja vu so far, with 2003 Main Event winner Chris Moneymaker among the top chip stacks returning to the Rio. Moneymaker took his seat at the ‘03 Main Event via an $86 PokerStars qualifier.

His win was captured on ESPN and helped kickstart the poker boom. Another big score would make for big news.

Mintzy Minute w/ 2003 WSOP Main Event Champion AND 2021 WSOP Chip Leader @CMONEYMAKER pic.twitter.com/V5rWfM1f3S

— Barstool Poker: Cracking Aces (@CrackingAAces) November 12, 2021

Florida’s Jessica Cai leads the field going into Day 4 with 1.8 million. She comes into the Main Event with only $78,454 in live tournament winnings.

“(It’s) surreal,” she told PokerGO’s Jeff Platt of her run so far. “I’m still in shock, but I’m definitely grateful to be here.”

International players running deep in Main Event

Those aren’t the only players making nice runs. Thailand’s Phachara Wongwichit finished second in chips with just under 1.8 million. A regular in Asian events, he has $1.5 million in live tournament winnings and is looking for his first bracelet.

Ehsan Amiri, of Australia, bagged 1.6 million for the fourth-place spot. He’s seeking his first bracelet and the best finish of his career.

Another player to watch is Italy’s Gianluca Speranza, who finished the day with 1.3 million. In 2017, he took runner-up in the WSOP Europe Main Event for €689,246.

Event 68: $1,111 Little One for One Drop

This event heads to the third day of action on Friday after three Days 1s to get things started. The tournament produced 3,797 entries for a $3.8 million prize pool with a winner’s haul of $396,445.

GGPoker qualifier Mathew Solitro, of Massachusetts, returns as chip leader with 228 players remaining. Chile’s Oscar Alache sits second in chips with a few other international players among the chip leaders as well.

Germany’s Jan Wagner checks in at fourth with France’s Idris Ambraisse sitting in fifth. Japan’s Masaki Nakamura returns ninth in chips.

Event 71: $1,500 Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha

This tournament began on Thursday with France’s Mourad Amokrane returning as chip leader.

He’s the only player to top 1 million chips so far and this could be a career-defining tournament for the Frenchman. Amokrane currently has only $21,244 in live tournament winnings.

Bulgaria’s Nikolay Yosifov is third in chips with Greece’s Miltiadis Kyriakides in fifth. Canada’s Kirk Dillon and Spain’s Paulo Villena are in sixth and seventh as well.

The tournament attracted 860 players with only 84 returning for Day 2. Others advancing to Day 2 include Calvin Anderson, Team GGPoker’s Felipe Ramos, and Dario Sammartino.

Player of the Year update

Josh Arieh has been the player of the series so far and moves into the No. 1 slot in the Player of the Year standings. The American rounder has already won two events and scored two other final table appearances. Here’s a look at the standings as of Friday:

• 1st – Josh Arieh, 3,110.91 points
• 2 – Jake Schwartz, 2,757.37
• 3 – Anthony Zinno, 2,731.32
• 4 – Ryan Leng, 2,684.04
• 5 – Kevin Gerhart, 2,643.23

Upcoming events

Plenty of events remain in the series including some interesting tournaments over the weekend. That includes plenty of mixed games and two online events set for Sunday. Here’s a look at the action over the next few days:

• 70: $888 Crazy Eights – Nov. 12
• 72: $1,500 Mixed NLHE; PLO – Nov. 12
• 73: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship – Nov. 13
• 74: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet Event – Nov. 14
• Online Event 8: $7,777 WSOP.com Lucky 7s High Roller – Nov. 14
• Online Event 9: $777 WSOP.com Lucky 7s – Nov. 14
• 75: $1,500 Freezeout NLHE – Nov. 15
• 76: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty – Nov. 15

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