Upeshka De Silva has outplayed a field of 369 to win his second World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet and a $229,923 paycheck.
De Silva, took down the 2017 WSOP’s Event #3, $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout, winning three straight shootout tables over the three-day event.
Referring to heads-up opponent, Louis Helm, De Silva said, “He played very well; he played a lot better than I anticipated.”
Event 3 saw three previous bracelet winners on the final table, De Silva, Jean Gaspard and Taylor Paur, who finished up first, ninth and tenth, respectively.
Final Table Payouts were:
1: Upeshka De Silva, $229,923
2: Louis Helm, $142,115
3: Linglin Zeng, $103,449
4: Jan Eric Schwippert, $76,018
5: Olivier Busquet, $56,397
6: Casey Carroll, $42,246
7: John Richards, $31,955
8: Mark McMillin, $24,410
9: Jean Gaspard, $18,832
10: Taylor Paur, $14,675
Event 4, the first Omaha bracelet event of the 2017 series, played out in the early hours of Sunday morning with Benjamin Zamani emerging victorious after battling Jared Hemingway in heads-up play.
Zamani claimed his second World Series of Poker career bracelet and a payday of $238,620.
Final Table Finishers were:
1: Benjamin Zamani, $238,620
2: Jared Hemingway, $147,428
3: Alex Ferrari, $103,471
4: Ryan Paluf, $73,647
5: Gary Vick, $53,171
6: Forrest Auel, $38,946
7: Scott Buller, $28,948
8: Martin Corpuz, $21,839
9: Dustin Sitar, $16,726
Running in parallel, Joseph ‘UL_GG’ Mitchell won the $333 Little Grind online bracelet, his first WSOP bracelet and his third WSOP cash.
Mitchell defeated a field of 2,509 entries in the online event to take home $122,313.75.
Final Table Results were:
1: Joseph ‘ul_gg’ Mitchell – $122,313.75
2: Mark ‘PLODonkey17’ Scacewater – $73,538.79
3: Michael ‘ooookillthem’ Addamo – $54,043.86
4: Hao ‘Sandongcpa’ Sun – $39,592.02
5: Bobby ‘bcmclawh’ McLawhorn – $29,204.76
6: Michael ‘TonyPerkis1’ Jacoby – $21,828.30
7: Kevin ‘SEQUENCE’ Sheetz – $16,559
8: Casey ‘rhin0’ Long – $12,645
9: William ‘nomoneyloser’ Pan – $9,710