Event 4, the $1,500 Limit Hold’em has awarded Shane Buchwald his first WSOP bracelet, the title and $177,985 in winnings.
“It’s the first WSOP event I’ve ever entered, and somehow, I built up a stack and ran really, really well,” Buchard said after busting a field of 616 in which he denied Venkata “Sandy” Tayi his first bracelet in heads-up play.
Final results were:
1 Shane Buchwald $177,985
2 Venkata “Sandy” Tayi $109,968
3 Ray Henson $75,780
4 Shane Fumerton $53,102
5 Nancy Nguyen $37,850
6 Hod Berman $27,449
7 Kevin Lizak $20,261
8 Mark Bassaly $15,225
9 Tung Tran $11,652