Philadelphia poker pro John Hennigan (47) claimed the victory, a fifth World Series of Poker bracelet and $414,692 in prize money Friday in taking down the $10,000 buy-in HORSE Championship event, besting a stellar field of 166 entries in the mixed games competition which generated a prize pool of $1,560,400, enabling 25 players to cash.
The win boosts Hennigan’s career live tourney earnings to almost $5 million.
The competition required an additional day to complete, with the final table forming on the third day but the heads up running over into the additional day.
Hennigan was among the lower chip stacks as final table action got underway, but managed to recover strongly and survive through to the heads up stage against respected US pro David “Bakes” Baker, where he held a starting advantage of over 2 million chips.
The two played for almost two hours, with Hennigan increasing his lead, before play was halted and the additional day declared necessary to complete the heads up.
On the fourth day of the event, Hennigan continued to dominate the action, finally eliminating Baker after just a hour of play and sending him to the cashier to collect his runner up prize of $256,297′
Other final table cashes included:
3rd: Lee Salem, $179,216
4th: Iraj Parvizi, $127,724
5th: Randy Ohel, $92,808
6th: Albert Daher, $68,783
7th: Daniel Zack, $52,016
8th: Michael Noori, $40,155