Sunday at the 2016 World Series of Poker included a couple of players winning their first WSOP bracelets and a couple of brothers continuing to crush one of poker’s most prestigious events. Andrew ‘luckychewy’ Lichtenberger and Allan Le each won an event on Sunday while Michael and Robert Mizrachi are both in hot pursuit of $50,000 Poker Player Championship chip leader Justin Bonomo.

Event #52: Andrew Lichtenberger Wins $3,000 No Limit Hold’em

Andrew Lichtenberger now has a WSOP bracelet after winning the ,000 NLHE event (WSPO photo)

Andrew Lichtenberger credited a healthy lifestyle to helping him win his first WSOP bracelet Sunday in the $3,000 No Limit Hold’em event. Lichtenberger beat Craig Blight heads-up to win the bracelet and $569,158.

“Nutrition, a healthy lifestyle, and a positive attitude were all integral factors in my victory today,” Lichtenberger said. “Without adopting these choices, I wouldn’t be here. The human body is simple, but also very deep in its workings. To sit for so many hours and not nourish it, you’re going give yourself more difficulty when the crucial moments come. So, just by doing what I do, I was able to make good decisions that really mattered today.”

Lichtenberger and Blight returned on Sunday to finish the event after being unable to get to a winner on Saturday night. Lichtenberger now has a WSOP bracelet to go along with his WSOP Circuit ring and Alpha8 title.

“It feels amazing to win this,” Lichtenberger said. “I’ve been playing the World Series since 2009 and I’ve been watching it since I was a kid when I saw Chris Moneymaker win his.”

Other notables to cash in this event include Jay Farber (15th – $25,485), James Akenhead (18th – $20,382), Pierre Neuville (19th – $16,536), John Hennigan (27th – $16,536), Tristan Wade (31st – $13,612), Kevin ‘BeL0WaB0Ve’ Saul (63rd – $8,304).

Final Table Payouts

  1. Andrew Lichtenberger – $569,158
  2. Craig Blight – $351,721
  3. Chris Johnson – $249,336
  4. Mac Sohrabi – $179,015
  5. Linglin Zeng – $130,191
  6. Erhan Iscan – $95,925
  7. Thomas Miller – $71,617
  8. Roger Teska – $54,190
  9. Daniel Wagner – $41,563

Event #53: Allan Le Wins Inaugural Running of Omaha HI-Lo Trio

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One of the new events on the 2016 WSOP schedule was the $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Trio – the game included Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo, Limit Omaha Hi-Lo and Big O Hi-Lo and nobody mastered the rotation of those three games better than Allan Le. He walked away with the first bracelet of his career and $189,223.

Germany’s Phillipp Elrisch finished as runner-up, earning $116,915.

The event also featured another 2016 WSOP final table appearance Gavin Smith. The Canadian poker pro came into Day 4 with the chip lead and eventually finished fourth for $54,889. Smith, who made the final table of the $1,500 Eight Game Mix earlier in the Series, hadn’t been at a WSOP final table since 2013.

Other notables to cash in John Monnette (9th – $11431), Bart Hanson (14th – $8,850), Jason Somerville (26th – $5,639) and Ted Forrest (63rd – $2,663).

Final Table Payouts

  1. Allan Le – $189,223
  2. Philipp Eirisch – $116,915
  3. Cody Crouch – $79,403
  4. Gavin Smith – $54,889
  5. Keith Ferrera – $38,634
  6. Yuval Bronshtein – $27,696
  7. David Bach – $20,229
  8. Gary Bolden – $15,059
  9. John Monnette – $11,431

Event #54: Just 12 Remain in $888 Crazy Eights

Chase Johnson leads the final 12 players in pursuit of the $888,888 first place prize money and bracelet in the $888 buy-in Crazy Eights event. Johnson bagged up 4,405,000 to put himself just ahead of Michael Lech who finished with 4,250,000.

2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event winner Dimitar Danchev sits fifth with 3,165,000. The only WSOP bracelet winner still in contention is Loni Harwood – she ended Day 2 with 2,060,000 and seems confident heading into the final day.