On Tuesday, Jason Mercier found himself at yet another final table of a $10,000 buy-in event, but this time he wasn’t able to seal deal and had to settle for an eighth place finish in the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo event. Three players, including Benny Glaser, had to bag up at the end of another ten levels and will return on Wednesday to finish.

While that event didn’t quite reach a conclusion, two more did, including the Super Seniors event and another $1,500 No Limit Hold’em event.

Event #29: Alexander Ziskin Wins $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em


[CAPTION=100%]Alexander Ziskin managed to overcome Jens Grieme’s comeback to win the first WSOP bracelet of his career[/CAPTION]
Alexander Ziskin managed to avoid being the answer to a WSOP trivia question Tuesday night and in the process won the first gold bracelet of his career. Ziskin beat out Jens Grieme heads-up after action resumed for an unscheduled fourth day.

Ziskin and Grieme were originally scheduled to finish up on Monday night, but over 200 hands of heads-up play resolved nothing and the two players bagged up and returned Tuesday. During Monday night’s heads-up play, Ziskin had Grieme down to just one big blind and his victory seemed inevitable but Grieme actually battled back from that and entered Tuesday with a chip lead of 7,790,000 – 5,690,000.

It took 91 hands On Tuesday for Ziskin to turn the tide and win the bracelet, earning $401,494 in the process. Had Grieme come back from just one big blind, it would have been the first time that a player had done that heads-up.

Final Table Payouts

  1. Alexander Ziskin – $401,494
  2. Jens Grieme – $248,067
  3. Kam Low – $179,187
  4. Patrick Powers – $130,780
  5. Severin Schleser – $96,452
  6. Craig Mason – $71,891
  7. Marino Mura – $54,160
  8. David Juenemann – $41,244
  9. Aaron Kweskin – $31,754

Event #31: James Moore Wins Super Seniors

[CAPTION=100%]James Moore was barely old enough to enter the Super Seniors event, but he did manage to outlast the field to capture his first WSOP bracelet.[/CAPTION]
James Moore topped a field of 1,476 players to win the $1,000 buy-in Super Seniors event for $230,626. The 65-year-old radiologist from New Hope, PA barely meets the 65 years or older age requirement for the event but was thrilled to have accomplished something every poker player desires.

“This is an unbelievable thrill for me,” Moore said. “I had absolutely no expectations. It’s every poker player’s dream, and mine just came true.”

Moore beat our Charles Barker heads-up for the win. Barker earned $142,461.

Final Table Payouts

  1. James Moore – $230,626
  2. Charles Barker – $142,461
  3. Steven Krupnick – $102,052
  4. Charles Rinn – $73,943
  5. Eugene Spinner – $54,197
  6. Fred Berger – $40,191
  7. Arthur Loring – $30,159
  8. James Parrott – $22,902
  9. Vern Soeldner – $17,604

Event #32: Glaser Leads Final Three of $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Championship

Once again all eyes were on Jason Mercier on Monday as he was at yet another final table of a $10,000 buy-in Championship event – his fourth straight. Mercier was eventually eliminated in eighth place and as the night wrapped up there were still three players remaining including another player going for his second bracelet of the summer.

Benny Glaser, who won the $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo event just three days ago, finished up Day 3 with the chip lead over the other two remaining players, Douglas Lorgeree and Matt Glantz. Glaser ended the day with 3,225,000.

The day started with 16 players still in contention for the win. Former bracelet winners Andrew Brown, Eli Elezra, Shaun Deeb and Daniel Alaei – the defending champion in this event – were all eliminated before the final table. Mercier was eliminated by Greg Trelski.

The final three players return at 2 PM PT to play down to a winner.

Final Three Chip Counts

  1. Benny Glaser – 3,225,000
  2. Douglas Lorgeree – 3,095,000
  3. Matt Glantz – 1,850,000

Event #33: Chris Moorman Among Summer Solstice Leaders

Just 91 players remain in the $1,500 buy-in Summer Solstice event and the top ten chip counts includes a number of well known names, none moreso than all-time online poker tournament earnings leader Chris Moorman.

Moorman finished with 411,500 and trails only Ralph Wong (458,000) and Day 2 chip leader Koray Aldemir (677,500). Right behind Moorman is Jason Wheeler (352,500) and for EPT Grand Final and WSOP Europe Main Event winner Adrian Mateos.

Other notable names still chasing the $409,171 first place prize include Manig Loeser, DJ MacKinnon, James Akenhead, Aaron Gustavson, Zo Karim and Matt Giannetti. Tournament Poker Edge founder Derek Tenbusch is also still in the field.

Day 3 gets underway at Noon and will play another seven 90-minute levels. The event is scheduled to end on Friday.

Top Ten Chip Counts

  1. Koray Aldemir – 677,500
  2. Ralph Wong – 458,000
  3. Chris Moorman – 411,500
  4. Jason Wheeler – 352,500
  5. David Tovar – 350,000
  6. Michael Kane – 312,000
  7. Charles Cochran – 311,000
  8. Adrian Mateos – 288,000
  9. Donghai Wu = 278,500
  10. Marco Vasconcelos – 262,000

Event #34: Jameson Painter Leads $1,500 Triple Draw Final Nine

Jameson Painter has almost 25% of the chips in play with just nine players remaining in the $1,500 Triple Draw event. Painter, who has cashed three times already this summer, is looking for the first live win of his career.

Painter bagged up 715,000 at the end of Day 2, putting him well ahead of his closest competitor Alexsandr Vinskii. The Russian pro ended with 493,000.

Play resumes at 2 PM PT and will play down to a champion.

Final Nine Chip Counts

  1. Jameson Painter – 715,000
  2. Alexsandr Vinskii – 493,000
  3. Guy Hareuveni – 460,000
  4. Adam Spiegelberg – 354,000
  5. Andrey Zaichenko – 282,000
  6. Andrii Nadieliaiev – 152,000
  7. Daniel Zack – 149,000
  8. Andrew Kelsall – 42,000
  9. Sebastian Schulz – 30,000

Event #35: Sylvain Loosli Leads $5,000 Six Max After Day 1

Former November Niner Sylvain Loosli finished Day 1 of the $5,000 Six Max No Limit Hold’em with 230,000 chips and the overnight lead. Loosli, who finished fourth in the 2013 WSOP Main Event, finished just 5,000 ahead of Mathew Moore.

Another former November Niner, Pierre Neuville, finished with the third biggest Day 1 stack.

The event drew 541 plaeyrs – nine shy of the 2015 field size – and as expected a number of top players navigated their way through Day 1 and are still chasing down the $560,843 first place prize money.

Ryan LaPlante (166,000), Jonathan Jaffe (150,200), Jason Koon (145,300), Steve Gross (117,3000), Jonathan Little (110,200), Jamie Gold (104,600) and Cate Hall (100,600) all finished with six-figure stacks.

Top Ten Chip Counts

  1. Sylvain Loosli – 230,000
  2. Mathew Moore – 225,000
  3. Pierre Neuville – 207,600
  4. Markus Gonsalves – 196,200
  5. Ahmed Karrim – 175,000
  6. Brandon Steven – 170,100
  7. Ryan LaPlante – 166,000
  8. Kilian Kramer – 163,000
  9. Pablo Gordillo – 153,800
  10. Jonathan Jaffe – 150,200

Event #36: Yen Wu Leads $2,500 Mixed Omaha/Seven Card Hi-Lo

Yen Wu leads the 125 players who survived Day 1 of the $2,500 Mixed Omaha/Seven Card Hi-Lo.

Some of the notables that made it through the first ten levels include Josh Arieh, Dzmitry Urbanovich, Tom Schneider, Matt Savage, Cyndy Violette and Robert Mizrachi, but maybe none more prominent than the player chasing his third bracelet and a nearly $2,000,000 payday should he complete the hat trick.

The event drew 384 players leading to a $896,250 prize pool and $213,186 first place prize.

Top Ten Chip Counts

  1. Yen Wu = 114,200
  2. Denny Axel – 105,600
  3. Gleb Kovtunov – 97,700
  4. Josh Arieh – 96,500
  5. Hani Awad – 93,600
  6. Bruce Walters – 93,100
  7. Chip Jett – 85,700
  8. Eric Rodawig – 76,600
  9. Jack Duong – 76,500
  10. Dzmitry Urbanovich – 76,000