Wednesday proved to be a busier day than expected at the 2017 World Series of Poker. That’s in part due to the extra day needed for Event #9, the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship.

Daniel Negreanu and Abe Mosseri paused their heads-up match at 2:30 am Tuesday evening to come back and finish it off Wednesday afternoon, and return they did. But while they were playing heads-up, The Colossus III crowned a champion, as did the $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold’em (Event #10) and the $1,500 Dealers Choice(Event #11).

Abe Mosseri defeats Daniel Negreanu to win his second bracelet

After the long day/night prior, the heads-up battle for the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship was short and sweet for winner Abe Mosseri, who defeated Kid Poker in just four hands.

Mosseri came into the duel with a 2:1 chip lead, and after three hands Negreanu’s stack had been reduced further. In the penultimate hand, Negreanu limped and Mosseri checked to see a flop. A bet from Mosseri took it down, and brought Negreanu down to 750,000 (vs 6.95 million).

Finally, on a flop, Negreanu bet, Mosseri raised, and Negreanu called all in. It was the for Negreanu (for one pair and a gutshot) against Mosseri’s (one pair and an up-and-down draw). The and completed the board, meaning Mosseri’s kings and eights were best.

That means Negreanu narrowly misses out on his seventh WSOP bracelet for the second time so far in this short series, having already final tabled the $10K Tag Team tournament. For his efforts he banks $240,290, while Mosseri collects $388,795 and his second gold bracelet.

1. Abe Mosseri – $388,795
2. Daniel Negreanu – $240,290
3. Yarron Bendor – $166,895
4. Fabrice Soulier – $118,340
5. Ilya Dyment – $85,702
6. Ray Dehkharghani – $63,419
7. Anthony Zinno – $47,975
8. Mike Matusow – $37,120
9. John Monnette – $29,391

Bach’s back! Wins $1,500 Dealers Choice for $119,399

David Bach is best known for three things: his signature black cowboy hat; for winning the 2009 $50,000 HORSE Championship for $1,276,802; and his prowess in nearly every form of poker.

He demonstrated exactly why those three things are synonymous with his name last night by winning the $1,500 Dealers Choice, a format that couldn’t be more perfect for the mixed-game specialist. In doing so, he joined the two-time bracelet winner’s club.

Bach defeated an all-American final table to take this one down, but three days ago the event started with a field of 364 players, creating a prize pool of $491,400.

1. David Bach – $119,399
2. Kevin Iacofano – $73,779
3. Christopher Sensoli – $47,629
4. Scott Milkey – $31,550
5. Anthony Arvidson – $21,460
6. Wook Kim – $14,998

Thomas Pomponio outlasts 18,000 to win THE COLOSSUS III and $1M

After what feels like forever (nine days, to be precise) the enormous $565 Colossus event found itself a winner. That man is Thomas Pomponio from New Jersey, and he’s now a millionaire.

Rewinding to the start of play Wednesday, nine players returned to play out the final table, having battled their way through the 18,054-strong field. It was another all-American bunch, and it was a tough line-up to boot, featuring players including Matt Affleck, Luke Vrabel and Ralph Massey.

Those three would ultimately be the first three to bust, followed by Erkut Yilmaz, Kent Coppock, Mark Babekov, and John Hanna.

When Pomponio got heads-up against Taylor Black, the latter held the chip lead 55M to 35M. But a huge double with ace-king against ace-ten saw Pomponio take control. The two traded blows, but eventually Pomponio found a way to close it out.

Black shoved with jack-eight and was called by ace-six, and Pomponio’s hand held up to gift him his first WSOP bracelet and $1million.

1. Thomas Pomponio – $1,000,000
2. Taylor Black – $545,480
3. John Hanna – $406,474
4. Mark Babekov – $305,294
5. Kent Coppock – $230,564
6. Erkut Yilmaz – $175,208
7. Ralph Massey – $133,975
8. Matt Affleck – $103,090
9. Luke Vrabel – $79,827

Team Aditya Sushant – Nipun Java Become First Ever Indian Bracelet Winners

We’ve been told by several Indian poker players that the game back home is booming in a way reminiscent of the Moneymaker era in the USA back in 2003/2004. If that’s the case, then India has two new poker heroes to look up to in Aditya Sushant and Nipun Java.

The pair became the first ever Indian players to win bracelets when they took down the $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold’Em for $150,637. And they did it in style, with a miracle final hand giving them the win.

Sushant had called the all-in of Pablo Mariz with the and was up against the . The flop fell giving Mariz and Guay trip queens, so Sushant and Java would need to get pretty lucky. That they did, as the hit the turn followed by the on the river to give them a better full house.

This tournament had a total of 843 entries, which created a prize pool of $758,700.

1. Aditya Sushant – Nipun Java: $150,637
2. Pablo Mariz – David Guay: $93,074
3. Kiryl Radzivonau – Mikhail Semin: $65,190
4. Charalampos Lappas – Georgios Zisimopoulos: $46,318
5. Mukul Pahuja – Jonas Wexler: $33,391
6. DJ MacKinnon – Esther Taylor: $24,430
7. Ryan Laplante – Sam Cohen: $18,143
8. Austin Buchanan – Lanie Foster: $13,680
9. Joseph Choueiri – Rafael Lopez – James Gibson: $10,475

Melissa Gillett leads final 27 in $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em (Event #12)

The $1,500 No Limit events are always hugely popular, and Event #12 was no exception. On Tuesday, 1,739 players sat down to take their shot, but after Wednesday only 27 players remain.

Melissa Gillett from Australia leads them all, followed by Team PokerStars Pro Aditya Agarwal, who has a shot of becoming India’s next bracelet winner. Roman Korenev, Phil Collins and David Pham are also still alive and in the mix.

Here’s a look at the top 10 counts overnight:

1. Melissa Gillett – 3,443,000
2. Aditya Agarwal – 1,286,000
3. Billy Rodgers – 1,277,000
4. Roman Korenev – 745,000
5. Nathan Pfluger – 653,000
6. Yu Li – 472,000
7. Matthew Mlsna – 464,000
8. Marquis Mccain – 460,000
9. Huihan Wu – 454,000
10. James Cerrotta – 418,000

Lee, Waxman, Kassela and Bleznick reach final table in $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw

Another exciting final table for fans of the mixed-games is due to take place today (Thursday). The $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw (Event #13) played down to a final table today, and it’s a pretty stacked line-up.

Bernard Lee leads the remaining six, followed by Matthew Waxman, two-time bracelet winner Frank Kassela, Tim McGuigan, Stuart Rutter, and online legend Jared Bleznick.

Benny Glaser narrowly missed out on another final table, busting out in seventh. Meanwhile, Kassela was POY in 2010, and is hunting his third WSOP bracelet.

Here’s how the chips look:

1. Bernard Lee – 571,000
2. Matt Waxman – 395,500
3. Frank Kassela – 365,500
4. Tim McGuigan – 299,500
5. Stuart Rutter – 268,000
6. Jared Bleznick – 97,500

Adam Dickson leads $1,500 HORSE; Ashby, Monnette, Shack-Harris, and Negreanu still alive

A total of 736 players entered Event #14, the $1,500 HORSE, but after Day 1 only 168 remain. Adam Dickson has a huge chip lead (more than double his nearest competitor), and there are plenty of big names still bracelet hunting.

Richard Ashby, John Monnette, Brandon Shack-Harris, Daniel Negreanu, Michael Mizrachi, Mike Gorodinsky, Jason Mercier, Ronnie Bardah, Max Pescatori, David “Bakes” Baker, Kenna James, and Walter Treccarichi are just a few of the notables alive and kicking.

Here’s how the top ten counts look:

1. Adam Dickson – 180,300
2. Richard Ashby – 93,300
3. Chawki Fawaz – 92,500
4. Helen Ellis – 92,400
5. Pete Linton – 89,800
6. Karim Bevans – 81,500
7. Daniel Weinman – 81,300
8. Hasan Kural – 73,600
9. Todd Dakake – 71,600
10. Jeffrey Weiner- 71,300

Two Rounds Completed in $10K Heads-Up Championship

Considered one of the more prestigious events on the Series schedule, the $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold’em Championship (Event #15) had 129 entrants, playing down to just 32 after two rounds of play.

There’s many a big name still in contention, including former Main Event champs Joe McKeehen, Ryan Riess and Joe Cada, Dan Smith, Charlie Carrel, Adrian Mateos, Olivier Busquet, Ryan Fee, Eric Wasserson, Dario Sammartino, Jason Mercier, Chance Kornuth and Erik Seidel, to name but a few.

They’ll all return today to play down to a final, which will take place on Friday. This event created a $1,203,200 prize pool, and the winner will receive $336,656. The final 16 will make the money.