Shawn Buchanan picked up his first WSOP gold bracelet in the $800 Online Event on Sunday Night.

The bracelet chase continues, even for those who unfortunately busted out of the 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event. With over 15 ‘post-lim’ events, players have plenty of opportunities to get right back in the game and perhaps even go deep in a ‘summer saver.’

On Sunday, another world-class pro took home his first WSOP gold bracelet in the $800 Online Event while those that hit the rail in the Main Event jumped on the opportunity to dive into the popular Little One For Drop.

Shawn ‘bucky21’ Buchanan Win $800 Online NLHE Six Max

Before the start of the World Series of Poker, Shawn Buchanan let the world know that he was headed to Las Vegas to grind a full schedule. And grind he has. Buchanan has put in hundreds of hours at the Rio tables this summer, picking up eight cashes along with way. But with the summer fading fast, that deep run he had been looking for eluded him.

Finally, on Sunday night, the breakthrough came as he took down WSOP Event #76 ($800 WSOP.com ONLINE NLHE Six Max) for $223,119 and his first WSOP gold bracelet.

Buchanan has been prolific at the WSOP over the years with 56 total cashes. With the victory, he continues the 2019 trend of big-name pros taking themselves off the ‘best players without a bracelet’ list. Now, with his ninth cash of the summer, the Canadian pro has accumulated over $2.7 million in WSOP earnings.

In addition to Buchanan, the final table featured another longtime online grinder in David ‘bakes’ Baker who finished as the runner up for $137,241, narrowly missing out on a third WSOP gold bracelet. Baker, a former worldwide top-10 ranked online pro, has over $5.1 million in career online earnings and over $3.2 million in live earnings.

Final Table Payouts

1. Shaun ‘bucky21’ Buchanan – $233,119
2. David ‘Youngpitts’ Baker – $137,241
3. Hunter ‘ibunkustink’ Gebron – $96,993
4. Alexandre ‘Apalexpex’ Moreira – $69,381
5. Luigi Andrea ‘BananaSplit’ Shehadeh – $50,310
6. Jeremy ‘gimmehaveit’ Brown – $37,089

Little One For One Drop Get Underway

For most poker players that take a shot in the Main Event, busting the best tournament on the schedule is often called “the worst day of the year.” Nowadays, the WSOP has a quick fix for those lamenting their loss of the dream of becoming the Main Event champion and that’s the ability to get right back in the game and hop into a ‘post-lim.’

The $1,111 Little One For One Drop (Event #75) got underway this weekend with two starting flights. Day 1A kicked off at noon on Saturday while Day 1B fired at the same time on Sunday.

Day 1A saw 702 players enter the field and Florida’s Mark Eddleman emerge as the flight’s chip leader with 464,600 chips. Twelve-time WSOP Circuit ring winner Valentin Vornicu also bagged a top-5 chip stack.

Other notables that survived the opening flight include Victor Ramdin, Mike Leah, David ‘ODB’ Baker, John Hesp, Stephen Song and Lexy Gavin.

Day 1A Top 10 Chip Counts

1. Mark Eddleman – 464,600
2. Schahin Ghiai – 409,500
3. Mark Agarunov – 403,600
4. Duane Mitchell – 362,900
5. Valentin Vornicu – 354,800
6. Jason Summers – 342,900
7. Terry Fleischer – 319.300
8. John Utley – 313,200
9. Mathieu Gomez – 307,800
10. Jeremy Frost – 298.600

Day 1B more than doubled the entries of the previous day as more than 1,500 players piled into the second flight. Stefan Ivanov enjoyed a huge last level of the night to bag the 1B chip lead with 658,000. Pennsylvania poker player and 2017 WSOP Main Event runner-up Dan Ott finished the night with a top-10 stack as well.

Other pros that made Day 2 include Mike Sexton, Tuan Le, Michael Mizrachi, and Chris Ferguson.

Day 1B Top 10 Chip Counts

1. Stefan Ivanov – 658,000
2. Hophuong Lay – 591,000
3. Joris Ruijs – 557,000
4. David Lolis – 524,400
5. Amit Zuikowitz – 518,000
6. Vladimir Geshkenbein – 430,000
7. Yiching Xu – 397,400
8. Stephen Bierman – 366,500
9. Alan Schein – 363,000
10. Daniel Ott – 356,900