It had been 14 years since anybody crossed the six-bracelet milestone, the final being Males “The Grasp” Nguyen. Nonetheless, John Hennigan has now damaged that streak, successful his seventh bracelet in Occasion #7: $1,500 Vendor’s Selection on the 2024 World Sequence of Poker.
Hennigan final defeated Robert Wells after a quick heads-up duel. With the win, Hennigan grew to become solely the ninth participant to affix the seven-bracelet membership.
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“It is Attention-grabbing to know, I assume, identical to another quantity” Hennigan commented when requested concerning the accolade. “Very completely satisfied to win the event. I imply to me, the perfect factor about successful the event just isn’t dropping it. Not getting second or figuring out they’re nonetheless taking part in and wandering round after you go broke. It is simply very satisfying to return out on prime.”
Occasion #7: $1,500 Vendor’s Selection Remaining Desk Outcomes
| Place | Participant | Nation | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Hennigan | United States | $138,296 |
| 2 | Robert Wells | United Kingdom | $90,339 |
| 3 | Peter Gelencser | Hungary | $60,343 |
| 4 | Viktor Blom | Sweden | $41,237 |
| 5 | Brayden Gazlay | United States | $28,845 |
| 6 | Clint Wolcyn | United States | $20,665 |
| 7 | Ryan Pedigo | United States | $15,182 |
Winner’s Response
Hennigan shortly took the chip lead as soon as the ultimate desk was set and by no means misplaced it en path to victory. The Poker Corridor of Famer talked about how comfy he was navigating the remainder of the event from the highest of the chip counts.
“I had an analogous expertise at PokerGO, like two months in the past, the place I simply had an enormous chip lead, and each hand simply performed themselves. It was very simple. , this event was much like that. When you’ve got a monster chip lead, it is a fairly easy recreation.”
With 21 video games to select from, Hennigan described how taking part in to his strengths was a giant a part of his technique when it comes to the video games he chosen.
“I do not actually suppose an excessive amount of about that. I simply performed stud as a result of it is the sport I am greatest at. And admittedly, you understand, these guys are usually not younger. However the youthful individuals are, the much less that they performed (stud). It is undoubtedly my greatest recreation, and it is in all probability low on their listing. So I simply picked stud, and albeit, I’ve all the time been fortunate in that recreation, too, so I appear to win each pot.”
The win marks the smallest buy-in occasion that Hennigan has ever gained a bracelet in, with nearly all of his wins coming in occasions with a buy-in of $10,000 or increased.
“I usually do not (play $1,500 occasions), however, you understand, I simply occurred to leap on this one. It was a fairly fortunate coincidence, really. I normally simply persist with the ten as a result of I do not wish to burn myself out an excessive amount of, however I assume I will be within the combine for Participant of the 12 months now. So prepare for the burn.”
Remaining Day Highlights
The motion obtained off to a fast begin after Hennigan scored a double knockout within the first stage of the day to ship off Venkata Tayi and Lawrence Brandt. Six-time bracelet winner Shaun Deeb was left with crumbs shortly afterwards in a Badeucy hand that noticed most of his chips get break up between Viktor Blom and begin of day chip chief Clint Wolcyn. Deeb quadrupled up proper after however was nonetheless quick and it didn’t take lengthy earlier than he was eradicated in eighth-place on the ultimate desk bubble.
The Remaining Desk
Wolcyn entered the ultimate desk with the chip lead however Hennigan was proper behind him. In one of many first palms of the ultimate desk Hennigan took down a four-way Triple Draw pot to take the lead, which he would maintain on to all the way in which till the top of the event.
Ryan Pedigo grew to become the primary last desk casualty after dropping most of his chips to Blom in Triple Draw earlier than Hennigan took the remainder of it in Stud. It took just below two hours earlier than Pedigo was adopted out the door by Wolcyn, who had taken some large hits from Blom and Wells to fall from the highest of the counts to the center of the pack.
Brayden Gazlay then obtained the higher of Wolcyn in an enormous Pot-Restrict Omaha 8 or Higher hand to ship off the beginning of day chip chief.
Hennigan started to considerably lengthen his chip lead over the remainder of the sphere following the elimination of Wolcyn and, at one level, held greater than three-quarters of the entire chips in play with 5 remaining.
In a single notable hand throughout this era, Blom began with rolled up kings in a hand of Stud-8 just for Hennigan to make a full home on seventh road to go away the web legend quick. Blom managed to outlast Gazlay who was knocked out in fifth by Hennigan earlier than he fell in fourth place by the hands of Peter Gelencser.
Gelencser started three-handed play because the shortest stack and was subsequent to fall after flopping prime pair in Omaha just for Hennigan to point out up with the higher kicker and switch two pair. That hand left Hennigan with almost a 6:1 chip benefit going into heads-up play versus Wells.
Hennigan switched from selecting Stud to No-Restrict 2-7 Single Draw as soon as heads-up play started and made quick work of Wells, who was unable to shut the hole and was in the end eradicated after operating his pat jack-ten into Hennigan’s pat jack-nine.
