The action was hot, the gold was won and when the dust settled on a monumental day of action on Day 7 of the 54^th annual WSOP, three bracelets were resting on the hands of three tournament winners. For Tyler Brown and Kenneth O’Donnell, it was a first experience of winning a gold WSOP bracelet. For Chad Eveslage it was the second time he’d taken a WSOP title in the past week.

Brown Hero Calls to Victory in Mystery Millions

A stunning heads-up call led to Tyler Brown becoming a bracelet winner for the first time in Event #3, the $1,000-entry Mystery Millions. With a top prize of exactly a million dollars on the line, the third seven-figure sum awarded after two players opened million-dollar bounties on Day 2 of the event, eight players made it to the final table.

An early elimination for Tam Ho (8^th for $121,683) was followed by one for Dan Shak, who had already pulled a $100,000 bounty prize before he was taken out in 7^th for $154,940. Shak shoved with only to be called by Guang Chen, with the chip leader holding . A clean board only boosted Chen’s chances of victory but that changed after Tauan De Oliveira Naves (6^th for $198,320) and Rhian Fineis (5^th for $255,210) both busted.

Brown’s dominance was growing and it was he who held the chip lead. Chen was not about to let go of his earlier advantage easily, however, taking out both Steven Thompson (4^th for $330,150) and Ryan McKnight (3^rd for $429,360) to grab a chip lead heads-up.

Going into the final duel with 471 million to Brown’s 258 million, Chen went for an audacious bluff on a board showing with only . Put to the test for all his chips, Brown only held , though. Could he make the hero call of his life to go to the river with the best hand? He most certainly could, as after 90 seconds or so, he called the bet and was rewarded by a that doubled him up to having a 10:1 chip lead. PokerGO commentator Remko Rinkema called it “the call of the summer so far”.

This INSANE call might have just made Tyler Brown a millionaire.

With all the money on the line, Brown finds an INCREDIBLE call against Chen Guang with just ace-high and one card to come. pic.twitter.com/SqlAMhGveN

— PokerGO (@PokerGO) June 6, 2023

Shortly afterwards, it was all over. Brown’s victory was complete and he took home the $1,000,000 top prize and gold bracelet, Chen left to lick his wounds and collect the $561,320 runner-up prize.

Eveslage Makes it a Dealer’s Choice Double

Chad Eveslage won his third lifetime WSOP bracelet in the $10,000-entry Dealer’s Choice Championship Event #10 as he took down his second WSOP Event inside a week in Las Vegas. After winning Event #5 just a few short days ago, Eveslage became the first player to win two bracelets in the 54^th annual WSOP by beating his now fellow three-timer Dutch Boyd heads up for a score of $311,428.

A total of 13 players started the day but after Paul Volpe and John Hennigan were among those to miss out on making the six-handed final table, Ari Engel posted this video about his chances as a “minor leaguer” among some serious sharks.

Final table dealers choice! pic.twitter.com/Rjk12mb1Mw

— Ari Engel (@AriEngelPoker) June 6, 2023

It was Marco Johnson who busted first at the final table, sliding out in sixth for $56,528. Shortly after, Engel himself was gone, ousted by Eveslage on his seemingly inexorable path to a third WSOP title and second in six days. Dustin Driksen fell in fourth, Zack Freeman joined him on the rail in third and then it was the task of Dutch Boyd to try to conquer Eveslage. It was not to be, the final hand giving the double bracelet winner a straight flush to take the bracelet.

While Eveslage has won back-to-back Dealer’s Choice events, he’s yet to win the Championship event three times in a row a feat somehow completed by Adam Friedman between 2018 and 2021. Eveslage told PokerNews afterwards that he has his sights set on emulating his friend at the felt.

“If there’s another World Series next year, if the singularity doesn’t get us, I suppose that I will try to win. I think I’ve got an edge on Adam. He might have his own little opinion.”

O’Donnell Takes Title, Poker Brat Runs to Final 50

With a mammoth 6,085 entries in Event #11, the $600-entry NLHE Deepstack event, Poker Brat Phil Hellmuth got close to glory as his bid to win a 17^th and record-extending WSOP bracelet ended in 47^th place from the 340 players who began the day.

Instead, first-timer Kenneth O’Donnell won a WSOP bracelet and a top prize of $351,098 after he toppled Jefferson Guerrero heads-up with others such as Chinese player Ka Chen Kan’s (3^rd for $162,371) and  Fabio Coppola (9^th for $33,274) falling short at the final table.

Ramos and Eyer Look for First Bracelet in Freezeout

The $5,000-entry Event #12, a $5,000 No Limit hold’em Freezeout, saw Jeremy Eyer (4,420,000) and Felipe Ramos (4,155,000) take the two biggest stacks through to the final day of action. Both men have never won a WSOP bracelet, only a Circuit Ring, but with the field behind them, it’s not a two-horse race for the gold.

Also shooting for bracelet #1 are Christina Gollins (2,965,000), Jesse Lonis (2,335,000) and James Vecchio (2,050,000) with the former WSOP winners Yuval Bronshtein (1,355,000) and Jinho Hong (1,280,000) both still in contention a little further back.

Shaun Deeb and Adam Owen Chase PLO Deepstack Crown

The two-day Event #13, which costs $600 to play and is in Pot Limit Omaha saw 3,200 players take on the tables, with only 117 surviving to do it all again tomorrow for the gold. The action was fast and furious across both Horseshoe and Paris venues in Las Vegas as the top prize of $217,102 came into sight for the chip leader Aaron Ang (2,765,000) and his closest challengers Giorgiy Skhuluhiya from Georgia (2,600,000) and the America player Soheb Porbandarwala (2,175,000).

Elsewhere, sharks sit just beneath the surface of the top five stacks, ready to pounce if they smell a drop of blood. Jonathan Dimmig (1,815,000), Adam Owen (1,505,000) and Ben Herbert (1,450,000) all made the top ten chipcounts, while others such as Shaun Deeb (1,265,000), Brandon Shack-Harris (955,000) and the former world champions Greg Raymer (675,000) and Koray Aldemir (640,000) all made the cut. Big names to bust included  Daniel Zack, Barny Boatman, Maria Ho, and 2023 bracelet winner Michael Moncek.

Seven Card Stud Sees Schulman Slain but Williams Winning

The final event of the night to wrap featured a fallen champion and a former runner-up both of whom enjoyed varying degrees of success at the felt. Yesterday’s Event #9 Seven Card Stud winner Nick Schulman flicked 9% of his winnings into this event but was unable to last long, slipping into the night before he get a cigar in his mouth the night after his legendary success.

David Williams, famed for being a former WSOP Main Event runner-up to Greg Raymer in 2004 as well as a former bracelet winner himself back in 2006, conquered Seven Card Stud 17 years ago and is well on his way to doing so again. Amassing a spectacular chip lead, Williams bagged 530,500 chips, more than double anyone’s stack bar his nearest challengers Max Hoffman (317,500) and Tamon Nakamura (289,500).

Chris Brewer refuted claims by some that Doug Polk’s ‘double victory lap’ in the pair’s $25,000 Heads Up Championship semifinal was anything other than a non-malicious celebration of the moment.

For what it’s worth I thought @DougPolkVids celebration yesterday was very fun/funny. Of course would rather have not seen the queen, but it was clear to me there was nothing malicious in the reaction. Just a person enjoying the game and moment.

— Chris Brewer (@Chris_D_Brewer) June 5, 2023

David ODB Baker thinks that the current plan for when to start – and end – WSOP events could do with a tweak.

I hope we revisit this early end to 2 pm tournies. We finished an hour before the 10 am tourney. It’s not gaining players we are losing players stuck in earlier events and day 2s. This experiment is a failure, I’ve heard many others with the same thoughts. Plus day 2 goes so late

— David Baker (@audavidb) June 6, 2023

Should you get preferential treatment for winning the WSOP Main Event? It’s a topic open for debate now.

Embrace debate: Should Jamie Gold get preferential treatment from the WSOP? pic.twitter.com/ghJQ6PPETA

— Barstool Poker: Cracking Aces (@CrackingAAces) June 5, 2023

Finally, DJ MacKinnon has got in early with his nomination for the Poker Hall of Fame in 2023. It’s hard to argue against.

My nomination for the poker HOF this year is for the Bravo tournament clock

-Consistent display and functionality
-Well known and respected across all poker rooms
-Has clearly stood the test of time as there have been no upgrades in 20+ years and everyone still uses it https://t.co/bauAPzBBgT pic.twitter.com/PqA6yHVKG8

— DJ MacKinnon (@djmacjr) June 5, 2023

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