Shota Nakanishi wins her first World Series of Poker bracelet for $10,000

The last day of 2022 World Series of Poker A $10,000 short event featured five players who had collectively earned the previous tournament over $101.5 million. Three of the five contenders were already bracelet winners, including one five-time champion in the series. In the end, the player who finished first was the shortest CV of the tournament: Shota Nakanishi. The Japanese player came out on top of the chips and beat the stacked final table to score his first goal WSOP . World Series of Poker The bracelet and the grand prize are $277,212.

“I am very happy! I am very happy now!” Nakanishi said. WSOP . World Series of Poker Reporters after his victory.

“I play a lot of short playing cards, many times. I’ve been playing online for three years. I also enjoy No-Limit Hold’em and sometimes Limited Omaha,” said Nakanishi.

This year’s short set event drew a record turnout of 110 entries to build a $1,025,750 prize pool. The top 17 racers have made money, with big names such as 2013 Main Event Champion Ryan Reese ($16 – $16,449), six-time bracelet winner Daniel Negriano ($15 – $16,449), three times World Poker Tour 14th Champion Chino Rheem ( ) – $19,590, 2017 Poker Players Championship winner Elior Sion (9th – $29,712) and rising high-stakes star Chris Brewer (8th – $29,712) all They make deep tours.

The final day started with Nakanishi at the top of the leaderboard and Stephen Chidwick. The British bracelet winner got off to a rough start, with his doubles and a flowing draw turning into straight bracelet winner and two-time main event scheduling finalist Ben Lamb.

Chidwick was left on the fumes after a brick on the river. He quickly got it all done with the A-9 after a proper AJ for Nakanishi. Chidwick found no help and was eliminated in fifth place ($65,143). The result increased Chidwick’s career earnings to over $43.1 million, which is a good thing for the fifth place on the all-time poker money list. It now sits just $1,06,123 behind David Peters at number four.

Chidwick also has enough rating points to consolidate his hold on fourth place in card player Ranking player of the year and fifth place on PokerGO . Tour Leaderboard.

Shawn Winter was next in the fall. He’s got his last two short sets with the Pocket Queens, only to find himself in a tough situation against the Nakanishi Pocket Kings. The larger pair held and Winter was eliminated in fourth place ($88,168). It was the thirteenth place for the final table of this year’s American Professional Poker, winning two titles and more than $2.1 million in POY Guaranteed profits along the way. As a result, it now sits in sixth place in POY Ranking is the tenth in PGT a race.

Five-time bracelet winner Brian Rust was the short stack to start the three-armed action. He scored a quick double through Lamb to go into second place. lamb was able to double its return through Rast by hitting pocket aces on KQ to leave the two ranks Poker Players Championship Winner on fumes. Rust got his last very short stack shortly thereafter. A 10-8 couldn’t outsmart Nakanishi’s proper K-10 and sent Rast home with $121,718 for his third appearance. He now has more than $22.4 million in lifetime tournament money after this latest result.

Nakanishi had a roughly 2:1 chip lead when the head-to-head game began. Lamb hung around for a while, but eventually ran an A.s inK Nakanishi to end the tournament. bright board 766y8 To lock up fate and the title of Nakanishi.

Lamb earned $171,331 as the runner-up. This was his fifth cash of the series, including third place in the $50.00 Omaha event for $622,861. He now has over $14.7 million in lifetime cash.

Here is a look at the payments and rating points awarded in the final table:

Winner photo credit: PokerGO / Enrique Malfavon.

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