Chris Brewer earned his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet by taking down the $250,000 buy-in no-limit maintain’em excessive curler for a career-best $5.3 million payday on June 18. Just two weeks later, the 30-year-old former collegiate distance runner discovered himself atop the podium as soon as once more. The poker professional defeated a troublesome subject of 154 gamers to win the 2023 WSOP $10,000 no-limit deuce-to-seven single draw lowball championship, incomes $367,599 and his second piece of {hardware} of the summer time.
“The other one was a $250,000 tournament with $5 million on top,” Brewer informed PokerInformation dwell reporters when requested about his two WSOP wins. “I wanted to win the bracelet and it still means a lot, but the stakes were very different and it definitely was a lot less intense.”
Brewer has been on a tear in 2023. While this was his second title at the sequence, it was his fifth victory on the yr. He has made 14 whole closing tables to this point, cashing for $8,960,186 throughout these tournaments. Thanks to the 720 Card Player Player of the Year factors that he secured for this newest win, Brewer now sits in fourth place in the 2023 POY race standings introduced by Global Poker.
This win additionally noticed Brewer take residence 368 PokerGO Tour factors, sufficient to see him surpass Isaac Haxton to take the outright lead in the PGT points race heading into the again half of the yr.
Only the high 24 finishers made the cash on this occasion, with massive names amongst those who cashed together with six-time bracelet winner Jason Mercier (14th), five-time bracelet winner Eli Elezra (thirteenth), five-time bracelet John Monnette (eleventh), four-time bracelet winner Brad Ruben (tenth), bracelet winner and PokerStars Caribbean Adventure important occasion champion Halen Hall (ninth), _and 2013 WSOP important occasion champion Ryan Riess (eighth).
Six-time bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu made the closing desk and outlasted Young Ko (seventh – $46,356) and three-time bracelet winner Yuri Dzivielevski (sixth – $60,840), solely to complete fifth when his pat 9-8-6-4-2 bumped into the pat 8-7-6-5-3 of bracelet winner Alex Livingston. Negreanu earned $81,751 for his fifth-place displaying. The rating noticed Negreanu surpass $50 million in recorded match earnings, which is sweet for third on poker’s all-time cash listing.
Two-time bracelet winner Chris Vitch then bowed out in fourth place ($112,402)) after operating right into a wheel for David ‘ODB’ Baker for his final chip, having bet-folded shortly earlier than that to depart himself with a fraction of a blind.
The closing three battled for a number of hours earlier than play was halted on day 3. Baker bagged up the chip lead, with Brewer in second and Livingston on the brief stack when the unscheduled day 4 started.
Livingston gained an enormous pot in opposition to Baker early, displaying down 8-6-4-3-2 for the win. Baker quickly discovered himself all-in with 8-7-6-4 going through the made 10-9-8-6-3 of Brewer. Baker paired his 4 to complete third, incomes $158,057 for his efforts. The three-time bracelet winner and World Poker Tour champion now has greater than $7.3 million in lifetime earnings after this newest deep run.
Brewer held 5,290,000 to the 3,950,000 of Livingston when heads-up play started. Brewer gained a chunky pot with a 9-8 low to drag even additional away. Then, Livingston obtained all-in with a pat J-7-6-4-2 going through a 10-8-4-2 draw for Brewer. He peeled a six to make a profitable ten low. Livingston cashed for $227,193 as the runner-up. This was his second second-place end of the sequence, having additionally made it all the way down to heads-up in the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. championship simply over per week earlier. He additionally positioned third in the $5,000 no-limit maintain’em and pot-limit Omaha occasion held throughout the first few days of the sequence. He has cashed a complete of 9 instances at this yr’s sequence, accruing greater than $780,000 in earnings alongside the method. His lifetime whole now sits at $7.5 million.
Here is a take a look at the payouts and rankings factors awarded at the closing desk:
Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points | PGT Points |
1 | Chris Brewer | $367,599 | 720 | 368 |
2 | Alexander Livingston | $227,193 | 600 | 227 |
3 | David Baker | $158,057 | 480 | 158 |
4 | Christopher Vitch | $112,402 | 360 | 112 |
5 | Daniel Negreanu | $81,751 | 300 | 82 |
6 | Yuri Dzivielevski | $60,840 | 240 | 61 |
7 | Young Ko | $46,356 | 180 | 46 |
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Winner photograph credit score: WSOP / Alicia Skillman.