Shawn Daniels Wins the $777 Lucky 7’s Event At The World Series Of Poker

Shawn Daniels – Photo Credit: WSOP / Hayley Hochstetler

Shawn Daniels received the $777 buy-in Lucky 7’s no-limit maintain’em occasion at the World Series of Poker on July 11 on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. The Placerville, California resident fittingly was awarded the prime prize price $777,777 to take his profession earnings above $2.5 million. Daniels had a big rail of household and mates that celebrated enthusiastically with him after the large win. Daniels added his first gold bracelet to a trophy case that additionally consists of two WSOP Circuit gold rings.

Daniels was feeling a mixture of tears and emotion in the moments after his victory. “I recently lost my fiancé so it’s been a tough summer,” he confessed to reporters. “I just wish she was here to celebrate it also. But it is what it is, it’s nice to get it done.” He continued to say that he, “enjoyed it and played well, pretty unreal.”

The five-day event noticed three beginning flights construct a complete subject of seven,323 entries that took the prize pool as much as $4,991,448. The prime 1,043 gamers all cashed for no less than $2,724 in prize cash when the bubble burst. There had been simply 317 gamers remaining when Day 2 started, and that quantity was whittled all the way down to the ultimate 5 after the second day of play ended. Some notables that made a deep run in the event included Bin Weng (14th), Jerry Yang (nineteenth), TK Miles (fortieth), Aaron Mermelstein (83rd), and Chad Eveslage (1ooth).

Daniels was proper in the center of the chip standings when the ultimate day of play started, however he scored a well timed double up in the first large hand that he performed. Daniels jumped into the chip lead throughout three-handed play, after which he took out Istvan Briski in third place to take a greater than 2:1 chip benefit into the ultimate match towards Julien Montois.

Daniels retained the chip lead throughout the entirety of the ultimate match, and all of the chips solely bought into the center as soon as between the final two gamers. The board learn QJ844 when Montois bought all in, and Daniels thought for a second earlier than he referred to as. Montois revealed 103 for a busted straight draw, and Daniels picked off the bluff on the river holding OkQ. Montois was eradicated in second place, and he took dwelling $400,777 in prize cash for the runner-up end and largest money of his profession.

Here is a take a look at the payouts awarded at the ultimate desk:

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