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Ben Heath Wins 50th Annual High Roller at 2019 WSOP

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Two more bracelets were awarded on Monday at the 2019 World Series of Poker. Ben Heath defeated a stacked final table of bracelet winners to win his first WSOP bracelet and to become the first seven-figure winner of the series.

Meanwhile, Dan Zack exercised extreme patience throughout the $2,500 Limit Mixed Triple Draw event and it paid off with is first gold bracelet win.

Ben Heath Wins 50th Annual High Roller for $1.48 Million

The $50,000 50th Annual High Roller played to a conclusion on Monday and had one of the more impressive final tables of the year. Every player but one had a WSOP bracelet and by the end of the night, all six were bracelet winners. The final table included Chance Kornuth, Dmitry Yurasov, Sam Soverel, Nick Petrangelo, Ben Heath, and Andrew Lichtenberger.

Heath came into the final table as the chip leader with Soverel right behind. The short stack was Dmitry Yurasov but he still had 31 big blinds. Kornuth came into the final table about the middle of the pack but lost most of his stack when he ran kings-up into the aces-up of Yurasov. Soon after, Kornuth was all-in with Qh-5h and far behind the A-Q of Lichtenberger. An ace on the flop was enough to send Kornuth to the rail in sixth place, good for $251,128.

Nick Petrangelo won the $100k High Roller at the 2018 WSOP but he was unable to take down this title. Petrangelo got into a raising war with Ben Heath and was eventually all-in with Ah-Kh and facing pocket queens. The board ran ten-high and Petrangelo fell in fifth place for $335,181.

It took a while to eliminate the next player, and during that time, Lichtenberger made a run and took over as chip lead. Heath reclaimed the chip lead after sending Dmitry Yurasov out in fourth. Yurasov ran A-10 into Heath’s A-Q of hearts, and while he didn’t need it, Heath made a flush by the river. Yurasov earned $458,138 for fourth place.

Sam Soverel finished in third after running K-J into the A-K of Ben Heath. The flop gave Soverel a flush draw, but it failed to fill. Soverel earned $640,924 for third. This left Heath and Lichtenberger heads-up for the title. Heath had 18.85 million in chips to the 14.15 of Lichtenberger.

Lichtenberger managed to get the chip lead briefly but Heath moved back in front prior to a massive final hand. Lichtenberger four-bet shoved with Ad-Kh and Heath called with Ac-Js. However, the flop produced a jack to give Heath top pair. The turn fell the 10h to give Lichtenberger outs for a straight as well as two overcards. However, another river ten was all she wrote for Lichtenberger and Ben Heath won his first WSOP bracelet.

Andrew Lichtenberger finished in second and earned $917,232 for a fantastic run. Heath earned his first WSOP bracelet and took down the first seven-figure prize of the 50th World Series of Poker, earning $1.48 million.

Dan Zack Wins $2,500 Limit Mixed Triple Draw

The final day of the $2,500 Limit Mixed Triple Draw Event played out on Monday with 13 players returning and looking to take down the bracelet. This event was a mix of A-5 Triple Draw, 2-7 Triple Draw, and Badugi.

The eventual winner, Dan Zack came into the final day as the fourth shortest stack and had to really battle to win the bracelet. He told reporters that he was never above average at any point of the tournament until the final day. On Day 3, his stack was under two big bets on two occasions, but he was able to battle back.

The final table of this event included three big names in David Gee, Jake Schwartz, and Jon Turner but none were able to make it heads-up for the bracelet. Turner went the deepest, finishing in fourth. Ultimately it was Samir Mathur facing Dan Zack for the title. However, Zack had more than a 5:1 chip lead and Mathur had less than 10 big bets left.

In the final hand during an A-5 round, Mathur put his last bet into the pot and Zack called. Zach showed a 7-5 and Mathur mucked. Dan Zack won his first WSOP bracelet along with $160,447 in prize money.

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