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Hanh Tran Becomes Fourth Dual WSOP Bracelet Winner of 2018

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Two more bracelets have been awarded at the 2018 World Series of Poker Europe. The €1,100 NL Turbo Bounty Hunter started and concluded on Wednesday and Mykhailo Gutyi emerged with his first career WSOP bracelet. On Thursday, Hanh Tran became the fourth multi-bracelet winner of 2018 after taking down Event #3, €550 PLO 8-Handed.

Mykhailo Gutyi Wins Single Day Turbo Bounty Hunter

Turbo events are becoming popular at the World Series of Poker because players can win a bracelet in just a single day, or two days at most. Event #4 of the 2018 WSOP-E was the €1,100 NL Turbo Bounty Hunter and action concluded in just a single day.

A field of 387 took the field on Wednesday looking to win a bracelet quickly and several prominent players made a deep run in the event. Defending champion Martin Kabrhel managed to make the money but fell a bit short of the final table, finishing in 30th.

Other notables making the money in this event included Jeff Madsen, Event #2 winner Asi Moshe, Rex Clinkscales, Dutch Boyd, Cord Garcia, Maria Lampropulos, and Roland Israelashvili. This was the third straight cash for Israelashvili this series.

Ultimately, it was Mykhailo Gutyi that came out on top as champion in this event. This was his first career WSOP bracelet and the sixth ever for players from the Ukraine. Gutyi crushed the final table, eliminating five of his seven opponents and took a massive chip lead into heads-up play against Florian Sarnow. In the final hand, Gutyi flopped a flush and all the chips went into the middle when Florian turned trips.

In addition to the gold bracelet, Gutyi earned €61,299 in prize money.

Hanh Tran Wins €550 PLO 8-Handed for Second Bracelet of 2018

On Thursday, the final table of the €550 PLO 8-Handed played to a conclusion and Hanh Tran became the fourth multi-bracelet winner of 2018. Tran came into the final table tied for the chip lead with Tarek Sleiman and both had just a slight lead over Sebastian Obermeier.

Despite starting tied for the chip lead, Tarek Sleiman could only manage a fifth place finish. He lost most of his chips to Oleg Pavlyuchuk when Pavlyuchuk rivered Broadway against a single pair of kings.

Pavlyuchuk seemed to have the momentum at the final table and made it heads-up against Hahn Tran holding more than a 2:1 chip lead. However, Tran managed to double up three times and took the chip lead.

The next time all the chips went into the middle, it was Pavlyuchk at risk. He was all-in with a pair of kings against a flopped two pair for Tran. Pavlychuk was unable to catch trips and Tran ended up winning his second bracelet of 2018.

Earlier this year, Tran won the $1,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball Event for his first career bracelet. With this victory, he joins Justin Bonomo, Joe Cada, and Shaun Deeb as multi-bracelet winners on the year.

From now through Saturday, the €1,100 MONSTER STACK Event kicks off with multiple starting flights. Afterward, all of the gimmick events will be out of the way and only the larger buy-in events will remain. Of course, there’s still two weeks of action left and the big names should start rolling into Rozvadov soon to try and take advantage of the increasing prize pools.

The question now is whether anyone will show up to challenge Shaun Deeb for 2018 WSOP Player of the Year. With two cashes, Deeb now has 4,592.46 points, a 846.42 point lead over Ben Yu for second and an 1,060 point lead over Joe Cada.

Regardless of what happens, we will bring you updates on the bracelet winners and biggest stories from the remainder of this series.

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