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John Hennigan Wins Sixth Bracelet in WSOP $10k Stud Championship

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The 2019 World Series of Poker has already provided some stellar moments but Wednesday night saw one of the most epic showdowns of the year in the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship. Daniel Negreanu came into the final day looking to win his seventh bracelet while John Hennigan was looking for his sixth.

In the end, the pair battled each other in an epic heads-up clash that saw “Johnny World” come out victorious over “Kid Poker.”

Final Table Among the Strongest of the Year

The $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship drew the smallest field of the year with just 77 players competing in one of the oldest poker variants still offered at the World Series of Poker. The final table was reached near the end of Day 2 with Michael Mizrachi becoming the final table bubble boy when he ran a single pair of eights into the aces-up of Frankie O’Dell.

Joining O’Dell at the final table were Mikhail Semin, Chris Tryba, David Singer, Frank Kassela, David “ODB” Baker, John Hennigan, and Daniel Negreanu. Negreanu started the final table as the chip leader. Frankie O’Dell would finish eight in the event, and play concluded for the day.

The final seven players returned on Wednesday to play to a winner. Three-time WSOP bracelet winner Frank Kassela was the first out on Wednesday when he ran a pair of sixes into a pair of tens against David Baker. Baker improved to queens-up and Kassela failed to improve.

Queens-up proved to be the undoing of Chris Tryba. He was all-in with three diamonds against a pair of queens for Baker. Tryba only managed a pair of eights by the river and headed out to collect his $40,066 payday for finishing sixth.

David Singer was next out when he ran into rolled up sixes from Daniel Negreanu. His queens never improved and he finished in fifth place. Mikhail Semin was the fourth place finisher, but not without a fight. He was short stacked for a while but always found a way to double up or hang in there. Eventually, his luck ran out when he was all-in on third with three diamonds against split aces for Negreanu. Semin never improved and Negreanu made aces-up to take the hand.

David Baker was the third-place finisher when he ran buried fours into a pair of sixes against Negreanu. Those fours failed to improve and this took us to heads-up play.

John Hennigan Wins Sixth Bracelet After Epic Heads-Up Battle

At the start of heads-up play, Daniel Negreanu led John Hennigan by nearly 2 to 1. Hennigan is known for being one of the best mixed game players in the world and it wasn’t long before he took the chip lead.

Negreanu was not going to lay down to Hennigan and continued to battle and the pair continually swapped the chip lead. The pair battled for about four hours with both players taking a lead, sometimes a substantial one, before giving it up to the other player.

Eventually, Negreanu ran on a cold streak late and Hennigan moved out to a 21 to 1 chip lead. In the final hand, Negreanu was all-in on sixth street with a pair of fours and a flush draw against aces-up for Hennigan. The river brought Negreanu the 6d and that was the end of his run at a seventh bracelet. Daniel Negreanu finished runner-up, earning $151,700.

Johnny “World” Hennigan has won three bracelets in the last four years, including bracelets in back-to-back years. This was his sixth career WSOP bracelet victory, earning him $245,451. Last year, Hennigan won his fifth bracelet en route to being inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. With this victory, Hennigan shows no signs of slowing down and he continues to prove that he is one of the most dominant mixed game players in the world.

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