Wsop Event 31 Final results

Event 31, $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.competition entered its third day with 24 players remaining from an original field of 827. The initial action was fast and furious as elimination came in quick succession until the final table of eight was reached.
 
Players became more cautious at that point and a drawn-out six hours were needed before the heads up between little known Russian player Konstantin Puchkov and Al Barbieri was formed…and that took a further three-and-a-half hours to decide as both players struggled masterfully for supremacy.
 
In the end it was the Russian who took the honours, his first WSOP bracelet and the $256,820 main prize. Barbieri’s paycheck for second place was $158,647.
 
An epic heads up clash between Men “The Master” Nguyen and New York law student Jeffrey Papola decided event 32, a $5,000 No-limit Hold'em Six-max affair which pulled in an original field of 568 international players, many of them top names like Erick Lundgren, ‘Devilfish’ Ulliot, Christian Harder, Tom Marchese, Matt Graham, Tony Dunst, and Shannon Shorr,
 
Only 12 players went into the third and final day of play Saturday afternoon, guaranteeing some hectic action, as only six would qualify for the final table.
 
Papola was confident, having recently finished second in a field of 1,243 in another WSOP six-hand event, and showed his talent in reaching the heads up with Men Nguyen despite a formidable array of opponents on the last day.
 
The clash between veteran and young gun lasted four hours and was brim full of suspense and excitement as the two went after the $667 443 main prize.  There could be only one winner despite the great poker on display, and that winner turned out to be Papola, giving him his first bracelet and the big money, which boosts his WSOP career winnings to over $1.1 million.
 
Men Nguyen took home a still-impressive runner up prize of $412,746.

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