Congratulations to Matthew Ashton, Winner of the $50,000 Poker Players' Championship ($1,774,089)
For Matthew Ashton, the fourth time was the charm here at the 2013 World Series of Poker. At this, his fourth final table of the summer, he finally captured that elusive gold bracelet, and it comes in one of the most marquee tournaments of the year, the $50,000 Poker Players' Championship. Not only does Ashton earn the gold and nearly $1.8 million, but his name will now be etched on the trophy next to legends like Chip Reese, Freddy Deeb, Scotty Nguyen, David Bach, Michael Mizrachi, and Brian Rast.
Place Player Prize
1st Matthew Ashton $1,774,089
2nd Don Nguyen $1,096,254
3rd John Hennigan $686,568
4th David Benyamine $497,122
5th George Danzer $388,523
6th Minh Ly $309,830
7th Mike Wattel $251,602
8th Jonathan Duhamel $207,630
Congratulations to Ashton, the second British player to win a bracelet here at the 2013 WSOP
Matt Perrins Leads The Final Nine Players Going Into Day 4 of Event #57: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Only 31 players began the day at the start of Day 3 in Event #57: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em. Just five and a half hours later players were already down to final table. In the first two hours of play, 13 players dropped extremely quickly, one after another, bringing the tables down to the final two tables right away. The first player to drop out of the tournament today was Sam Trickett, who ended his day quickly by losing a race to Jeff Papola.
Seat Name Chips
1 Antonio Buonanno 1,185,000
2 Seth Berger 1,698,000
3 Thomas Muehloecker 1,434,000
4 Kent Roed 482,000
5 Matt Berkey 1,585,000
6 Joe Serock 1,211,000
7 Randal Flowers 619,000
8 Matt Perrins 1,946,000
9 Arthur Pro 1,610,000
With that the final nine players were set to bag and tag, ready to return for the final table tomorrow at 12:45 p.m. local time. Play will begin in the middle of level 25 with the blinds at 1,2000/2,4000 with a 4,000 chip ante.
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