Daniel Sepiol clinched his first WSOP bracelet in type in Occasion #23: $1,500 Shootout No Restrict Maintain’em after defying the chances and battling again from a colossal chip drawback throughout heads-up play to take residence the $305,849 first prize.
Sepiol overcame Robert Natividad heads-up which noticed the Filipino participant acquire $203,889 for his runner-up end — a career-best rating.
A complete of 1,534 gamers entered the event which generated a prize pool of $2,047,890.
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2024 WSOP Occasion #23: $1,500 Shootout No Restrict Maintain’em Closing Desk Outcomes
Winner’s Response
“It feels wonderful man,” stated Sepiol. “I have been chasing a bracelet for years now, it feels nice.”
Sepiol was requested what was going via his head when he was heads-up with round a seventeen-to-one chip drawback.
“It does not really feel good, particularly if you simply bluffed off your complete stack however I sort of performed my stack that was in entrance of me and simply tried to make the very best selections,”
“An excessive amount of poker to have a good time. I will play the $25k tomorrow, that is about it,”
“My first two [tables] each had been clean and I ran good. I had an enormous chip stack once we had been short-handed and it was sort of cruise,” stated Sepiol in response to how his first two tables went within the Shootout Occasion.
Sepiol was then requested how he was going to have a good time.
“An excessive amount of poker to have a good time. I will play the $25k tomorrow, that is about it,” replied Sepiol, who could not cease smiling all through the interview.
Closing Day’s Motion
When the third and remaining day received underway, sixteen gamers had been in rivalry after successful their desk on Day 2. They included former bracelet winners akin to Darius Samual, Scott Ball, Jeremy Ausmus, Daniel Strelitz, and Vitor Dzivielevski. The ultimate sixteen gamers would now not have to win their desk to advance as Day 3 was performed out in conventional event type.
Alexander Farahi, Dzivielevski, Matthew Rosen, Brad Albrinck, Elia Ahmadian, and Kyriakos Papadopoulos had been all eradicated within the opening ranges earlier than Samual grew to become the ultimate desk bubble boy after working his pocket kings into Natividad’s pocket aces, with the eventual runner-up rivering quads which sealed Samual’s destiny.
Natividad picked up pocket aces once more and eradicated Aaron Pinson in ninth, and the elimination prepare continued for Natividad as he despatched Ball to the rail in eighth.
Sean Ragozzini had been short-stacked for many of the remaining desk and received his chips within the center holding ace-five and was put in danger by Ausmus who held queen-eight. Ausmus improved on every road and ended the hand with a full home which eradicated Ragozzini in seventh for $46,948.
Richard Dixon had laddered up the payouts however could not get something going and finally discovered himself on the rail after getting rivered by Strelitz. Dixon had shoved with ace-seven and been referred to as by the jack-eight of Strelitz. The runout appeared good for Dixon till an eight on the river ended his run in sixth for a payday of $61,380.
It was Strelitz who fell subsequent after he ran his pocket jacks into the pocket queens of the eventual champion Sepiol, which left the previous bracelet winner out in fifth for a payday of $81,298. Moments later, solely three gamers had been remaining as Ausmus was eradicated by the hands of Sepiol and picked up $109,071 for fourth.
James Davidson was the quick stack coming into three-handed play and did double as much as give himself a foothold within the event however finally was eradicated by Natividad after working ace-ten into the runner-up’s ace-queen. An excellent run from Davidson that noticed him financial institution $148,196 for third.
When heads-up play started, Natividad held an over two-to-one chip benefit however quickly prolonged that after he picked off Sepiol’s bluff with third pair. It was at this level that Sepiol discovered himself at a seventeen-to-one chip drawback and it appeared sure the title belonged to Natividad.
Natividad was one card away from clinching his first bracelet however a devastating river card stored Sepiol alive and swung the pendulum in the wrong way.
The pair would change pots forwards and backwards till Sepiol lastly gained the chip lead after some intense heads-up motion.
Within the remaining hand of the night time, Natividad five-bet shoved the flop with ace-nine as a bluff, and Sepiol referred to as holding queen-ten for prime pair. The board ran out clear for Sepiol which meant Natividad needed to accept second.
A surprising heads-up efficiency from Sepiol who defied the chances and got here again from an enormous chip deficit to land his first-ever bracelet.
