It had been 14 years since anybody crossed the six-bracelet milestone, the final being Males “The Grasp” Nguyen. Nonetheless, John Hennigan has now damaged that streak, profitable his seventh bracelet in Occasion #7: $1,500 Supplier’s Alternative on the 2024 World Collection of Poker.
Hennigan final defeated Robert Wells after a quick heads-up duel. With the win, Hennigan turned solely the ninth participant to affix the seven-bracelet membership.
“It is Attention-grabbing to know, I assume, identical to some other quantity” Hennigan commented when requested concerning the accolade. “Very blissful to win the event. I imply to me, one of the best factor about profitable the event is just not dropping it. Not getting second or figuring out they’re nonetheless enjoying and wandering round after you go broke. It is simply very satisfying to return out on high.”
Occasion #7: $1,500 Supplier’s Alternative Last Desk Outcomes
Winner’s Response
Hennigan shortly took the chip lead as soon as the ultimate desk was set and by no means misplaced it en path to victory. The Poker Corridor of Famer talked about how comfy he was navigating the remainder of the event from the highest of the chip counts.
“I had the same expertise at PokerGO, like two months in the past, the place I simply had an enormous chip lead, and each hand simply performed themselves. It was very straightforward. You recognize, this event was much like that. When you will have a monster chip lead, it is a fairly easy sport.”
With 21 video games to select from, Hennigan described how enjoying to his strengths was an enormous a part of his technique when it comes to the video games he chosen.
“I do not actually assume an excessive amount of about that. I simply performed stud as a result of it is the sport I am finest at. And albeit, you understand, these guys aren’t younger. However the youthful individuals are, the much less that they performed (stud). It is undoubtedly my finest sport, and it is most likely low on their listing. So I simply picked stud, and admittedly, I’ve all the time been fortunate in that sport, too, so I appear to win each pot.”
The win marks the smallest buy-in occasion that Hennigan has ever gained a bracelet in, with the vast majority of his wins coming in occasions with a buy-in of $10,000 or increased.
“I usually do not (play $1,500 occasions), however, you understand, I simply occurred to leap on this one. It was a reasonably fortunate coincidence, truly. I often simply keep on with the ten as a result of I do not wish to burn myself out an excessive amount of, however I assume I will be within the combine for Participant of the Yr now. So prepare for the burn.”
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Last Day Highlights
The motion bought off to a fast begin after Hennigan scored a double knockout within the first degree of the day to ship off Venkata Tayi and Lawrence Brandt. Six-time bracelet winner Shaun Deeb was left with crumbs shortly afterwards in a Badeucy hand that noticed most of his chips get cut up between Viktor Blom and begin of day chip chief Clint Wolcyn. Deeb quadrupled up proper after however was nonetheless quick and it didn’t take lengthy earlier than he was eradicated in eighth-place on the ultimate desk bubble.
The Last Desk
Wolcyn entered the ultimate desk with the chip lead however Hennigan was proper behind him. In one of many first fingers of the ultimate desk Hennigan took down a four-way Triple Draw pot to take the lead, which he would maintain on to all the best way till the top of the event.
Ryan Pedigo turned the primary last desk casualty after dropping most of his chips to Blom in Triple Draw earlier than Hennigan took the remainder of it in Stud. It took just below two hours earlier than Pedigo was adopted out the door by Wolcyn, who had taken some large hits from Blom and Wells to fall from the highest of the counts to the center of the pack.
Brayden Gazlay then bought the higher of Wolcyn in an enormous Pot-Restrict Omaha 8 or Higher hand to ship off the beginning of day chip chief.
Hennigan started to considerably prolong his chip lead over the remainder of the sphere following the elimination of Wolcyn and, at one level, held greater than three-quarters of the overall chips in play with 5 remaining.
In a single notable hand throughout this era, Blom began with rolled up kings in a hand of Stud-8 just for Hennigan to make a full home on seventh avenue to go away the net legend quick. Blom managed to outlast Gazlay who was knocked out in fifth by Hennigan earlier than he fell in fourth place by the hands of Peter Gelencser.
Gelencser started three-handed play because the shortest stack and was subsequent to fall after flopping high pair in Omaha just for Hennigan to indicate up with the higher kicker and switch two pair. That hand left Hennigan with practically a 6:1 chip benefit going into heads-up play versus Wells.
Hennigan switched from selecting Stud to No-Restrict 2-7 Single Draw as soon as heads-up play started and made quick work of Wells, who was unable to shut the hole and was finally eradicated after working his pat jack-ten into Hennigan’s pat jack-nine.
