In this short and sweet World Series of Poker review, David Bach becomes the first person to win multiple bracelets in 2017, and Gaurav Raini puts in the study time and comes up with a $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em bracelet win.
The moans and groans about the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Player of the Year (POY) formula will continue to spew forth after David Bach became the first player to win two 2017 bracelets, only good for a 14th place on the leaderboard.
Bach won the $1,500 Dealers Choice-Six Handed event earlier in the series for $119,399, and can now add another $383,208 to his bankroll, after taking down his second big buy-in mixed game title after winning the $50,000 Poker Player’s Championship (PPC) back in 2009.
As you would expect for a WSOP Championship event, the final table was crammed with quality. Daniel Negreanu came into the final with the chip lead but had to settle for a sixth place finish. It was the Canadian’s sixth cash of the summer, and his third final table. He now sits third in the WSOP POY table behind James Obst and Pablo Mariz.