US poker player Christopher Vitch became the next WSOP bracelet owner after the Phoenix, Arizona-based player defeated his last standing opponent and won the 2017 WSOP Event #48 for $320,103.
Emerging victorious from the 2017 WSOP Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 9 or Better Championship brought Vitch his second World Series of Poker bracelet. The first one came to him after he won the 2016 WSOP $2,500 Mixed Lowball Triple Draw event.
The victory also brought the 34-year-old Christopher Vitch the largest live cash prize he has ever received in his career so far, and helped the US poker player boost his live winnings to $915,344. This has also been the largest cash portion Vitch has ever won in a WSOP event. His overall WSOP winnings to date amount to $913,164. Until now, Christopher Vitch has a total of 21 WSOP cashes.
This year’s edition of the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship gathered at one place 125 stud hi-lo players, with some of them being among the best ones on a global scale. The players field accumulated a total guaranteed prize pool estimated to $1,175,000, with only 19 players being granted with monetary prizes.
Vitch managed to overcome the entire players field and leave his last standing opponent, Benny Glaser, at the runner-up position, stripping him off the chance to get himself a fourth career WSOP bracelet. Still, Glaser was granted with a solid cash portion from the guaranteed prize pool. Up to date, the UK player has 13 WSOP cashes, estimated to a total of $1,083,397 in WSOP earnings.
At the time when the three-handed play started, only Abe Mosseri, Benny Glaser and Christopher Vitch had remained around the final table, with Mosseri with a slight disadvantage compared to his two opponents. This was the time when Christopher Vitch managed to expand his chip lead on the account of Mosseri who was forced to finally bring in for his last chips and soon got eliminated, leaving Vitch and Glaser face each other in head-up play.
The heads-up play started with Vitch holding a 2 to 1 chip advantage. He soon managed to expand his lead so much that he literally pushed Glaser.
With Christopher Vitch on the first place of the 2017 WSOP Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 9 or Better Championship, taking home a monetary prize of $320,103, Benny Glaser was the one who remained on the second position getting a prize of $19,838 for his efforts. The third place was occupied by Abe Mosseri for $138,608.
The fourth position in the ranking was taken by Jameson Painter, followed by Jonathan Duhamel. Andrew Kelsall remained sixth, while Brock Parker and Alex Luneau occupied seventh and eighth place, respectively.
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Harry Evans
