The World Series of Poker has stories that capture the public’s attention

 The World Series of Poker has stories that capture the public’s attention, regardless of what their proclivity. specifically, everyone likes a story of a player who has had some difficulties for a touch then again earns their way back to the spotlight.

 While it'd not are quite as big, the return of John Monnette to the winner’s circle in Event #16, the $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship, certainly had all the earmarks of a classic. Difficult Final Table to start out Ten players came back to the felt on Saturday, vying for one among the $10,000 Championships that populate the WSOP schedule. The roster was replete with top pros, including Monnette on the short stack (270K), bracelet winners Ray Dehkharghani (315K), Jason Somerville (670) and chip leader John Racener (1.09 million). But many eyes were locked on a person who manages scientific analysis in his profession, perfect for coming to the Limit Hold’em table – the founding father of the predicative website fivethirtyeight.com, statistician Nate Silver (440K).

 It seemed that everybody was to spend a touch of your time at the highest of the heap at the ultimate table. Racener would lose the result in Scott Tuttle, who wasn't able to hold on to the slot. Chan made his moves up the ladder, knocking Tuttle out of the highest squeeze a hand that saw Dehkharghani left with only 50K in chips. Dehkharghani would go away the table because the final table “bubble boy” when Eric Kurtzman out flopped him with a K-J against Dehkharghani’s A-8 on a K-5-7-7-3 board. Chan, who has routinely driven deep in Limit Hold’em events at the WSOP without capturing the gold, exerted a bit of his expertise over the table at this time. He would pull resolute a 400K chip lead over Racener but, as he continued to feature some chips to his stack, he would also see a dangerous player in Monnette capture an outsized pot from him.

 While Chan maintained the lead, Monnette was commencing to climb the mountain. After Christopher Chung and Tuttle left the table in eighth and seventh places, respectively, there was a bit little bit of a logjam at the highest of the leaderboard. Kurtzman and Chan were tied with 1.5 million chips, while Monnette had climbed into third place with a 1.1 million stack. The battle was just getting started, however, and also the action entered the evening hours. It was at now that Silver decided to induce within the action, scraping up enough chips to be able to battle equally with the leading trio. The one player who couldn't match was Somerville, who was cruelly eliminated after he had flopped a Broadway straight against Silver, but Silver caught a seven to create a collection and also the river paired the board with another ten to administer him the backdoor boat.

 Just before the dinner break, Chan would go away the table. He would get his final chips within the center with a K-J, only to work out Monnette happen Big Slick for the preflop lead. A Jack on the flop gave Chan top pair, but the turn Ace gave Monnette a much bigger pair of his own. trying to find a Jack to salvage the hand (a King was worthless because it would improve Monnette to 2 pair also), a Queen rolled off on the river to send Chan get in fourth place because the tournament took a clear stage. Longest Final Table of 2021 WSOP Yet Already in action for over six hours, there was still a championship to work out between the three survivors. Silver got intent on the first edge, taking chips from Monnette, but both Monnette and Kurtzman both had a time within the lead. Kurtzman, however, would begin to bleed chips, eventually dropping from the tournament to Silver in third place. At the beginning of heads up, Silver held a good 600K lead, but Monnette quickly snatched it far from him. Silver battled back, however, and pulled intent on almost a 2:1 lead. The duo would still battle it out, with Monnette fighting back to even. it absolutely was only after the blinds were kicked up to 40K/80K (Level 24) was a player ready to take command. That player was Monnette, who rivered trip sevens against Silver on a 9-7-4-2-7 board (Silver didn't show) in one hand then made a more robust two pair along with his pocket sevens on a 3-K-K-4-8 board during which Silver had pocket deuces.

 On the ultimate hand, Silver committed his final chips on a 10-8-7-K flop and switch with a Q-10. Monnette had him, however, with a K-9 that faded another ten or a Queen on the river six to earn the championship of Event #16. 1. John Monnette, $245,680 2. Nate Silver, $151,842 3. Eric Kurtzman, $108,747 4. Terrence Chan, $79,210 5. Jason Somerville, $58,697 6. John Racener, $44,263 7. Scott Tuttle, $33,979 8. Christopher Chung, $26,561 9. Kevin Song, $21,149 This was Monnette’s fourth bracelet victory, but it's arguably his sweetest one. Although he has over $3 million in career earnings, Monnette has only earned slightly over $28,000 over the past three years. The fourth bracelet, while also bringing him a pleasant payday, also puts him in an elite of players like “Puggy” Pearson, “Amarillo” Slim Preston, Dominik Nitsche, Mike Matusow, Jeff Madsen, Eli Elezra, Joe Cada, and Bill Boyd (among others) who have also earned four bracelets.