Shaun Deeb finished fifth in the WSOP Event #17:$10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Low Card Draw Championship, earning $54,467. Phil Hellmuth finished ninth, failing to make the final table.
Current WSOP Player of the Year Shaun Deeb has made it to the final table of the seven-man tournament #17:$10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Low Card Draw Championship, and has a chance to shake off the gloom of his WSOP Europe performance.
However, Phil Hellmuth's pursuit of his 18th WSOP gold bracelet fell short once again. He finished ninth, just two places shy of his amazing 82nd WSOP final table appearance.
Deeb and the other six players at the final table have secured at least $54,467 in prize money, while the champion will take home $428,923 and a WSOP gold bracelet.
How the final table is formed
Hellmuth entered the final day with one of the shortest stacks, and he will need to get through the early stages to have any chance of reaching the official seven-player final table. Meanwhile, Deeb is second only to Ryutaro Suzuki in the leaderboard.
However, after Jason Daly was eliminated by Deeb, Deeb overtook his Japanese opponent to become the chip leader. Suzuki then countered with his own elimination, sending four-time bracelet winner Chad Eveslage out of the game and regaining the chip lead.
At this time, Hellmuth was in the middle class, but after his match against Robert French, he was severely weakened and was subsequently eliminated by Naoya Kihara from Japan.
French ultimately missed the final table by one place, while Deeb was sixth in chips when the seven-player final table began. You can follow live updates through PokerNews.
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Positive signals from Hellmuth
Despite failing to reach the final table, it's still a good start for Hellmuth, who has only made it to the final table once at the 2025 WSOP.
Last year, he finished third in the $2,500 Omaha/Stay-Down event, behind Kevin Choi and eventual champion Jason Daly.
This year, he reached the final table in the #9:$10,000 Omaha High Low 8 or better tournament, but finished seventh with $54,214.
He almost doubled his number of final tables in the first ten days of the series, but he will still be confident heading into the second weekend of the tournament.
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