The craziest stories from the 2015 WSOP Part 2
We are back with more of the biggest and most talked about stories from the WSOP this year.
Chan and Seed wrestle at the Rio
When you get legendary prop bettor Huck Seed and poker player turned MMA fighter Terrence Chan in the same place, this was always going to happen.
The two were said to have made a friendly wager on whether Huck could last two minutes wrestling with Chan:
#OffTheFelt: Round 1 @tchanpoker vs. @HuckleberrySeed wrestling for $50k. (cut short) #wsop pic.twitter.com/M6Sg55iAXC
— PokerNews (@PokerNews) June 26, 2015
Video courtesy of the @PokerNews Twitter account.
Duhamel wins One Drop
Making the case for perhaps being the best post-boom Main Event champion, Jonathan Duhamel won the $111,111 One Drop High Roller.
The 2010 champion defeated a field of 135 to take down the $3,989,985 first prize.
This takes his lifetime winnings to $16,819,897 and, of course, the all-important second WSOP bracelet.
2015 was proving a roller coaster year for Duhamel. He has had a string of cashes this year including a win in a PCA side event, but he also surprisingly lost his PokerStars deal.
Mercier wins bracelet number 3
Coming off the back of an amazing SCOOP series, Jason Mercier added once again to his trophy cabinet.
He took down the $5,000 Six Max event for a first prize of $633,357.
This is Mercier's third WSOP bracelet, having previously won two PLO bracelets, one in 2009 and one in 2010.
In May he won three SCOOP titles and the SCOOP Player of the Series, highlighting just how interchangeable online and live form can be.
Accidental High Roller registration
Away from the World Series of Poker, the Aria hosted a $25,000 High Roller tournament, alongside its nightly $125 tournament.
One of the players in that $125 tournament was accidentally handed a $25,000 ticket to the High Roller event instead.
The player in question proceeded to play the High Roller for seven hours until he was found out. At which stage he was escorted out of the casino.
However, he left his mark on the event as he busted at least three High Rollers during his time at the tables. The players were partially refunded.
Accidental bracelet win
After an inconceivable string of unlikelihoods, 40-year old Vietnamese born pro Christian Pham won WSOP Event #23, a $1,500 buy-in 2-7 Lowball tournament, even though he'd mistakenly registered and didn't even know the rules.
When Pham first took his seat on Day 1, he was expecting to be playing his usual game (No Limit Hold'em), but to his horror the cards were being dealt in a fashion he'd never seen before.
"They had started dealing already, so I couldn't do anything", Pham told the WSOP. "If they hadn't started I would've asked to be unregistered."
But after quickly accepting his cruel fate, knuckling down and paying close attention to what other players were doing around him, he managed to win the event for $81,314.
Brian Hastings multi-accounting
Brian Hastings should have been the biggest story of the WSOP for winning two bracelets in the series, as well as a number of lucrative bracelet bets.
However, that was overshadowed completely when David Baker accused him of multi-accounting online under the second account 'NoelHayes'. This transgression was all but admitted soon after by Hastings.
This is not the first time the 26-year-old has been embroiled in controversy, having previously admitted to sharing hand histories on Viktor Blom.
The timing of the story has completely tarnished what may have otherwise been one of the great WSOP performances by a young player.
Which stories did we miss? If you want to check out part 1 you can do so here.
