Event 26 - $2,500 Six-Max No-Limit Hold'em - Live Updates
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Day 3 Live Updates
Oleksii Kovalchuk Wins $2,500 Six Max No-Limit Hold'em
11 months agoUkrainian poker pro Oleksii Kovalchuk defeated a field of 1,378 to win his first WSOP gold bracelet and $689,739 in the $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em/ Six Handed event.
Kovalchuck is just 21 years old and already has three cashes at the WSOP, including this victory.
He defeated a final table that included notorious online MTT player Chris Moorman, and American pros Dan O'Brian and Will Failla.
Event Information
- Event Name
- Event 26 - $2,500 Six-Max No-Limit Hold'em
- Venue
- Date
- 2011-06-15
- Final Day
- 2011-06-17
- Buy In
- $2,500
- Entrants
- 1378
- Prize Pool
- $3,134,950
- First Prize
- $689,739
Event Winner
| Player | Prize Money | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oleksii Kovalchuk | $689,739 |
| 2 | Ionel Anton | $428,140 |
| 3 | Chris Moorman | $271,800 |
| 4 | Dan O'Brien | $179,162 |
| 5 | Mazin Khoury | $121,416 |
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