Dimitar Danchev Wins Second Career Bracelet In $25K Heads Up NLH Championship

Dimitar Danchev Captures Another Heads-Up Championship

Dimitar Danchev arrived at the WSOP just 48 hours before the tournament began. After landing, he did not head straight to the poker tables — as many WSOP players do — but instead went to his hotel to sleep.

His first opponent, jet lag, was defeated. Seven more opponents stood between him and the bracelet: Ian Bromfield, Chris Nguyen, Killian Desnos, Florian Pesce, Ding Biao, Ryuta Nakai, and finally Nikita Kuznetcov in the championship match.

Incidentally, Nikita Kuznetcov qualified for this tournament through a $2,750 satellite. His path through the bracket turned out to be one of the toughest in the field. Adrian Mateos, Petr Krupa, Thomas Eychenne, Justin Saliba, Henri “buttonclickr” Puustinen, and Alex Foxen — Kuznetcov defeated all of them, but he couldn’t get past Danchev, although he came pretty close.

In the final hand, Kuznetcov rivered trips with Q8o, while Danchev made a full house with Q7o on a board of JQ73Q.

Event #7: $25K Heads Up NLH Championship Top 4 Payouts (128 Entries)

Place	Country	Player	Prize
1		Dimitar Danchev	$800,000
2		Nikita Kuznetcov	$528,000
3		Ryuta Nakai	$300,000
4		Alex Foxen	$300,000

This is Danchev’s second WSOP bracelet. He won his first in 2022 in the online $10K Heads-Up Championship at GGPoker ($327,6K).

Philip Chun Ships $550 Mini Mystery Millions With 20,488 Entries

This was the seventh-largest tournament in WSOP history by field size. After the win, Chun thanked Chip Leader Coaching coach Kristen Foxen, whom he had spoken with the day before. According to Chun, that conversation helped him see things from a different perspective.

Event #1: $550 Mini Mystery Millions Final Table Payouts (20,488 Entries)

Place	Country	Player	Prize
1		Philip Chun	$400,000
2		Jalil Houssain	$265,000
3		Kartik Ved	$200,000
4		David Prociak	$155,000
5		Axel Bayout	$115,000
6		Joseph Trezzo	$90,000
7		Alex Kaviani	$72,000
8		Rocco Iati	$43,000
9		Jurgen Pirgu	$43,000

Karapet Galstyan Wins $600 Deepstack NLHE ($260K)

Throughout the final table, Galstyan kept texting his wife updates on who had been eliminated. When play reached four-handed, she stopped responding. Only early the next morning, after Galstyan messaged that he had won, did she reply with disbelief:

“WHAT??”

This is the second bracelet of Karapet Galstyan’s career. His first came in the 2023 WSOP Online US Domestic (NV/NJ) $400 NLH Deepstack event for $43.4K.

In fact, Galstyan has just one poker dream left: cashing in the WSOP Main Event. Despite trying for the last 10 years, he has yet to make the money.

Event #10: $600 No-Limit Hold’em DeepStack Final Table Payouts (4,622 Entries)

Place	Country	Player	Prize
1		Karapet Galstyan	$259,829
2		Joshua Lusby-Angvick	$173,067
3		Russell Giordano	$128,446
4		Joseph Sia	$96,106
5		Kenneth Baime	$72,500
6		Luis Yepez Carmona	$55,145
7		Michael Wagner	$42,295
8		Nelson Chew	$32,713
9		Omri Zaidman	$25,517

Scott Clements Wins His Fourth Bracelet In $10K PLO8 Championship

Clements has been playing the WSOP for 20 years. He now owns more than 80 cashes and 30 final tables. Here are his previous bracelet victories:

• 2006 — $3K PLO8 ($301.2K)
• 2007 — $1.5K PLO ($194.2K)
• 2019 — $1.5K Dealers Choice ($145K)

Event #9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Final Table Payouts (204 Entries)

Place	Country	Player	Prize
1		Scott Clements	$450,176
2		Dylan Weisman	$299,228
3		Todd Brunson	$203,242
4		James Obst	$141,126
5		Nam Le	$100,231
6		Ryan Bambrick	$72,849
7		Phil Hellmuth	$54,214

Stephen Hubbard Unexpectedly Wins $1,500 NL 2-7 Lowball Draw ($155,819)

Hubbard has accumulated more than $1.6 million in live tournament earnings. Remarkably, one-third of that total came from his last four tournaments:

• $155,819 — victory in the $1,500 NL 2-7 Lowball Draw WSOP event
• $142,279 — 5th place in the $5K PLO 8-Handed WSOP event
• $36,000 — victory in a $5K PGT PLO High Roller
• $215,000 — victory in the $3K PGT PLO Main Event

Hubbard himself remains modest and says he simply got lucky.

Event #12: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Final Table Payouts (626 Entries)

Place	Country	Player	Prize
1		Stephen Hubbard	$155,819
2		Gabriel Paul	$102,957
3		Dylan Smith	$69,456
4		Timothy Wong	$47,846
5		Anthony Lamps	$33,672
6		Philip Jaffe	$24,219
7		Per Hildebrand	$17,814

WSOP Streams Continue On YouTube

Tonight’s action will continue with the conclusion of the $10K GGMillion$ High Roller. The tournament attracted 627 entries, and 64 players remain. The winner will take home $1,089,964. 64th place payout = $19,999.

Here is the current top of the chip counts:

Place	Country	Player	Stack
1		Anatoly Nikitin	113 BB
2		Joey Weissman	112 BB
3		Andrew Lichtenberger	111 BB
4		Roman Hrabec	94 BB
5		Sean Perry	90 BB

The stream is scheduled to begin at 02:00 GMT. Watch on YouTube.

Main photo by Jess Beck, source: pokernews.com