2013 World Series of Poker

Event #6: $1,500 "Millionaire Maker" No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 4
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
99
Prize
$1,198,780
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
6,343
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
50,000

Congratulations to Benny Chen, Winner of Event #6: $1,500 "Millionaire Maker" No-Limit Hold'em ($1,198,780)

Level 36 : 200,000/400,000, 50,000 ante
Benny Chen Wins!
Benny Chen Wins!

It began on Saturday with 6,343 entrants across two starting flights, creating the largest single-day starting field in World Series of Poker history. Fast forward four days, 35 one-hour levels, 6,432 eliminations, and only one player remains standing. Benny Chen is the sole survivor, earning $1,198,780 for his historic achievement.

PlacePlayerPrize
1Benny Chen$1,198,780
2Michael Bennington$741,903
3Jonathan Gray$534,506
4Justin Liberto$400,408
5Dan Kelly$302,104
6Chris Hunichen$229,575
7Upeshka Desilva$175,714
8Robert McVeigh$135,467
9Theron Eichenberger$105,154

Day 4 began with 10 players remaining and Chen was atop the leaderboard, but that position would change countless times over the course of the 195-hand final table. Bracelet-winner Dan Kelly notched the first two eliminations, sending Joe Kuether to the rail in tenth place and eliminating Theron Eichenberger in ninth place, to take the lead from Chen. Following Robert McVeigh's elimination in eighth place, Chen was in sixth place out of the seven remaining players.

When Upeshka Desilva exited in in seventh place, Chen was back to second in chips. Chris Hunichen fell in sixth place and seven hands later, Kelly met his demise as well.

Chen was second in chips with four players remaining, despite not having any eliminations under his belt thus far. Four-handed play lasted 95 hands with each player exchanging turns as both the chip leader and the short stack. Finally, on Hand #175, Justin Liberto fell at the hands of Chen. Three-handed play only lasted 12 hands before Chen dispatched of Jonathan Gray in third place.

With a roughly 3:1 chip lead to begin heads-up play, Chen sealed the deal on the eighth hand of the duel. After Michael Bennington limped on the button, Chen raised from the big blind. Bennington clicked it back before Chen re-raised all in. Bennington called for his tournament life with {3-Spades}{3-Clubs}, well behind Chen's {9-Hearts}{9-Spades}. The board rolled out {k-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{J-Clubs}{A-Clubs}, locking up the victory for Chen.

Congratulations to Chen for his historic accomplishment! We hope you enjoyed our hand-for-hand coverage of this final table, and urge you to follow our coverage for the remainder of the summer as more bracelets are awarded. For now, good night from Las Vegas!

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Event #6: $1,500 "Millionaire Maker" No-Limit Hold'em

Day 4 Completed