2024 WSOP: Daniel Vampan Gets His First WSOP Bracelet, Winning the $3,000 Limit Hold’em 6-Handed Event

Daniel Vampan from the United States won the WSOP $3,000 Limit Hold’em 6-Handed event for $148,635 and his first WSOP bracelet. This is Vampan’s first recorded live MTT win and second biggest cash of his career. His most significant cash came in 2023 when he finished 23rd in the WSOP Main Event for $345,000. Vampan beat Robert Wells in a very short heads-up battle as he had a significantly bigger stack.

World Series of Poker Event #25: $3,000 Limit Hold’em 6-Handed brought 248 entries, which generated a prize pool of $662,160. The most recognizable name that managed to get the money was Phil Hellmuth. Phil finished in 23rd place for $6,326.

Event #25: $3,000 Limit Hold’em 6-Handed Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Daniel Vampan	United States	$148,635
2	Robert Wells	United Kingdom	$99,578
3	Nick Caltabiano	United States	$67,919
4	Lucas Wagner	United States	$47,179
5	Roland Israelashvili	United States	$33,387
6	Frank Yakubson	United States	$24,078

The Final Table

Going into the final table, most of players were short stacked and only Daniel Vampan was sitting with 43 big bets as the big stack.

Frank Yakubson was the first one who had to leave as he 3-bet from BTN against Vampan’s HJ open, and Vampan called. The flop was J♣8♠2♥, Yakubson c-bet, and Vampan called. The turn was 7♦, and all the money went in after the check-bet-raise-3bet-4bet-call action. Yakubson was holding 6♥6♠, and Vampan had A♣7♥. The river was J♦, which didn’t help anyone, and Yakubson was eliminated as Vampan’s pair of sevens were good. Yakubson won $24,078 for his sixth place finish.

Roland Israelashvili was next to leave when he opened from BTN and got called by Caltabiano from BB. The flop was Q♠8♠3♣, Caltabiano bet, and Israelashvili called for the remaining chips. Israelashvili was holding 6♦3♥ against Caltabiano’s K♦3♦. The turn was 4♣, the river was J♥, and Israelashvili was out in fifth place for $33,387.

Lucas Wagner shoved and got called by Vampan on BTN and Caltabiano in BB. The flop was Q♥3♦3♠, everybody checked, and the turn was 10♥. Caltabiano bet, Vampan folded, and there was a showdown where Wagner was holding 7♠5♠ against Caltabiano’s [pcnQs9h[/pcn]. The river was 5♣, which didn’t matter since Wagner was drawing dead. Wagner was eliminated in fourth place for $47,179.

Caltabiano was next on his way out of the tournament when he pushed all the chips in the middle and got called by Robert Wells. Caltabiano was holding Q♥10♦ against Wells, who had J♦10♣. The board ran 7♥Q♠9♥8♠4♣, giving Wells straight on the turn and knocking Caltabiano out in third place for $67,919.

The Heads-Up

The heads-up didn’t last long, as Wells was short-stacked. The last hand happened when Wells opened from BTN, and Vampan called. The flop was 7♦3♣2♣. Wells c-bet and got check-raised, but he called. The turn was 5♥; Vampan led, Wells shoved, and Vampan called. Wells was holding 6♠5♠ against Vampan’s 7♥4♦. The river was 8♥, and Vampan’s pair of sevens was golden. Robert Wells was eliminated in second place for $99,578.

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