WSOP Bracelets for Lindgren, Campanello and Gathy

World Series of Poker events 32, 33 and 34 saw triumphs of two experienced titleholders and one new champion. During past 24 hours Las Vegas venues staged three rather exciting and unpredictable games won by Lindgren, Campanello and Gathy respectively. WSOP event 32: $5,000 buy-in Six Handed No-Limit Hold'em was marked by the success of Erick Lindgren who has recovered from the recent troubles and confirmed his reputation by winning his second WSOP bracelet after surviving an entry field of 515 and defeating star-studded final table that included the likes of Jonathan Little, Ryan D'Angelo and Lee Markholt. Starting as a chip leader, Lindgren controlled the final table action all the way until the heads up facing Markholt. The difficulties for Lindgren started even though he held a 4 to 1 advantage before the heads up. At one point, the resolute Markholt even managed to steal the lead in the almost two-hour confrontation. In the end Lindgren made an impressive come-back and earned himself a main prize of $606,317 and his second bracelet, while the second placing Markholt had to leave the table with the amount of $374,960,. The other four final table players ranked as follows: 3 Jonathan Little $238,833 4 Connor Drinan $157,274 5 Vasile Buboi $106,830 6 Ryan D'Angelo $74,768 The 21-year-old American poker pro Bryan Campanello took home his first WSOP bracelet in event 33: $2,500 buy-in Seven-Card Razz. Already having World Series of Poker Circuit cashes to his credit, Campanello entered the field with 300 other hopefuls and eventually emerged victorious despite facing some rather experienced poker players. The prize pool of $684,775 enabled 32 players to cash. Among the entrants were David Bach, Jim Wheatley, Sebastian Pauli, Ivan Schertzer, Brent Keller, Rick Fuller and Ismael Bojang, neither of whom posed a threat to Campanello. Campanello entered the heads up holding a massive chip lead which proved to be sufficient to prevent his opponent David 'The Gunslinger' Bach from winning the game. Bach was not able to overcome his chip deficiency and had to leave the event with a runner-up prize of $110,098. Campanello claimed his first bracelet and $178,052 in first prize money. The third event was WSOP event 34: $1,000 buy-in Turbo No-Limit Hold'em. The bracelet and a money prize of $278,613 were claimed by 24-year-old Belgian pro Michael Gathy who already holds one WSOP bracelet. Gathy outdid a field of 1,628, continuing his game confidently through a challenging final table battles and finishing off in an exciting heads up. The final table welcomed an international crew that included Benjamin Reason, Yueqi Zhu, Sergey Rybachenko, Daniel Bishop, Jason Duval, Noah Vaillancourt and Russell Crane, as well as Gathy and Brit pro Jake Cody as the chip leader. However, Cody did not show his best performance finishing at seventh place despite the loud support from his large band of railbirds. Gathy faced Benjamin Reason in the heads up after Yueqi Zhu was sent home from third place. After 17 hands in the heads up Gathy defeated his rival. Still Reason had a reason to be satisfied as he collected his biggest yet live tournament paycheck of $172,252. It is interesting that Gathy and Reason are the same age and both hold degrees in the areas much different from professional poker activities - Gathy is a medical doctor, while Reason holds a degree in music education.