Event 52 of the 2010 World Series of Poker was a $25,000 buy-in Six-Handed No Limit Hold'em tournament, which netted a prize pool of $4.5 Million. 191 players entered with 18 places getting paid in the money. The biggest winner of all was 21 year old Villanova college student Dan Kelly, who won his first ever WSOP gold bracelet and a whopping $1,315,518. Dan Kelly had been winning online tournaments, and had yet to prove himself in a live tournament, and no better way to do it than with a huge pot at the $25,000 buy-in Six-Handed No Limit Hold'em event.
The runner up was poker pro Shawn Buchanan from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, who has now cashed 17 times since 2007, and currently has eight cashes this year with this one paying out $812,941.
Two-time WSOP gold bracelet winner Frank Kassela was the third-place finisher, who came close to winning his third bracelet this year. Had Frank Kassela won, that would have matched the WSOP record for wins in a single year, held by Phil Ivey, Puggy Pearson, Ted Forrest, Phil Hellmuth and Jeffrey Lisandro. Frank Kassela is now the player to catch in the 2010 WSOP Player of the Year race. Third place paid $556,053 giving him $1.3 million in earnings at this year’s WSOP.
The fourth-place finisher was Jason Somerville from Stony Brook, New York, who marked his ninth time to cash at the WSOP. He now has a 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th-place finish at the WSOP over the past three years alone – and earned $386,125 for his fourth place effort.
The fifth-place finisher was Mikael Thuritz from Las Vegas, Nevada, who final tabled the Poker Players Championship held earlier this year and finishing eighth. This time Mikael Thuritz got paid $272,084.
The sixth-place finisher was Eugene Katchalov from New York, New York, who has made three final table appearances this year alone. Eugene Katchalov has earned more than $500,000 at the 2010 WSOP after adding another $194,559 to his poker bankroll.
Former WSOP gold bracelet finishers who cashed in this event included – Daniel Negreanu (11th), Abe Mosseri (12th), and Carlos Mortensen (17th).
With his 11th-place finish, Daniel Negreanu now has 47 career cashes. This currently ranks in a tie for 12th place on the all-time WSOP cashes list.
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