175 players entered the reputable Event #52 $25,000 No Limit Hold’em Six Handed of this year’s WSOP. The prize pool was $4,156,250 and only the top 18 finishers would get a share of it. 107 players remained after Day 1, including Phil Galfond, Ben Sulsky, Marvin Rettenmaier and Kevin Eyster, to mention the top 10 only.
The likes of Brian Rast, Andrew Lichtenberger, Philipp Gruissem, Erik Seidel, Justin Bonomo, Dan Kelly, Dan Smith, Jason Mercier, Joe Cada, Brian Hastings, Sorel Mizzi, Tom Marchese, Eugene Katchalov, Phil Laak and Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier getting eliminated along the way, the field finally dropped to the final 18, all the ITM finishers returning to crown a champion on Day 3. PCA $5,000 NLHE Turbo and EPT Berlin €5,000 NLHE Turbo Six Handed winner German pro Maxi Lehmanski had the lead, just ahead of Stephen Chidwick and Galfond.
After eliminations, including Fabian Quoss, David ‘Bakes’ Baker, David Benyamine, Igor Kurganov, Todd Terry and Eyster, the Final Table was formed with Galfond in the lead.
The seat draw was as follows:
Seat 1: Max Lehmanski – 1,800,000
Seat 2: Dani Stern – 2,745,000
Seat 3: Richard Lyndaker – 590,000
Seat 4: Stephen Chidwick – 2,020,000
Seat 5: Phil Galfond – 3,995,000
Seat 6: Steve Sung – 1,980,000
Play started on Level 23 (5,000/20,000/40,000) and the first elimination came after only 24 hands: Richard ‘nutsinho’ Lyndaker pushed his stack of 410,000 to the middle from the CO, Galfond called from the SB and Steve Sung re-raised all-in with 2,355,000 in chips. Galfond folded and the other two tabled their cards.
Sung:
A 
Q
Lyndaker:
A 8
Board:9 4 K 3 7
Lehmanski came next on Level 24 (5,000/25,000/50,000), shoving his 1,300,000 in on Galfond’s 100,000 open and the latter snap-called.
Galfond:A A
Lehmanski: 6h 6c
Board:4 4 J T 8
Galfond’s aces held out and Lehmanski finished 5th.
Chidwick busted out in 4th, moving all-in on Dani Stern’s 125,000 open on Level 25 (10,000/30,000/60,000). Stern called and showed pocket fives. Chidwick held sixes but the board ran 3-A-J-4-5.
The heads-up was set on Level 26 (10,000/40,000/80,000), when Stern 3-bet all-in with 2,500,000 in chips on Galfond’s raise and he called, tabling queens. Stern had A-5s and, despite a five on the flop, the queens could not be cracked.
Steve Sung – 7,460,000
Phil Galfond – 5,670,000
WSOP title holder Sung increased his lead and the tournament was over on Level 28 (15,000/60,000/120,000), which he started ahead close to 5:1. Sung opened to 240,000 in the last hand, Galfond shoved his stack and Sung called.
Sung:J 
T
Galfond:K Q
Board:K T J 6 5
Sung won the event with two pairs.
After his victory in the WSOP 2009 $1,000 NLHE event, Sung scooped in his second title.
The end results are as follows:
1st: Steve Sung – $1,205,324
2nd: Phil Galfond – $744,841
3rd: Dani Stern – $509,473
4th: Stephen Chidwick – $353,780
5th: Max Lehmanski – $249,291
6th: Richard Lyndaker – $178,261
The likes of Brian Rast, Andrew Lichtenberger, Philipp Gruissem, Erik Seidel, Justin Bonomo, Dan Kelly, Dan Smith, Jason Mercier, Joe Cada, Brian Hastings, Sorel Mizzi, Tom Marchese, Eugene Katchalov, Phil Laak and Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier getting eliminated along the way, the field finally dropped to the final 18, all the ITM finishers returning to crown a champion on Day 3. PCA $5,000 NLHE Turbo and EPT Berlin €5,000 NLHE Turbo Six Handed winner German pro Maxi Lehmanski had the lead, just ahead of Stephen Chidwick and Galfond.
After eliminations, including Fabian Quoss, David ‘Bakes’ Baker, David Benyamine, Igor Kurganov, Todd Terry and Eyster, the Final Table was formed with Galfond in the lead.
The seat draw was as follows:
Seat 1: Max Lehmanski – 1,800,000
Seat 2: Dani Stern – 2,745,000
Seat 3: Richard Lyndaker – 590,000
Seat 4: Stephen Chidwick – 2,020,000
Seat 5: Phil Galfond – 3,995,000
Seat 6: Steve Sung – 1,980,000
Play started on Level 23 (5,000/20,000/40,000) and the first elimination came after only 24 hands: Richard ‘nutsinho’ Lyndaker pushed his stack of 410,000 to the middle from the CO, Galfond called from the SB and Steve Sung re-raised all-in with 2,355,000 in chips. Galfond folded and the other two tabled their cards.
Sung:
A Q Lyndaker:
A 8 Board:
9 4 K 3 7 Lehmanski came next on Level 24 (5,000/25,000/50,000), shoving his 1,300,000 in on Galfond’s 100,000 open and the latter snap-called.
Galfond:
A A Lehmanski: 6h 6c
Board:
4 4 J T 8 Galfond’s aces held out and Lehmanski finished 5th.
Chidwick busted out in 4th, moving all-in on Dani Stern’s 125,000 open on Level 25 (10,000/30,000/60,000). Stern called and showed pocket fives. Chidwick held sixes but the board ran 3-A-J-4-5.
The heads-up was set on Level 26 (10,000/40,000/80,000), when Stern 3-bet all-in with 2,500,000 in chips on Galfond’s raise and he called, tabling queens. Stern had A-5s and, despite a five on the flop, the queens could not be cracked.
Steve Sung – 7,460,000
Phil Galfond – 5,670,000
WSOP title holder Sung increased his lead and the tournament was over on Level 28 (15,000/60,000/120,000), which he started ahead close to 5:1. Sung opened to 240,000 in the last hand, Galfond shoved his stack and Sung called.
Sung:
J T Galfond:
K Q Board:
K T J 6 5 Sung won the event with two pairs.
After his victory in the WSOP 2009 $1,000 NLHE event, Sung scooped in his second title.
The end results are as follows:
1st: Steve Sung – $1,205,324
2nd: Phil Galfond – $744,841
3rd: Dani Stern – $509,473
4th: Stephen Chidwick – $353,780
5th: Max Lehmanski – $249,291
6th: Richard Lyndaker – $178,261
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