Event #6: €1,650 Mixed PLO/NLHE

A royal flush at the final table helped Norbert Szecsi win his second World Series of Poker gold bracelet after victory in Event #6: No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha Mixed Event. He takes home €86,596 in prize money after besting a field of 241 players.

Since winning his first bracelet in 2013 in a $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em event, Szecsi has had two runner-up finishes in WSOP events in 2014 and 2016. Now he has gone one step further and added another piece of gold to his collection.

WSOP Player of the Year leader Shaun Deeb takes home €53,731 for his second-place finish, just missing out on a third bracelet of 2018. A fourth top-three finish does not make him mathematically certain to win the Player of the Year title just yet, but it would take a herculean effort from another player over the remainder of the WSOPE festival to deny the four-time bracelet winner.

Here are the final table results:

Final Day Recap

Eight players remained at the start of play, with Netanel Amedi leading the way and Szecsi not far behind him. Amedi increased his stack over 2 million over the opening exchanges. However, Deeb battled back to lead at the first break of the day in a very fluid opening two levels.

Van Tiep Nguyen didn't manage to get anything going on the final day's play and was the first elimination of the day at the hands of Julien Sitbon, losing a flip to bust in eighth. It was Nguyen's second final table of the 2018 WSOPE after finishing fifth in Event #2 earlier. He was closely followed by Vittorio Castro who picked his spot with kings in pot-limit Omaha only to run into the aces of Szecsi.

Samuel Albeck doubled before Jaroslav Peter was cruelly sent to the rail. Having already doubled early in the day, Peter got his stack in with un-suited aces against the eights and fours of Amedi in PLO, only for Amedi to turn a set of eights.

At this stage Amedi and Deeb were above 2 million in chips, but Amedi would outpace his American opponent and move closer to 3 million with five players left.

Those five soon became four with the elimination of Albeck, his ace out-kicked by that of Deeb to bust in fifth. It soon became a back-and-forth battle between Deeb, Amedi and a resurgent Szecsi before Amedi once more exerted his dominance, eliminating Sitbon in fourth place.

Sitbon got it in with queens against Amedi's jacks in PLO, but the Frenchman improved to trip aces on the flop. However, a jack on the river gave Amedi a boat and eliminated Sitbon.

By the next break the stacks were level once more, with no breakthrough seeming likely.

Szecsi was the shortstack at the table and he three-bet jammed    only to get called by the    of Amedi. The flop came     with the Hungarian's rail screaming for his outs. The turn was the   but the river was the   giving Szecsi a royal flush and a lifeline back into the contest.

Amedi was eliminated in the very next hand by Szecsi, who had gone from last to first in three hands before the start of heads up.

Heads-up play was a cautious and patient affair with both players knowing that one pivotal hand could change the entire dynamic of the contest. Deeb quickly turned the tables however to move out into an early lead, but the pendulum swung back the way of Szecsi after out-kicking Deeb when both players turned trips.

The very next hand Deeb three-bet all in on an ace-high turn only to run into Szecsi's top set meaning the likely player of the year was drawing dead, securing the Hungarian's second career bracelet.

Pot-Limit Omaha

Norbert Szecsi raised from the button with      and Shaun Deeb three-bet to 450,000 with     .

The flop came     on which they both checked through to the   on the turn to give them both trip aces. They both checked again to see the   complete the board on the river. Deeb checked with the lower kicker, Szecsi bet 550,000 and Deeb snap-called to see the pot awarded to Szecsi.

Norbert Szecsi	3,820,000	795,000
Shaun Deeb	3,410,000	-795,000

No-Limit Hold'em

Netanel Amedi raised to 115,000 from the button and Norbert Szecsi three-bet shoved for 1,855,000 in the small blind. Shaun Deeb quickly folded. Amedi contemplated for a few seconds and then made the call. He got up from his chair and told his rail what he got before it showed up on the screen.

Norbert Szecsi:   
Netanel Amedi:   

The board ran out       for Szecsi to hit a royal flush on the river to double up and leave Amedi behind with 150,000.

Norbert Szecsi	3,900,000	2,215,000
Netanel Amedi	130,000	-1,990,000

Pot-Limit Omaha

Shaun Deeb limped      in the small blind and Netanel Amedi raised to 120,000 in the big blind with     . Deeb called.

The flop came     and Deeb check-called 130,000. The turn was the   and Deeb check-called 180,000.

Deeb checked for a third time on the   river and Amedi bet 385,000. Deeb quickly called and Amedi mucked.

Netanel Amedi	2,435,000	-835,000
Shaun Deeb	2,175,000	935,000

Pot-Limit Omaha

Shaun Deeb opened to 85,000 on the button with      and Netanel Amedi called in the small blind with     

The flop came     and Amedi check-called 80,000. The turn was the   and both players checked.

The river was the  . Amedi bet 145,000 and Deeb called. Amedi showed his two pair and took down the pot.

Netanel Amedi	3,250,000	350,000
Shaun Deeb	1,420,000	-310,000

No-Limit Hold'em

Norbert Szecsi raised to 90,000 from the button with   , Netanel Amedi made the call with   .

The flop came     for Amedi to hit a pair of aces and Szecsi a pair of fives. Amedi check-called the 85,000 continuation-bet of Szecsi.

The turn was the   on which both players checked to the   on the river. Szecsi check-folded to the 90,000 bet of Amedi.

Netanel Amedi	2,800,000	285,000
Norbert Szecsi	2,000,000	-295,000

Players are going on a 20-minute break.

Netanel Amedi	2,515,000	-91,000
Shaun Deeb	2,420,000	76,000
Norbert Szecsi	2,295,000	13,000