Event #50: $2,500 10-Game Mix 6-Handed

That's a wrap from the secondary feature stage! The 50th bracelet winner of the 2013 World Series of Poker been crowned. In the end, it was Brandon Wong who was able to plow through Sebastian Saffari during heads up play to grab hold of the title, the coveted gold bracelet, and the $220,061 in first-place money!

The day began with 20 hopefuls returning to the felt chasing the dream of becoming the next WSOP champion and earning their place in the history books. One by one, however, notable names and amateurs alike found themselves without chips and forced to wait until another day to slap the bracelet around their wrist. Players like Konstantin Puchkov (18th), Robert Williamson III (17th), Tom McCormick (14th), Bruno Fitoussi (13th), 2004 WSOP Main Event champion Greg Raymer (11th), Mike Wattel (10th), and Brian Tate (9th) all fell before the final table was reached.

The players combined at the final seven and took their seats at the secondary feature table in the Amazon room. The official final table was reached rather quickly as Daniel Makowsky was eliminated after a series of 2-7 triple draw hands gone awry.

The players took a break and returned to finish out the 2-7 triple draw orbit. It was in these few short hands that Loren Klein saw his tournament come to an end. Klein fell at the hands of start-of-day chip leader Scott Abrams when the latter made eighty-six on the third draw, leaving Klein drawing dead before even sweating his final card. The field then played five-handed for some time before action finally came to a head. Unfortunately for Abrams, he was the next to fall when he could not improve against Saffari's flopped Broadway straight during a preflop all in in pot-limit Omaha.

Christopher George fell shortly after Abrams, having a relatively poor stud-8 round that ended with him being slain by Wong. George's fourth-place finish left the remaining competitors in a three-handed spar that lasted for quite some time. Philip Sternheimer was the shortest stack of the three for quite some time and continued to drop in the counts as the match went on. Despite doubling in limit hold'em he was unable to gain any momentum and lost many of those chips a mere few hands later. Sternheimer finally saw his tournament come to an unfortunate end during a hand of Badugi against Wong. Sternheimer continued to push and stayed pat since the deal, but tabled a hand with two spades once all of the money went in. Regardless of his misread of his hand, Wong made a      on the final draw to finally send Sternheimer packing.

The heads up match between Wong and Saffari was suddenly in motion and Wong had a slight chip lead heading into a round of stud. Wong shot out of the gate and never looked back, winning two key stud hands that propelled him into a dominating chip advantage. The two continued to clash with Wong more often than not coming out on top. The match finally saw its end when a severely short-stacked Saffari shipped all in from the button in no-limit hold'em. Wong snapped him off and tabled two red aces - an absolute domination of Saffari's   . Despite picking up an open-ended straight draw on the turn, Saffari did not improve and Wong became the latest champion of the 2013 WSOP.

Final Table Payouts

Here at PokerNews we extend our deepest congratulations to Wong for mastering versatility of play over ten different poker variants and conquering a stack field to win one of the most coveted bracelets of the 2013 WSOP. That does it for our coverage of Event #50, but that doesn't mean we're done! Be sure to check out the Live Reporting page for live updates for all of the remaining tournaments at this summer's WSOP.

2-7 Triple Draw

Sebastian Saffari opened the button with a raise and Brandon Wong called. Both players took two new cards on the first draw and Wong took the lead with a bet. Saffari called and Wong stood pat at the second draw. Saffari drew one and called another bet post-draw.

On the final draw, Wong was pat and Saffari took one more card. Wong fired one last bet and Saffari went into the tank for about thirty seconds. When he came out, he flung forward a call. Wong fanned       and Saffari released his hand into the muck. Wong scooped up the pot and now has about 2.61 million to Saffari's 210,000.

Brandon Wong	2,610,000	190,000
Sebastian Saffari	210,000	-160,000

No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw

The six hands of this round featured each player winning three hands. Two were walks, while the other four hands were button raises to win the blinds.

Stud

On the first hand of stud, Sebastian Saffari was the bring in and Brandon Wong completed. Saffari made it two bets and Wong called. Wong pair his tens on fourth street and led out. Saffari flat called and continued to call bets on fifth and sixth. Wong fired one last bet on seventh and Saffari threw away his cards.

The second hand saw another big victory for Wong. Saffari tossed out a bring in and Wong completed. Saffari called and led out after pairing fours on fourth. Wong called and Saffari fired again on fifth. Wong stayed the course and made a pair of his own, tens to be exact, on sixth. Wong took the initiative with a bet and Saffair tossed away his cards. By scooping these two pots, Wong is now up to about 2.19 million while Saffari has fallen to 600,000.

Brandon Wong	2,190,000	444,000
Sebastian Saffari	600,000	-447,000

Limit Hold'em

The limit hold'em round saw Philip Sternheimer quickly slip down to about 125,000, then a hand arose in which Brandon Wong raised from the button, Sternheimer three-bet from the big blind, and Wong called.

Sternheimer then bet in the dark before the flop came     and Wong called. The turn was the   and Sternheimer bet again (for 60,000), leaving himself but 1,000 behind. Wong raised, Sternheimer called, and Sternheimer showed    for trip queens and Wong   . The river was the   and Sternheimer had doubled.

Before the round was through, however, Sternheimer was back down to just 105,000 after losing a hand to Sebastian Saffari. That one saw Saffari raise the small blind, Sternheimer three-bet from the big blind, then Saffari call.

The flop came    , and Saffari check-called a Sternheimer bet. Saffari would again check-call after the   turn and   river, then he turned over    for two pair. Sternheimer showed his   , and was down to just over 100,000.

Brandon Wong	1,670,000	-130,000
Sebastian Saffari	1,020,000	68,000
Philip Sternheimer	105,000	-20,000

No-Limit Hold'em

Another quiet half-dozen hands went by in the no-limit hold'em round.

The most involved saw a button raise of 32,000 from Sebastian Saffari called by Brandon Wong in the big blind. The flop came    . Wong checked, Saffari continued for 26,000, and Wong called. Both players then checked the   turn and   river.

Wong tabled   , and Saffari mucked.

Pot-Limit Omaha

The last full round before the break was pot-limit omaha and the round was rather dull. The first five of six hands were over before a flop was even dealt. Some fireworks did occur on the final hand of the round, however. It all began when Sebastian Saffari limped from the small blind. Philip Sternheimer made it 24,000 to go from the big blind and Saffari called.

The dealer put out a flop of     and Saffari checked.

"Pot," quickly announced Sternheimer.

Saffari called the bet and checked again after the   hit the turn. Sternheimer checked behind and the two saw the   complete the board. Saffari announced 75,000 and Sternheimer buried his face in his hands. He looked up with a dejected look on his face before finally deciding to toss his cards away.

Having reached the end of Level 25, players are taking a short five-minute break. Here are their current chip counts:

Brandon Wong	1,427,000	77,000
Sebastian Saffari	952,000	-98,000
Philip Sternheimer	411,000	-19,000