Chess Grandmaster Konstantin Maslak Bags WSOP Gold in Event #13
Konstantin Maslak has now reached the pinnacle of two games.
In 2008, the avid chess player from Russia rose to the rank of Grandmaster. On Saturday, Maslak took down Event #13: $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo. He took a first-place prize of $269,612.
The split-pot combo tournament drew 474 runners for a prize pool of $1,078,350. Just three of those advanced to the unscheduled Day 4, with Maslak in third holding just six big bets. Maslak was able to turn things around quickly with betting limits so high relative to stacks, and he busted both Benjamin Dobson (third) and Hani Awad (second) en route to his win.
The cash was Maslak's third of the series already, as he also took 103rd in Event #3: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo for $2,354 and 884th in Event #5: The Colossus $565 No-Limit Hold'em for $3,635.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Konstantin Maslak | Volgograd, Russia | $269,612 |
| 2 | Hani Awad | Las Vegas, NV | $166,583 |
| 3 | Benjamin Dobson | Poole, Dorset UK | $105,893 |
| 4 | Viacheslav Zhukov | Stary Oskol, Russia | $76,357 |
| 5 | Tuan Vo | Pleasantville, NJ | $55,923 |
| 6 | Brandon Paster | Arlington, VA | $41,581 |
| 7 | Chris Birchby | Bonsall, CA | $31,379 |
| 8 | Jose Paz-Gutierrez | Santa Cruz, Bolivia | $24,036 |
| 9 | Glenn Engelbert | Sicklerville, NJ | $18,677 |