Michael Gathy Wins Fourth WSOP Bracelet in Event #85: $500 Closer and $272,504
Event #85: $500 The Closer has come to a conclusion after close to 8 hours of play.
The tournament field drew 4,012 and after a scintillating day of rapid-fire action, the winner at the end was Michael “Hneves” Gathy who used the final opportunity of the series to claim the fourth bracelet of his career and the grand prize of $272,504.
Gathy won his last WSOP Bracelet in 2016 and has amassed 1.8 million in WSOP earnings in his impressive career.
Final Table Results
| Place | Winner | Country | Prize (in USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael "Hneves" Gathy | Belgium | $272,504 |
| 2 | Yuan Yuan "SunnySummer" Li | China | $194,248 |
| 3 | Shankar Pillai | United States | $138,467 |
| 4 | Erik "KoiOfTheHill" Von Buxhoeveden | Germany | $98,704 |
| 5 | Luis Gustavo "DJLITTLESOUL" Kamei | Brazil | $70,359 |
| 6 | Craig "mrfeeny" Mason | United States | $50,154 |
| 7 | Paul "Wizardofodds" Hockin | New Zealand | $35,751 |
| 8 | Toni "FinBuddha" Ojala | Finland | $25,485 |
| 9 | Vitor "SPEWberg" Adiron | Brazil | $18,166 |
The Belgian poker pro was solidly within the top of the chip counts for much of the day but really waited until the final two tables to make his move toward the top.
The final table began with very few big blinds between all the players and the eliminations came rapidly as the entire table took only 30 minutes to complete, with most of the hands being preflop all in battles.
Yuan Yuan "SunnySummer" Li entered the final table as the chip leader and at one point strengthened her lead but eventually Gathy would cut into that lead with several big pots and after Shankar Pillai was eliminated in third place, Gathy held a 2:1 chip lead going into heads up play.
Gathy would not relent in heads up as he did not allow Li to win many pots and quickly whittled Li’s stack down to a very short one before eventually securing his fourth bracelet.