With the passing of another summer day, two more poker players have reached the plateau for poker’s elite. Steven Kelly and Frank Kassela scored a pair of huge paydays to go along with coveted World Series of Poker bracelet. Steven Kelly, the winner of Event 39 ($1,500 No Limit Hold’em Shootout) will be taking home $381,000 for his efforts. This was only the second major score in a poker tournament for Kelly. His first major cash came earlier in the WSOP when he cashed in Event #16. In his second deep run of this year’s series Kelly outlasted experienced poker pros J.C. Tran, Annette Obrestad and Jeff King.
In event 40, a $2,500 Seven Card Razz tourney, online poker star, Frank Kassela became the first player of this year’s World Series of Poker to win a second title. Kassela’s first win came back in event #15 (($10,000 seven card stud 8 or better championship) where he won more than $447,000. However, with this victory Kassela only wins $214,000 for beating notable poker players Chris Bjorin, Jen Harman and Vladimir Shchemelev.
Three events are still ongoing today. Event #41 ($1,500 Pot Limit Omaha 8 or Better) drew 847 Players, and enters day 2 of competition. With a prize pool of $1.14 Million the winner of this event will be taking more a nice payday of $245,000. Other events getting started on June 23 include Event #42 ($1,500 No Limit Hold’em) and Event #43 ($10,000 HORSE Championship). Both events will hold their final tables on June 25th while Event #41 will wrap up play on the 24th.
