Joseph Hoffman: / - folded on fifth street
Jean Said: /
Joseph Hoffman completed and Jean Said called. Said bet on fourth street and Hoffman called. Said double-checked his hole cards before betting on fifth street and Hoffman folded. Said showed for a straight six and took down the pot.
Jean Said: / /
Sergio Braga: / /
Jean Said completed and Sergio Braga called. Braga bet on fourth, fifth and sixth street before checking seventh street. Said bet and Braga called.
Said showed for a seven perfect. "I almost bet," said Braga. "I saved myself a bet." He showed for a seven-six and Said took down the pot.
Kevin Gerhart completed and Grzegorz Wyraz moved all in for less.
Kevin Gerhart: / /
Grzegorz Wyraz: / /
Wyraz was dead by sixth street with Gerhart making an eight as Wyraz paired his nine. Gerhart improved to a seven low on seventh street as Wyraz was eliminated.
Andres Korn called the bring in and Robert Campbell completed. Korn called. Campbell bet on fourth street and Korn called.
Korn bet on fifth street and Campbell called. Korn bet again on sixth street and Campbell raised. Korn re-raised and Campbell was all in.
Campbell turned over for an eight-seven, but Korn showed for a seven-six. Campbell was drawing to a chop and the wasn't what he needed. Korn drew a meaningless and Campbell was eliminated in seventh place.
Scott Clements was left with just 20,000 after he folded a hand and he had to bring in with the . The bring in was 20,000 and he was forced all in. Kevin Gerhart completed and the others all folded.
Kevin Gerhart: /
Scott Clements: /
Gerhart scored the knock out while Clements was sent to the rail in 6th place on his third final table of the 2019 World Series of Poker and he collected $17,440.
Jean Said was very short and he got his money in the middle on third street. He was called by both Kevin Gerhart and Sergio Braga but Gerhart pushed Braga out of the pot.
Jean Said: (Seventh card unclear)
Kevin Gerhart: / (Seventh card unclear)
Gerhart had Said drawing dead on sixth and Said was eliminated from the tournament in fifth place, cashing for $24,216.
Andres Korn and Kevin Gerhart got their money in on fifth street and Andres Korn was the player at risk of elimination. Both players had an already scary looking board.
Gerhart had / and Korn was playing / . Gerhart found the and and Korn needed to hit. He didn't on the and and he was eliminated from the tournament in fourth place.
Korn collected $34,352 for his fourth-place finish while Gerhart has a commanding chip lead with 3-handed play starting.
Kevin Gerhart completed and called a raise from Sergio Braga. Gerhart check-called on fourth, fifth and sixth street before check-raising Braga on seventh street.
Braga thought before calling. Gerhart announced eight-six with but Braga had him pipped with eight-five and
Joseph Hoffman completed and Kevin Gerhart called. Gerhart bet on fourth street and got called. Gerhart bet on fifth street and Hoffman raised all in. Gerhart called.
Hoffman held an eight-six draw against the eight-seven draw of Gerhart. Both players made their draw on sixth street. Hoffman failed to improve on the seventh street and Gerhart would need to catch a five, six or ace to make a seven.
"We got it," he said aloud as he peeled the and sent Hoffman to the rail in third place.
Sergio Braga brought in and put 30,000 in front of him and Kevin Gerhart just called. They got each other's cards on fourth street and both players checked this time. Braga bet 200,000 on fifth and he was called by Gerhart.
Gerhart led out on sixth when he got the lead and he was called. Braga had less than a big bet behind.
Gerhart bet another time on seventh to put the Brazilian player all in. He tanked for a minute before calling and Gerhart showed for a sixty-five and he got up from his chair because he knew he won the bracelet when Braga showed .
Braga was eliminated in 2nd place for $73,577 and Gerhart takes home his first WSOP gold bracelet and $119,054.
Kevin Gerhart eliminated the last five players and six in total at the final table of Event #54: $1,500 Razz to win $119,054 in prize money and his first WSOP gold bracelet.
Gerhart topped a field of 363 players to take home the top prize, defeating Brazilian Sergio Braga heads-up after a rollercoaster final table.
After three final tables in as many nights, Braga's rail was the latest of many Brazilian final table rails at this year's WSOP. It's been a record-breaking summer for Brazilian poker that has seen them reach ten final tables - beating the record of eight set last year - and take home two bracelets. But the plaudits go to Gerhart, who managed to navigate a tough final table that included 2019 bracelet winners Robert Campbell and Scott Clements to take down the tournament.
Final Standings
Place
Name
Country
Payout
1
Kevin Gerhart
United States
$119,054
2
Sergio Braga
Brazil
$73,577
3
Joseph Hoffman
United States
$49,762
4
Andres Korn
Argentina
$34,352
5
Jean Said
Senegal
$24,216
6
Scott Clements
United States
$17,440
7
Robert Campbell
Australia
$12,837
8
Grzegorz Wyraz
Poland
$9,663
9
Christopher Kusha
United States
$7,441
A Day of Firsts
"First razz tournament, first bracelet," Gerhart told PokerNews shortly after securing victory. "I mean I've played a bunch of other tournaments with razz, but this is the first razz tournament [at the WSOP]."
"I felt great the entire time. There were three other tough players at the final table and they got knocked out early. I felt like it was my tournament to win or lose at that point."
So what's next for the WSOP's latest bracelet winner?
"I don't know what's next I'll have to look at the schedule. This is my eight cash of the summer and my third Day 3. So whatever's next is what I'm in," Gerhart paused. "The $10,000 Razz, maybe."
Final Day Recap
It didn't take long on the final day's play to get down to a final table. Gary Benson (15th - $3,919), Jennifer Tilly (12th - $5,866) and Mike Ross (11th - $5,866) all hit the rail as Brazilian Sergio Braga lead the final nine players.
The final table was a rollercoaster. Short stack Christopher Kusha was the first elimination, sent to the rail by Robert Campbell with Campbell, Scott Clements, Jean Said and Kevin Gerhart each trying to gain a decisive chip lead but nearly always tumbled back through the pack.
Gerhart looked the most likely, and after he eliminated Grzegorz Wyraz he moved to top spot in the chip counts.
Two players at the final table were looking for their second bracelet of the summer. Robert Campbell won the $1,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball for $144,027, while Scott Clements took down the $1,500 Dealers Choice event for $144,957.
However, the pair were eliminated in seventh and sixth respectively either side of the dinner break, both by Gerhart who tightened his grip on the chip lead. Afterwards, Gerhart said that once Clements was eliminated, "Scott's aggressive nature definitely hindered the rest of the tournament and their ability to play, so when he got knocked out I felt like I was the best player left and I just needed to take this down."
Said was second in chips at the dinner break, but the tumultuous nature of Razz took its tole and he was also sent to the rail by Gerhart.
With half the chips in play, Gerhart was in control. He added the elimination of Andres Korn in fourth and looked like walking to the title. However, Braga doubled through him and Joseph Hoffman stuck around to keep things uncertain short-handed.
But when Hoffman was sent to the rail in third, Gerhart held a commanding chip lead against Braga. The Brazilian, buoyed by a raucous partisan rail doubled numerous times but remained short after all of them.
"To win a poker tournament you have to run hotter than the sun. I still can't believe it's over. I had [Braga] all in three times and he doubled up all three times. On the fourth one, he called it off incorrectly and that was it."
"I'm one of the elites now with a bracelet," said Gerhart. "My goal this summer was to make a final table. And then at my first final table, to win a bracelet...that's unreal."
Kevin Gerhart will have plenty more chances to win another WSOP bracelet this summer and become the only player to win a second bracelet at this 50th annual World Series of Poker as things stand. The PokerNews team will bring you updates from every bracelet event throughout the summer.