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Day #12 of the 2019 World Series of Poker saw action at both the live and online felt as two more gold WSOP bracelets were own and the great and good made moves in the race to become WSOP Player of the Year. We’ll start with a new record that was set in a particular discipline.
O’DELL CAPTURES THIRD 08 BRACELET
Frankie O’Dell took all the plaudits as he won Event #18 and captured his third WSOP bracelet in Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, a new World Series of Poker record. Taking down a stacked final table including Robert Mizrachi, Nick Guagenti and Jake Schwartz, it was the enigmatic O’Dell who won the $10,000 buy-in Championship in ‘O8’, and in doing so is now unsurpassed in the Omaha variant. O’Dell banked $443,641 for his efforts amid great drama at the final table.
Final Table Results:
| Place | Player | Prize |
| 1 | Frankie O’Dell | $443,641 |
| 2 | Owais Ahmed | $274,192 |
| 3 | Robert Mizrachi | $194,850 |
| 4 | Nick Guagenti | $140,522 |
| 5 | Robert Campbell | $102,868 |
| 6 | Jake Schwartz | $76,456 |
| 7 | David Benyamine | $57,709 |
| 8 | Ed Vartughian | $44,245 |
| 9 | Shaun Deeb | $34,467 |
GALFOND CLOSE TO ONLINE BRACELET IN POT LIMIT OMAHA
Phil Galfond ran the field so close after finishing fifth in Event #24, the $600-entry Pot Limit Omaha WSOP.com bracelet. Galfond had led with six players remaining, and indeed from two tables out had looked the player to beat, but was unable to close it out and missed his fourth WSOP bracelet by just four eliminations out of 652 entries. It was ‘loofa’ who won the top prize of $139,740 by edging out ‘TheBigGift’ heads-up.
ZINNO AND ELEZRA DESTINED FOR DUEL IN SEVEN CARD STUD FINAL TABLE
With just six players remaining in the $1,500 Seven Card Stud event (WSOP bracelet event #20 in this epic 50th annual World Series of Poker), Eli Elezra and Anthony Zinno are miles clear of the field even with four still to bust. Indeed, so far is their lead that a clash between the two would be tournament-changing and seems certain to decide the destination of the WSOP bracelet. While Elezra and Zinno both have 51 big blinds, all their opponents are short, three of them cripplingly so. Players who got close included Timothy Frazin in 9th place ($6,510) Scott Seiver in 8th ($8,337) and Joshua Mountain United, who finished 7th for $10,920.
Final Table Seat Draw:
| Seat | Player | Chip Count | Big Bets |
| 1 | Phonghtep Thiptinnakon | 60,000 | 2 |
| 2 | Valentin Vornicu | 262,000 | 11 |
| 3 | Rep Porter | 61,000 | 2 |
| 4 | Anthony Zinno | 1,219,000 | 51 |
| 5 | Eli Elezra | 1,221,000 | 51 |
| 6 | David Singer | 30,000 | 1 |
MILLIONAIRE MAKER SEES COSBY RUN THE SHOW
Just 309 players remain from the phenomenal number of 8,809 entries in and it’s Sam Cosby, the tournament-reporter-turned-player who leads the Millionaire Maker into Day 3. His stack of 3,023,000 leads from other luminaries such as Nathan Russler (2,443,000), 2015 Main Event champ Joe McKeehen (2,416,000), Kathy Liebert (1,375,00) and Dutch ‘Hotdog’ Boyd (491,000).
IN OTHER NEWS
Jean Robert-Bellande is the man to beat in Event #21, the $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship. With over 1.2 million in chips, the American is ahead of former WSOP bracelet winner Prahlad Friedman in second, who has1,019,000 chips after reaching his second WSOP final table. Paul Volpe sits third in chips with 938,000 and will be attempting ti win his fourth WSOP bracelet. Also aiming to claim the $254,524 top prize is WPT’s record-breaking four-time champion Darren Elias, who has 887,000 chips.
Final Table Seat Draw:
| Seat | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
| 1 | Pedro Bromfman | 395,000 | 33 |
| 2 | Darren Elias | 887,000 | 74 |
| 3 | Jean-Robert Bellande | 1,231,000 | 103 |
| 4 | Prahlad Friedman | 1,019,000 | 85 |
| 5 | Vince Musso | 360,000 | 30 |
| 6 | Paul Volpe | 938,000 | 78 |
| 7 | Jim Bechtel | 655,000 | 55 |
Michael Mizarachi has 74,500 chips in the $1,500 Eight Game Mix Event, only eclipsed in the overnight chip counts by Aleksandr Gofman (95,800) and Mihails Morozovs (77,100). With bragging rights among the Mizrachi brothers going to Mizrachi if he can seal the deal (he’ll move clear of brother Robert), no-one will be more motivated than The Grinder to grab the gold.
Watch all the action unfold live today on PokerGO and CBS All Access as more coverage of the 2019 WSOP bracelet events takes place. Selected bracelet events will be streamed exclusively on CBS All Access in the United States.
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