Nicholas Seward from the United States wins the World Series of Poker $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed event for $516,135 and gets his hands on his first WSOP bracelet. This was also his most significant live MTT cash in his career. He managed to beat Konstanty Holskyi from Ukraine in the heads-up battle. Nicholas is from Vegas, and he plays in local MTTs regularly.
The event had 1,230 entries, which created a nice prize pool of $3,284,100, with 184 players in the money and $516,135 for the champion. Some of the biggest names who managed to cash in this event were Maria Ho, Alex Foxen, Faraz Jaka, Martin Kabrhel, and Brian Rast. There was $6,015 reserved for the min-cash.
Event #31: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Nicholas Seward | United States | $516,135 |
| 2 |  Konstantyn Holskyi | Ukraine | $344,092 |
| 3 |  Akinobu Maeda | Japan | $238,886 |
| 4 | David Coleman | United States | $168,448 |
| 5 |  Nikolaos Angelou | Greece | $120,672 |
| 6 | Stephen Buell | United States | $87,846 |
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Final Table Action
Starting the final table, David Coleman was a significant chip leader with 61 big blinds. Nicholas Seward was in third place with 19 big blinds.
First to say goodbye was Stephen Buell, who got eliminated by Nicholas Seward in a preflop all-in situation where Stephen Buell had 4♣4♠ against Seward’s J♦J♣. The board ran K♣Q♥2♦6♣8♣, and no fours on the sight to save Buell, who finished in sixth place for $87,846.
Out in fifth place for $120,672 was Nikolas Angelou in another preflop all-in hand, where Coleman raised from CO and put Angelou in BB all-in. Angelou was thinking but decided to call with K♦10♣ against Coleman’s 6♥6♦. The board ran 3♥8♠2♦6♣, giving Coleman a set on the turn and leaving Angelou drawing dead.
After eliminating Angelou, Coleman was next to be eliminated. Seward opened from BTN, putting Coleman all-in, and Coleman called from SB. Coleman was ahead, holding 7♠7♦ against Seward’s K♠5♣, but the board ran K♦J♦5♦10♠6♣, giving Seward the top pair, which held against the flush draw. Coleman was out in fourth place for $168,448.
Akinobu Maeda from Japan was out in third place when he open-called an all-in from Seward with K♠J♦ vs A♥J♣. The board ran Q♠7♥2♦2♠10♥, and Seward’s Ahigh was good on the river. Maeda won $238,886 for his third-place finish.
The Heads-Up
After knocking out almost all the players from the final table, Seward was close to 2:1 chip leader heading into the heads-up battle.
The last hand happened when Seward limped from BTN, and Holskyi checked. The flop was 10♦9♥2♦, Holskyi checked, Seward bet, Holskyi raised, and all the money was in the middle after all-in and a call. Holskyi was ahead, holding J♠10♥ vs J♠10♠, but the turn was Q♥, and the river was K♣, giving Seward a straight and his first WSOP bracelet win. Holskyi earned $344,092 in his second-place finish.
* Images and results courtesy of WSOP and PokerNews
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