Mostafa Haidary won World Series of Poker Event #52: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em for $656,747, defeating Bernd Gleissner in a heads-up battle and winning his first WSOP bracelet. This win is also Haidary’s most significant live win, getting his total live earnings to $1,018,296.
“I’m so happy! My plans for the moment are to play more poker and celebrate with my wife and kids who are back home. I’m appreciative to be here” Haidary said after the win. “We have a great poker scene. There are a lot of great players in Australia and I’m lucky to be one of them.” he added.
The event attracted 817 entries who created a prize pool of $3,758,200 with 123 players in the money. Min-cash was $9,963.
Event #52: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mostafa Haidary | Australia | $656,747 |
| 2 |  Bernd Gleissner | Germany | $437,821 |
| 3 |  Krasimir Yankov | Bulgaria | $300,293 |
| 4 |  Brandon Schwartz | United States | $206,606 |
| 5 |  Pedro Madeira | Brazil | $148,939 |
| 6 | Matthew McEwan | United States | $107,770 |
| 7 | Max Kruse | Germany | $79,436 |
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Final Table Action
Before the first hand was dealt at the final table, Mostafa Haidary was the chip leader with 83 big blinds, ahead of Brandon Schwartz, who had 70 big blinds. The shortest stack was Max Kruse, with 12 big blinds.
McEwan opened from MP with Q♦Q♥, Max Kruse shoved from HJ with 4♦4♥, Yankov called from BTN, McEwan went all-in, and Yankov snap-called with A♠A♥. Three-way all-in happened pre-flop, and the flop was Q♠A♦4♣ giving all three players a set and leaving them shocked after the turn came K♥, and the river was J♦. Yankov took down a huge pot and eliminated Max Kruse in seventh place for $79,436.
After the three-way hand, McEwan was left short-stacked, and he decided to shove from BB against Yankov’s HJ open; Yankov called. McEwan was holding K♠10♠ vs Yankov’s K♥K♣, and the dealer put 7♠8♦8♥2♦4♦ on the board, showing no help for McEwan who finished the tournament in sixth place for $107,770.
Pedro Madeira was next out the door when he shoved from SB with Q♣7♠ and got called by Gleissner on BB with A♥A♦. Things didn’t look great on the flop 2♠4♣6♥ for Madeira, and the turn 9♥ was the end of the road for him. The river came J♦ and was irrelevant to the outcome. Madeira was out in fifth place for $148,939.
Brandon Schwartz was left short-stacked after a bad beat, and in his last hand, he called off from BB for the remaining chips against Haidary’s open. Schwartz had 9♠2♠ against Haidary’s J♥5♥, the board came 3♥8♠J♦A♣6♥, and Schwartz was out in fourth place for $209,606.
Krasimir Yankov opened from BTN, Gleissner raised forcing Yankov all-in, and Yankov called. Yankov had A♠10♥ against Gleissner’s Q♦8♦. The board came 9♦10♠2♦Q♣9♥ and gave Gleissner a better pair on the turn to take down the pot. Yankov was eliminated in third place for $300,293.
The Heads-Up
Going into heads-up battle Haidary had chip lead of more than 2:1, and he managed to use it to bring the title to Australia.
Haidary opened, and Gleissner went all-in with 3♠3♦; Haidary asked for the count and called with A♦9♦. The dealer put out the “golden” flop for Haidary, who hit the top pair on 5♠8♥9♠. The turn was 10♥, and the river was Q♣ ending the tournament. Gleissner earned $437,821 for his second-place finish.
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