Event #64: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Mix

In just 156 hands on the official final table, Sebastian Langrock is the latest World Series of Poker bracelet winner after taking down Event #64: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Mix for $268,555.

Langrock defeated a worthy opponent in WSOP bracelet winner Ryan Laplante, eliminating him in 22 hands once heads-up play began. In the final hand playing pot-limit omaha, Langrock flopped the nut straight and Laplante flopped a flush and straight draw and the two players got it all in on the flop.

The board bricked out and Laplante had to settle for a runner-up finish worth $165,983. Laplante was definitely a formidable opponent, looking to follow up his first bracelet from the 2016 Event #12: $565 Pot-Limit Omaha for his biggest career cash for $190,328. His cash today puts his live earnings over $1.4 million, making this is fifth WSOP cash of the summer.

This mixed event attracted a total of 1,056 entries by the time registration closed on Day 1, and 159 players would eventually be guaranteed to make the money. The money bubble burst in the last hand of the night on Day 1, sending 158 players on to Day 2.

Langrock is a professional poker player from Austria with over $600,000 in lifetime earnings after this win. He has been coming to the WSOP for five consecutive years now, and has been specializing in pot-limit Omaha for the last two years. Langrock is actually known for winning 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire' in Germany in 2013, and talked about how he was able to pursue a living in poker after winning that game show.

The turning point for Langrock was when he called Fernando Brito's all in while he was short and flipped with king-queen against Brito's fives. "Actually, I think it was the wrong call, but I had the feeling that if I want to win it, I have to go with it this time because if I fold, I'm down to seven bigs and I have no chance at all. So, I called and win the flip and then I could spin it up. I was focusing on the PLO hands and the winning hand was in PLO, so it worked out", explained Langrock.

Langrock plans to play the Main Event, as he always has, but almost went home before this event. "Actually, I was planning on going home like a week ago. I was here for three weeks but then I was like, I'm not that Vegas-tired like I was the years before after three weeks. So I decided spontaneously to extend my stay, and that worked out pretty f***ng well."

Final Table Payouts

Some of the familiar faces to make it in the money in this event include Connor Drinan (12th place - $15,749), Chris Moorman (17th place - $8,137), Juha Helppi (28th place - $6,718), Bryce Yockey (39th place - $5,628), Matt Affleck (48th place - $4,785), Jeff Gross (72nd place - $3,222), Barny Boatman (99th place - $2,501), Carlos Mortensen (126th place - $2,374), and defending champion Loren Klein (137th place - $2,293).

Only 159 players could make the money, meaning a ton of notables took shots but couldn't make it work, including Andy Spears, Jessica Dawley, Ismael Bojang, Owais Ahmed, Ari Engel, Mike Leah, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Upeshka De Silva, Kenny Hallaert, David Peters, Barry Greenstein, Men Nguyen, Kristen Bicknell, and Maria Ho.

Final Table Action

The unofficial final table of nine came together after the elimination of Mark Radoja in 10th place ($20,181). He flopped bottom set playing pot-limit Omaha and got it all in with Taylor who held the nut flush draw. She hit it on the turn, and Radoja was unable to fill up for a shot at his third career WSOP bracelet.

The official final table began just 20 short minutes later once Jagdeep Singh's run ended in ninth place. Singh also took home $20,181 after his set of kings couldn't hold against Shorr who made himself a straight on the river. Players moved from Miranda to Amazon Gold for the official final table of eight, and it would take 26 hands before Fernando Brito found himself at the payout desk in eighth place. He moved in with his short stack holding pocket fives and found himself flipping with Langrock with king-queen. The flop came king-high and Brito would have to settle for $26,216 for his deep run today.

Frenchman Victor Choupeaux was very short but found himself a stack to work with as he doubled up in pot-limit Omaha with queens, up against Laplante's jacks. Zahir Gilani and Jerry Callahan took turns doubling up their short stacks, while Langrock slowly chipped up as well. It was almost 50 hands later until another player hit the rail, and it was Callahan who fell in seventh place ($34,515). Langrock defended his big blind following a raise from Callahan and saw a turn after he flopped bottom pair. The turn gave Langrock two pair and Callahan committed himself with two queens for an over pair to the board. The river bricked out and Callahan said his goodbyes.

In the very next hand, Zahir Gilani got his short stack in the middle with kings in the big blind playing pot-limit Omaha, but he ran into Langrock's aces in the small blind and couldn't improve. The Canadian pocketed $46,048 for his sixth place finish in his first-ever WSOP event.

The final five went on a dinner break, and Langrock held almost half of the chips in play. In just the fourth hand back from dinner, Shannon Shorr got the last of his chips in the middle with king-jack but ran into Victor Choupeaux's ace-jack and settled for fifth place and a payout worth $62,242. Shorr was unable to capture his first bracelet, but he impressively came back from less than one big blind on Day 2 to make a deep run today. He was down to just 3,500 when blinds were at 2,000/4,000 and spun his stack up to 270,000 in just ten hands. He found a bag to make it to the final 16 on Day 3, and navigated his way to a decent score.

Play remained extremely tight for the next 20 hands, and eventually Esther 'Etay' Taylor moved in with pocket threes and found herself flipping with Laplante who held ace-queen. The flop came queen-high and Taylor made her way to the rail full of 'Etay' fans who were supporting her from the very start of the day. Taylor pocketed $85,225 for fourth place for her deep run today.

Three-handed play lasted about 30 hands, but it was eventually France's Choupeaux who fell in third place ($118,190). He found himself short and eventually got it in with king-nine off suit and couldn't catch up to Langrock's ace-five of spades. Choupeaux made a massive comeback after being the shortest stack for a good while, but had the support of his loud French rail the entire time.

Heads-up play didn't last very long, and it was only fitting that Langrock would win the tournament after flopping the nut straight to seal the deal.

As always, we appreciate you following along as the PokerNews reporting team brings you all of the action in yet another bracelet event!

Pot-Limit Omaha

Hand #154: Ryan Laplante got a walk.

Hand #155: Laplante limped in and Sebastian Langrock checked his option. The flop came    , Langrock checked, Laplante bet 70,000 and Langrock folded.

Pot-Limit Omaha

Hand #140: Sebastian Langrock raised to 150,000 on the button and Ryan Laplante called. The flop came     and both players checked to the   on the turn and the   on the river. Laplante checked, and Langrock bet 200,000. Laplante tank-called. Langrock tabled      for trip nines and raked in the pot.

Hand #141: Laplante raised to 125,000 on the button and Langrock called. The flop came     and both players checked to the   on the turn. Langrock bet 125,000 and Laplante called. The river was the   and both players checked. Langrock tabled      and Laplante mucked.

Hand #142: Langrock called on the button and Laplante checked his option. The flop came    , Laplante bet 85,000 and Langrock mucked.

Hand #143: Laplante raised to 125,000 on the button and Langrock called. The flop came     and Langrock check-folded to a bet of 175,000 from Laplante.

No-Limit Hold'em

Hand #144: Langrock limped in on the button and Laplante checked his option. The flop came     and both players checked to the   on the turn. Laplante bet 65,000 and Langrock called. The river was the   and Laplante check-folded to a bet of 180,000 from Langrock.

Hand #145: Laplante raised to 125,000 on the button and Langrock called. The flop came     and Langrock check-called a bet of 110,000 from Laplante. The turn was the   and Langrock check-called a bet of 275,000 from Laplante this time. The river was the   and both players checked. Langrock confidently tabled    for two pair kings and tens with a nine kicker and Laplante showed    for a worse kicker.

Sebastian Langrock	6,000,000	880,000
Ryan Laplante	1,955,000	-845,000

Ryan Laplante and Sebastian Langrock are now heads-up for the title in Amazon Gold!

Langrock has a slight edge with 4,095,000 to Laplante's 3,850,000 chips.

Laplante is in the hunt for bracelet number two!

Pot-Limit Omaha

Hand #125: Sebastian Langrock completed in the small blind and Ryan Laplante checked his option. The flop came     and Langrock bet 80,000. Laplante folded and Langrock won the pot.

Hand #126: Laplante completed in the small blind and Victor Choupeaux checked in the big blind. The flop was     and Laplante bet 70,000. Choupeaux folded.

Hand #127: Choupeaux completed in the small blind and Langrock raised to 180,000 in the big blind. They both checked the     flop and the turn was the  . Choupeaux bet 170,000 and Langrock folded.

Hand #128: Laplante got a walk in the big blind.

No-Limit Hold'em

Hand #129: Laplante went all in from the small blind and Choupeaux folded his big blind.

Hand #130: Laplante limped on the button and Langrock checked his big blind and the flop came    . Langrock checked, Laplante bet 75,000, and Langrock folded.

Hand #131: Laplante got a walk.

Hand #132: Langrock raised to 125,000 on the button, Laplante called in the small blind, and Choupeaux called in the big blind. The flop was     and they both checked. On the   turn, Laplante bet 325,000. Choupeaux and Langrock both folded and Laplante took the pot.

Ryan Laplante	4,000,000	585,000
Sebastian Langrock	3,300,000	-535,000
Victor Choupeaux	640,000	-135,000

No-Limit Hold'em

Hand #118: Sebastian Langrock limped in from the small blind, and Ryan Laplante checked his option in the big blind. The flop came    , and Langrock check-called a bet of 55,000 from Laplante. The turn was the  , and Langrock checked again. Laplante bet 175,000, and Langrock folded.

Hand #119: Langrock raised to 115,000 from the small blind and raked in the pot.

Hand #120: Laplante limped in from the small blind, and Victor Choupeaux checked his option in the big blind. The flop came    , Laplante bet 55,000, and Choupeaux folded.

Pot-Limit Omaha

Hand #121: Laplante limped in on the button, Choupeaux limped in from the small blind, and Langrock checked his option in the big blind.

The flop came    , and action checked to Laplante, prompting him to bet 65,000. Choupeaux folded, and Langrock called. The turn was the  , and both players checked to the   on the river. Both players checked again, and Langrock tabled      for the winner.

Hand #122: Langrock called from the small blind, and Laplante checked his option in the big blind.

The flop came    , Langrock bet 50,000, and Laplante called. The turn was the  , and Langrock bet 175,000 this time. Laplante called again. The river was the  , and Langrock checked. Laplante bet 475,000, and Langrock tank-folded.

Laplante raked in the pot and showed the  .

Hand #123: Laplante limped in from the small blind. Choupeaux raised to 150,000, and Laplante folded.

Hand #124: Choupeaux limped in from the small blind. Langrock raised to 150,000, and Choupeaux mucked.

Sebastian Langrock	3,835,000	360,000
Ryan Laplante	3,415,000	1,415,000
Victor Choupeaux	775,000	-695,000

No-Limit Hold'em

Hand #103: Ryan Laplante raised to 100,000 on the button and raked in the pot.

Hand #104: Sebastian Langrock limped in from the small blind, and Laplante checked his option from the big blind. The flop came    , Langrock bet 75,000, and Laplante mucked.

Pot-Limit Omaha

Hand #105: Victor Choupeaux got a walk.

Hand #106: Choupeaux limped in from the small blind, and Langrock raised to 150,000 from the big blind. Choupeaux called.

The flop came    , and both players checked to the   on the turn. Choupeaux checked, Langrock reached into his stack, and Choupeaux mucked before he could put out a bet.

Hand #107: Choupeaux raised to 150,000 on the button and got no action.

Hand #108: Langrock raised to 125,000 on the button and raked in the pot.

Hand #109: Laplante limped in on the button, Choupeaux raised to 200,000, and Laplante called.

The flop came    , and Choupeaux bet 150,000. Laplante called. The turn was the  , and both players checked to the   on the river. Both players checked again, and Choupeaux tabled      for a full house, deuces full of aces. Laplante mucked.

Pot-Limit Omaha

Hand #95: Sebastian Langrock raised to 90,000 under the gun, and the remaining players folded.

Hand #96: Ryan Laplante limped under the gun, Esther Taylor completed in the small blind, and Langrock checked his option. The flop came    , and the blinds checked. Laplante bet 85,000, Taylor folded, and Langrock called. They both checked the   turn and the   river, and Langrock's      for the second-nut flush was good.

Hand #97: Victor Choupeaux raised to 115,000 in the cutoff, Langrock three-bet to 375,000, and the big blind and Choupeaux folded.

No-Limit Hold'em

Hand #98: Laplante completed in the small blind, and Choupeaux checked his option. The flop came    , and Laplante bet 65,000. Choupeaux folded, and Laplante took it down.

Hand #99: Choupeaux raised to 150,000 in the small blind, and Taylor folded her big blind.

Hand #100: Choupeaux limped on the button, Taylor completed in the small blind, and Langrock checked his option. The flop was    , and Taylor checked. Langrock bet 65,000, Choupeaux folded, and Taylor called. On the   turn, Taylor checked, Langrock bet 135,000, and Taylor folded.

Hand #101: Choupeaux raised to 115,000 under the gun. The remaining players folded, and Choupeaux won the pot.

No-Limit Hold'em

Hand #82: Sebastian Langrock raised to 100,000 from the cutoff and got no action.

Hand #83: Ryan Laplante raised to 100,000 on the button and raked in the pot.

Hand #84: Laplante raised to 120,000 from under the gun, and everybody folded.

Hand #85: Esther Taylor moved all in on the button and raked in the blinds and antes.

Hand #86: Victor Choupeaux got a walk.

Hand #87: Langrock raised to 100,000 from under the gun, and nobody wanted to play.

Hand #88: Laplante raised to 120,000 from under the gun and scooped up the pot.

Pot-Limit Omaha

Hand #78: Sebastian Langrock raised to 125,000 under the gun, and the remaining players folded.

Hand #79: Victor Choupeaux limped on the button, Esther Taylor completed in the small blind, and Langrock checked his option.

On the     flop, the blinds checked, and Choupeaux bet 110,000. Taylor folded, and Langrock called. Both players checked the   turn, and the river was the  . Langrock checked, and Choupeaux bet 180,000. Langrock called.

Choupeaux tabled      for kings full of jacks. Langrock said he also had a full house, and Choupeaux took the pot.

Hand #80: Langrock raised to 150,000 in the small blind, and Ryan Laplante folded in the big blind.