Shankar Pillai Wins Second Bracelet In $1,500 Bracelet Winners Only No-Limit Hold'emNew York Pro Bests 185 Players And Earns $71,580 |
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Shankar Pillai won his second career World Series of Poker bracelet Friday evening only because he won his first. Pillai won the $1,500 bracelet winners only no-limit hold’em.
The New York-based poker pro defeated the 185-player field, all of which had already previously earned a bracelet, to earn $71,580 and besting Michael Gagliano heads-up. Gaglaino took home $44,232 for his runner-up finish. Tommy Nguyen finished third.
Pillai, who won his first bracelet in the 2007 $3,000 no-limit hold’em for $527,829, had a feeling it would be the three of them battling it out for the bracelet.
“I think I had the best seat at the table by far,” said Pillai after his win. “Tommy had the chip lead and he was the most aggressive by far and I was on his direct left. In my opinion, the other real good player was [Gagliano] and he was to [Nguyen’s] right. So, every time they folded, I had position on everyone else.”
This was the first-ever bracelet winners only event. The fact that the entire field already had a piece of WSOP gold made the win a little bit sweeter than his first.
“It feels good. A little special because everyone had one already,” said Pillai.
Brett Apter and Kevin Gerhart finished fourth and fifth after earning their bracelets earlier in the summer in the $1,500 no-limit hold’em shootout and the $1,500 razz, respectively.
The only non-American at the final table, Andreas Klatt, finished sixth. He won his bracelet at the 2017 WSOP Europe in a $550 pot-limit Omaha.
Thom Werthmann, a bracelet winner from 2005, finished seventh. Last year’s WSOP Player of the Year contender Scott Bohlman, finished eighth. The 2014 ladies champion, Haixia Zhang, rounded out the final table with a ninth-place finish.
Final Table Results:
| Place | Player | Payout |
| 1 | Shankar Pillai | $71,580 |
| 2 | Michael Gagliano | $44,232 |
| 3 | Tommy Nguyen | $31,176 |
| 4 | Brett Apter | $22,349 |
| 5 | Kevin Gerhart | $16,299 |
| 6 | Andreas Klatt | $12,097 |
| 7 | Thom Werthmann | $9,140 |
| 8 | Scott Bohlman | $7,032 |
| 9 | Haixia Zhang | $5,512 |
For more coverage from the summer series, check out the 2019 WSOP landing page, complete with a full schedule, results, news, player interviews, and event recaps.
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