Livello 43
: Blinds 2,000,000/4,000,000, 4,000,000 ante
Shawn Daniels limped on the button, and Julien Montois raised it up to 14,000,000 for Daniels to come along.
The flop came 8♦J♠Q♥, Montois bet 12,000,000 for Daniels to call.
The turn was the 4♦, and Montois fired a bet of 25,000,000 out. Daniels confirmed the amount before making the call.
The 4♥ completed the board, and Montois shoved for around 83,000,000. Daniels contemplated it for a bit before putting in a stack of chips for the call. Montois revealed the 10♣3♠ for the missed straight draw for Daniels to jump up and show the K♥Q♠ for two pair, queens and fours.
Montois was eliminated as the runner-up for $400,777 while Daniels got $777,777 and his first WSOP bracelet, to go with his two WSOP Circuit rings.
His rail erupted, some cried, and his dad threw out some expletives in amazement before they hugged.
Livello 43
: Blinds 2,000,000/4,000,000, 4,000,000 ante
Tears and emotion. That was the feeling of Shawn Daniels when he called on the river to win Event #77: $777 Lucky 7's No-Limit Hold'em of the World Series of Poker in Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
With his first WSOP bracelet, he claimed the first-place prize of $777,777. This win today surpasses his lifetime WSOP cashes which totaled $734,611 until now, which includes two WSOP Circuit ring wins on WSOP.com.
Finishing in second place, Julien Montois also exceeds his previous largest prize and even his total live earnings as he returns home with $400,777.
Event #77: $777 Lucky 7's Final Table Results
Place
Player
Country
Prize
1
Shawn Daniels
United States
$777,777
2
Julien Montois
France
$400,777
3
Istvan Briski
Hungary
$226,777
4
Anthony Scarborough
United States
$168,777
5
Charles La Boissonniere
Canada
$125,777
6
Alexander Cole-Gardner
United States
$95,777
7
Yizhou Huang
United States
$72,777
Sadly for Daniels, in the seconds after he secured his win, his mind was far from the poker table. "I recently lost my fiancé so it's been a tough summer," he confessed. "I just wish she was here to celebrate it also. But it is what it is, it's nice to get it done."
Even with this feeling, Daniels "enjoyed it and played well" saying that the moment felt "pretty unreal."
"I ran really well," Daniels admitted. "On Day 1, I bagged almost the chip lead [second with 2,945,000 chips] so I was pretty comfortable. I got short on Day 2, and back to the chip lead, so it was swinging. I had a couple of three-outers on the river, so no complaints," he said.
He arrived at the final table with 47,000,000 chips, the third-largest stack among the five remaining players. "But there weren't many chips in play at the final table, around 100 big blinds in total," Daniels explained. "So all the hands had a significant impact."
In the end, he was the one who collected all the chips and won the tournament.
Final Table Action
There were only 5 players remaining on Day 3 of the Lucky 7's. At the start of the final table, Anthony Scarborough was in the lead with twice the stack of Julien Montois, who was second in chips. However, in the first few hands, Scarborough experienced a descent into hell as he lost almost all of his hands.
Istvan Briski doubled through him, as did Charles La Boissonniere. But it wasn't enough for La Boissonniere, who was the first player to be eliminated (finishing in fifth place for $125,777).
Conversely, Briski had an amazing start as he took the lead and further increased it in the first level. With three players remaining, he held 50% of the chips in play. However, like Scarborough before him, Briski couldn't maintain his chip lead, as Daniels closed the gap. Eventually, it was Daniels who eliminated Briski with two pair against Briski's single pair and the ace-kicker. Briski finished in third place, winning $226,777.