Rokas Asipauskas Denies Alex Keating Second Bracelet at WSOP Paradise

A marathon heads-up battle noticed Lithuania’s Rokas Asipauskas rising victorious over Alex Keating in Occasion #6: $5,000 Tremendous COLOSSUS at World Collection of Poker (WSOP) Paradise within the Bahamas to win $504,950 and his first bracelet.

In doing so, he denied the well-known American professional (who has no relation to standard high-stakes money sport participant Alan Keating) his second bracelet. Keating received his first bracelet within the $5,000 penultimate occasion on the 2023 WSOP in Las Vegas.

Additionally searching for a second bracelet was poker coach Jonathan Little (fifth – $116,700), whereas fellow longtime American professional Chino Rheem was as soon as once more denied a maiden bracelet as he completed fourth for $162,500.

The ultimate desk additionally included Canada’s Francois Billard (third – $230,600), Britain’s Kevin Appleyard (sixth – $85,400), India’s Krishna Madhariwar (seventh – $63,700) and Austria’s Armin Rezaei (eighth – $48,400).

The occasion drew 527 runners for a prize pool of $2,555,950. Different gamers who cashed embrace Shannon Shorr, Anthony Zinno, Nadya Magnus, Kane Kalas, Martin Jacobson and Tom Middleton.

Occasion #6: $5,000 Tremendous COLOSSUS Closing Desk Outcomes

Even Longer Heads-Up Match within the Thriller Bounty

A good longer heads-up match continues to be underway within the Atlantis ballroom within the Occasion #1: $2,500 WSOP Circuit Championship Thriller Bounty.

In that occasion, Yayun Liu is heads-up towards fellow American Mark Darner, who was propelled to the ultimate desk via an enormous suckout with pocket jacks that noticed him crack each aces and kings.

The ultimate desk additionally included Serbia’s Bogdan Jontulovic (third – $200,000), Lithuania’s Tomas Jozonis (4th – $140,000) and Canada’s Matthew Klapstein (fifth – $100,000).

The $2,500 WSOP Circuit Championship Thriller Bounty, which drew 2,396 runners for a prize pool of $5,990,000 and was initially scheduled to go 4 days, noticed the massive $250,000 bounty going to Jack Germaine on Day 2.

Occasion #1: $2,500 WSOP Circuit Championship Thriller Bounty Closing Desk Outcomes

In the meantime, Occasion #5: $250,000 Triton Invitational continues to be on the cash bubble after a number of hours.

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*Photographs courtesy of WSOP

Connor Richards is a Senior Editor U.S. for PokerNews and host of the Life Exterior Poker podcast. Connor has been nominated for 3 World Poker Awards for his writing.