A total of 389 players turned out for the 2016 World Series of Poker $1,500 dealer’s choice six-max event, a tournament that allowed the player at the button to make a choice from 19 variants of poker, from no-limit hold’em and the pony..... games to more exotic options like badacey, badeucey and old-fashioned five card attract. the top Lawrence Berg emerged victorious, defeating a difficult final table to capture his first gold bracelet and the $125,466 first-place prize.

“I called badeucy and badugi rather a lot and likewise Big O,” Berg told WSOP reporters afterwards with reference to his technique to this unique format. “I didn’t really like limit hold’em or no-limit hold’em.”

The 38-year-old poker pro came into the general day of the development because the chip leader with nine players remaining. Among those still in contention were a trio of WSOP bracelet winners in Randy Ohel (8th – $11,454), Paul Volpe (4th – $33,393) and Andrew Brown (3rd – $50,250). Four handed play made up the majority of the general table, but eventually Berg was in a position to win quite a lot of key pots, eliminating Volpe and Brown to establish a temporary heads-up showdown against Yueqi Zhu.

The final hands played out with Omaha eight-or-better because the selected game. Finally Zhu was all the way down to his last big blind and got it in preflop with the 9742 against the 10762 of Berg. The board ran out AQ485 giving Berg the eight-high straight and a 6-5-4-2-A low for the news. With that Zhu was sent to the rail because the runner up while Berg locked up the most important win of his poker career.

In addition to the bracelet and the money Berg also earned 600 Card Player Player of the Year points for the win. This was his first POY-qualified score of the year, so he isn't quite yet in contention for the award, but fourth place finisher Paul Volpe earned 300 points at his second final table of the year, climbing to 33rd place within the standings consequently. Volpe had previously won the $2,500 no-limit hold’em main event on the Borgata Spring Poker Open for $356,255 and 1,260 POY points.

Here is a glance on the payouts and POY points awarded at this final table:

Place	Player	Earnings (USD)	POY Points
1	Lawrence Berg	$125,466	600
2	Yueqi Zhu	$77,526	500
3	Andrew Brown	$50,250	400
4	Paul Volpe	$33,393	300
5	Joseph Couden	$22,765	250
6	John Templeton	$15,932	200

Winner photo courtesy of WSOP / Melissa Haereiti.

For more coverage from the summer series, visit the 2016 WSOP landing page complete with a whole schedule, news, player interviews and event recaps.

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