Henry Acain Wins Event #5: $500 The Housewarming No-Limit Hold'em ($701,215)
Event #5: $500 The Housewarming No-Limit Hold'em has come to an end after a massive field of 20,080 ended in just one champion for the WSOP Bracelet and the grand prize of $701,215 out of the prize pool of $8,435,280.
After just over six hours of play with 12 players left to start the day, Henry Acain defeated the field to capture his first World Series of Poker bracelet. He dominated early and was the back and forth chip leader for most of the day.
Event #5: $500 The Housewarming NLH Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henry Acain | United States | $701,215 |
| 2 | Jared Kingery | United States | $433,255 |
| 3 | Christian Taylor | United States | $326,965 |
| 4 | Orez Mokedi | United States | $248,340 |
| 5 | Jen-Yue Chiang | United States | $189,850 |
| 6 | Darnell White | United States | $146,080 |
| 7 | Jordan Hufty | United States | $113,145 |
| 8 | Erik Carvalho | United States | $88,214 |
| 9 | Isidro Martinez | United States | $69,235 |
| 10 | Yavine Brewer | United States | $54,705 |
Coming in to today, Acain's largest tournament score was for $30,000 in the $400 No Limit Hold'em MonsterStack (Event #68) In the DeepStack Championship Poker Series II, Las Vegas in 2021.
Action of the Day
Acain started the day fourth in chips but struck lightening early on as he chipped up in a multi-way pot against Isidro Martinez and Christian Taylor. He then continued his run up the leaderboard as he eliminated Sridhar Sangannagari in 11th, Yavine Brewer in 10th and Isidro Martinez in ninth propelling his stack to the chip lead.
Taylor regained his lead when they were down to three-handed, but Acain soon turned the tables on Taylor as he won a massive flip for his tournament life with ace-jack with one diamond against king-ten on a ten-high all diamond board.
"Amazing, I feel pretty good about it", said Acain to in his post-game interview. "It's like my dream come true''
Acain started playing poker in 2008. "My skills developed in 2013 and I never looked back after that. I was mainly a cash game player before."
The big moment came when Acain shoved into Kingery's aces with ace-three off but went runner-runner flush to score the victory. "I got so lucky on that one. I knew he got me when he snap called. Poker god is with me"
Congratulations to Henry Acain for winning his first bracelet in Event #5: $500 The Housewarming No-Limit Hold'em.
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