Clement Richez was draped in the red, white and blue of the French Tricolore last night after bagging WSOP gold and more than $1million in the $3k MidStakes NLH Championship.
Event #89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship No-Limit Hold’em
Richez was one of 17 who returned to battle it out for glory in the largest field ever assembled for a WSOP $3k event, 3100 players having already hit the rail over the previous three days.
With more than $50k locked up, it was the seven-figure prize up top that most were dreaming of, with six-figures for a final table run. Bulgaria’s Stefan Dimitrov would be the last to miss out, with England’s David Brehme pocketing a lifetime best cash by far for his 9th place finish.
His compatriot, Adam Owen, took out both Kuzmanovic and Pateychuk before Taylor Black fell in 6th to Richez, AQ running into AK, and Uvaydov falling in 5th spot.
After dinner, Dong Chen met his nemesis, Richez shoving his big blind against the Chinese player’s button open…
Dong Chen: K♠ Q♠
Clement Richez: A♥ A♣
Flop: A♦ 8♥ 10♦
Turn: 5♠
River: K♦
Torelli’s hopes of a maiden WSOP bracelet vanished he check-shoved a big draw only to miss and lose to Richez’s top pair, leaving the Frenchman heads-up against Owen.
Owen fought valiantly despite his big chip deficit but when he made his final stand, Richez had the goods, all the chips going in pre-flop…
Adam Owen: Q♠ 3♠
Clement Richez: K♥ 9♥
Flop: 7♦ K♦ 6♣
Turn: J♦
River: 10♠
“It’s amazing, every poker player dreams to have a bracelet,” Richez told French media after his victory, adding: “It was not even my goal, but once I won, I realized that all this time, it was my goal.”
$3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
| 1 | Clement Richez | France | $1,041,989 |
| 2 | Adam Owen | UK | $694,714 |
| 3 | Alec Torelli | USA | $517,525 |
| 4 | Dong Chen | China | $388,519 |
| 5 | David Uvaydov | USA | $293,950 |
| 6 | Taylor Black | USA | $224,152 |
| 7 | Andrey Pateychuk | Russia | $172,285 |
| 8 | Boris Kuzmanovic | Croatia | $133,479 |
| 9 | David Brehme | UK | $104,248 |
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