Two days of play saw a total of 1,241 players sit down in Event #32: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max. The prize pool swelled to $3,313,470, and the lion's share to play for was left to the 58 players who made the second day of this tournament.
In the end, it was Mark Ioli who was crowned champion, winning his first WSOP bracelet and a career-best score of $558,266. “It was a long two days, but it was worth it,” the newly crowned champion said, beaming. “The two previous times I got heads up for a bracelet, I was a card away from winning,” he said, referring to his two second places in WSOP online events.