'I just came here to play mixed events.' The Chainsaw, who is often fixated on The Hendon Mob results, now has 456 cashes across all lifetime live poker tournaments, per the database he frequents, for a total of $4.3 million in cashes. Kessler's response to Deeb's negative comment was that he can't control the buy-in or field size. 'Unbelievable,' an enthusiastic four-time ring winner said after the final card was dealt before holding up eight fingers. Kessler caught a nine-high straight and his opponent was unable to hit her straight draw on seventh street.

Graton Poker Room's X page shared a clip of the final hand in Stud-8 (video below). The mixed game event champion defeated Wendy Freedman, who was also chasing her fourth ring, heads-up for the title. Still, that didn't stop Shaun Deeb from raining on his parade. But it was clearly a proud moment for Kessler as he ended a nearly decade-long drought. The buy-in was relatively small, and the field even smaller. The all-time top 10 standings are as follows: Lowery's win, good for $21,518, was his fourth of the year and he now has nearly $1.6 million in WSOPC cashes.

Valentin Vornicu, who once held the record but hasn't won a ring since 2018, is now alone in fifth place with 12 rings. One day earlier, Ari Engel won his 15th ring, which put him in a tie with Maurice Hawkins at the top. On Friday, Daniel Lowery, by winning the $1,125 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha in the same series, tied Josh Reichard for third place all-time with 14 Circuit rings. He beat out a field of 57 entrants for a $6,314 payday. The 'Chainsaw' won his first WSOP anything tournament since midway through President Obama's second term when he took down the $400 buy-in Stud-8/Omaha-8 event at Graton Resort & Casino in Northern California. Allen Kessler was so thrilled with winning his fourth World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) ring on Saturday that he forgot to tell the server to leave off the 'green stuff' at his victory dinner.

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