Simon Charette Wins WSOP Event 23

Doyle ‘Texas Dolly’ Brunson coined the phrase ‘The Cadillac of Poker’ when referring to the rise in prominence of No-Limit Texas Hold’em (NLHE). Well, if NLHE is the Cadillac of poker, then the six-handed format must surely be the Ferrari of Poker.

Take away three players from a full-ring game, and you widen player’s ranges. You widen player’s ranges, and you get a greater range of ways to show off your skill.

The six-handed format has risen in popularity, due largely to the success of the six-handed NLHE cash games that are available on internet sites.

To give you an example of how brutally exciting the six-handed format can be, consider this fact: in the first six levels of Event #23, the field was reduced in size by a third in the first six levels of play.

After that first days play, the two names on everybody’s lips were the chip leader, Jeff Manza, and Aaron ‘aejones’ Jones, who was lying in second place.

By the time Day 2 had rolled around, it had culled itself to a mere eighteen players, and Artem Metalidi was the front-runner.

It was a field full of talent, with former World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet holders, Foster Hays, Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier, Freddy Deeb, and Scott Montgomery all vying for contention.

However, in the end, the title went the way of a Canadian for the second time this series.

Step forward and take a bow, Simon Charette. Charette is one of the games great players, who have, so far, managed to fly just low enough for the poker radar to just recognize him as a blip. That will all change, after his $567,624 first prize and WSOP gold bracelet.

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