With the sixth place finish, Juanda now has 336 points and a 5.25 point lead over Amir Lehavot in the WSOP Player of the Year race.
The winner of the event, cash game regular John Monnette, has gotten close before losing heads-up to Phil Ivey.
‘It feels good. I’ve been playing in the World Series for a long time and I’ve played a lot of events,” said Monnette. “I got close once before. It was pretty depleting. This year to finally come through and win, finally win. It means a lot.”
WSOP Event #23, $2,500 Eight Game Mix final results:
1. John "jmonnett" Monnette $278,144
2. Eric Buchman $171,855
3. Michele Limongi $109,245
4. Brent Hanks $78,774
5. Desmond Portano $57,692
6. John Juanda $42,897
7. Adam Kornuth $32,373
8. John Racener $24,797
9. Adam Geyer $19,268
10. Rami "Arbianight" Boukai $19,268