Four Bracelet Events Grinding Past Midnight on July 4th

It's past midnight at the Horseshoe on July 4th and four bracelet events are still live, including two final tables with a combined $13.1M in lifetime earnings at one of them.

Here's what's on the floor right now.

Event #80: $10K 8-Game Championship (Final Table, 9 Left)

The headliner. Brian Rast, who has accumulated $13.17M in lifetime tournament earnings across 28 final tables, is at this one with 2,405,000 in chips. Richard Bai (three Circuit rings, $1.74M lifetime, 22 final tables) sits on 1,430,000.

Brian Rast, who has accumulated $13.17M in lifetime tournament earnings across 28 final tables, is at this one with 2,405,000 in chips.

David Baker (four bracelets, $7.43M lifetime, 34 final tables) and Nick Marchington ($1.99M lifetime) both busted just outside the final nine. This is a stacked rail.

Event #79: $3K Freezeout (Final Table, 9 Left)

Asi Moshe leads with 16,400,000 in chips. Four bracelets. $2.37M in lifetime cashes. Eight final tables. He's the clear résumé favorite at this table.

Behind him, Igor Popyk (Ukraine, $485K lifetime) holds 11,275,000. Dustin Murphy (one WSOPC ring, $372K lifetime, 18 final tables) and Qiao Du are bunched near 6.6M. Methavee Taveekitvatee of Thailand rounds out the reported stacks at 4,800,000.

Event #78: $600 Deepstack (Day 3, 17 Left)

The Deepstack Championship is down to two tables. Adriaan Jacobs of South Africa leads with 24,250,000. His total tracked lifetime earnings before this event: $818. Justin Coliny sits second at 13,000,000, and Junichi Murakami of Japan holds 9,700,000.

This is the bracket where unknowns become bracelet winners overnight.

Event #83: $1,500 PLO Double Board Bomb Pot (Day 2, 74 Left)

The strangest game on the floor. PLO Double Board Bomb Pot (high only) is down to 74 players on Day 2. Abdul Amer leads the reported stacks at 960,000, with Rhett Vanleeuwen ($79K lifetime, three final tables) at 845,000 and Christopher Amaral (708,000) close behind.

No bracelets among the top stacks here. Someone is winning their first in a format most players still can't fully explain.

Four events. Two final tables. Seventeen players fighting for Deepstack glory. Seventy-four left in the weirdest PLO bracket on the schedule. The Horseshoe floor is wide open past midnight on the Fourth.