Ryan Hansen Wins WSOP Event #44: $3,000 6-Handed Limit Hold'em

American Ryan Hansen has won the WSOP Event #44: $3,000 6-Handed Limit Hold'em, picking up his debut bracelet and a $109,692 prize. He defeated Japanese player Kosei Ichinose in a two-hour battle to collect the lion’s share of the $432,540 prize pool.

Ryan Hansen is described as a Limit Hold’em specialist who predominantly plays cash games at Borgata Hotel and Casino. This amazing result is only the fourth live tournament cash on his career record. 162 entries for a $3,000 buy-in tournament is still respectable.

The heads-up battle kicked off with Ichinose holding a 2-1 advantage but it didn’t last for long. A nice set up hand saw Hansen flop quads while his opponent sat with two pair. Eventually, Hansen put together a home run made up of hitting big hands and making his opponent fold in big pots. Ichinose then chose to lose by slow torture, unable to hit any kind of a hand, until going with it holding JT was the only play left.