Francis Anderson has been agonizingly near successful a World Series of Poker gold bracelet a number of occasions lately. His first brush with gold got here in 2019, when he completed fourth within the $2,620 ‘Marathon’ occasion. A couple of years later he positioned third within the 2022 ‘Monster Stack’ for a then career-best payday of $449,912. Most lately, he completed fourth once more within the 2023 Poker Hall of Fame bounty occasion. Finally, in any case of these close to misses, Anderson was capable of shut out a win on the WSOP in 2024. He topped a area of 4,263 entries within the $800 buy-in Independence Day Celebration no-limit maintain’em occasion, incomes his first bracelet and a brand new high rating of $501,040.
The Wappinger Falls, New York native now now has greater than $3.2 million in lifetime dwell earnings to his identify.
“I won my first WSOP bracelet last night and I hit my biggest score ever! Feeling so grateful right now. Thanks everyone that reached out to me and congratulated me,” mentioned Anderson in a social media put up after popping out on high.
The massive turnout for this occasion, which ran from July 3-5, resulted in a remaining prize pool of $3,630,213. The high 365 finishers made the cash, with five-figures or extra for the ultimate 53.
Plenty of huge names ran deep, together with two-time bracelet winner John Riordan (97th), two-time bracelet winner Mark Seif (forty first), three-time bracelet winner Ari Engel (thirty fifth), bracelet winner Benjamin Ector (twenty first), and two-time bracelet winner Martin Zamani (seventh).
The high six all earned six-figure paydays. Bamshad Azizi cracked pocket kings with pocket sixes to get rid of Tom Cohen in sixth place ($105,960). Azizi (fifth – $138,490) was unable to return from behind a second time in a row, although, and was knocked out when his pocket nines clashed with the pocket jacks of Brent Lee.
Donnie Barnard obtained all-in with Q-9 suited towards the pocket queens of Lee. He flopped an open-ended straight draw for a sweat, however the flip and river introduced no additional assist and he was despatched to the rail in fourth place ($182,350).
Lee continued to surge, together with his pocket fives holding towards A-4 for Taylor Williams within the subsequent all-in confrontation. Williams earned $241,850 because the third-place finisher.
Heads-up play started with Lee properly out in entrance of Anderson. The hole was narrowed significantly when Anderson’s A-J received a flip towards a small pocket pair of Lee, however he nonetheless trailed by an honest margin. That quickly modified when Anderson’s pocket kings received an enormous pot towards the flopped high pair of queens of Lee. Anderson referred to as all-in on the river to maneuver into the lead.
In the ultimate hand, Lee shoved from the button for eight or so massive blinds with Q
2 and Anderson referred to as with 4
4. The board ran out 10
9
635 and Anderson’s pocket fours had been sufficient to lock up the pot and the title. Lee earned a career-best payday of $323,080 because the runner-up.
Here is a have a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the remaining desk:
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Francis Anderson | $501,040 | 660 |
| 2 | Brent Lee | $323,080 | 550 |
| 3 | Taylor Williams | $241,850 | 440 |
| 5 | Donnie Barnard | $182,350 | 330 |
| 6 | Bamshad Azizi | $138,490 | 275 |
| 7 | Tom Cohen | $105,960 | 220 |
| 8 | Martin Zamani | $81,660 | 165 |
| 9 | Regina Sevilha | $63,410 | 110 |
| 9 | Jaskaran Brar | $49,613 | 55 |
Photo credit score: WSOP / Regina Cortina.
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