Josh Arieh Wins 2023 WSOP $25,000 H.O.R.S.E. For Sixth Career Bracelet

Josh Arieh has joined the elite ranks of six-time World Series of Poker bracelet winners. The 48-year-old Atlanta, Georgia resident overcame a stacked subject of 112 entries within the 2023 WSOP $25,000 H.O.R.S.E. excessive curler to earn $711,313 and the {hardware}. This was his second bracelet of 2023 and his fourth in a three-year span, having additionally captured a pair in 2021.

Arieh turned simply the twenty second participant in poker historical past to have gained six or extra bracelets, placing him on an elite listing populated by titans of the sport.

“It was cool catching Shaun and cool catching Daniel. I mean, those guys are insane players and just to think that I’m in the same breath as them it’s pretty cool. I mean, this is what we play for and to say that I don’t want to win every tournament that I play would be a lie. I really can’t put any words to it,” Arieh instructed Card Player.

Arieh was the fifth participant this summer time to have gained a sixth bracelet, becoming a member of Deeb, Jeremy Ausmus, Brian Rast, and Jason Mercier.

This victory noticed him enhance his profession earnings to greater than $12.3 million. This was his third-largest match rating ever, trailing solely the $2.5 million he earned because the third-place finisher within the 2004 WSOP important occasion and the $952,290 payday he secured because the runner-up within the 2009 World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic important occasion.

In addition to the title and the cash, Arieh additionally scored 840 Card Player Player of the Year factors for the win. This was his second title and fifth final-table end to this point, with practically $1.3 million in POY earnings accrued throughout these scores. As a consequence, he now sits in 81st place within the total POY standings offered by Global Poker.

This was additionally Arieh’s eighth money in an occasion that awarded PokerGO Tour rankings factors. With 1,084 to his title, Arieh now sits in eleventh place on that high-stakes-centric leaderboard.

As one would anticipate with a mixed-game occasion with such a hefty buy-in, the ultimate desk was stacked with achieved professionals, together with four-time bracelet winner Scott Seiver (eighth – $81,337), bracelet winner and 2017 Poker Players Championship runner-up Johannes Becker (seventh – $103,795), six-time bracelet winner John Hennigan (sixth – $134,491), four-time bracelet winner Mike Matusow (fifth – $176,904), and two-time bracelet winner Joao Vieira (4th – $236,163).

After Yingui Li departed in third place ($319,906), Arieh squared off in opposition to two-time bracelet winner Dan Heimiller with the title on the road. He scooped the ultimate pot throughout a spherical of Omaha eight-or-better, making aces up for the excessive and a 6-5-4-2-A low to lock up the title. Heimiller took house $439,662 because the runner-up. This was the second-largest payday of his profession, trailing solely the $627,462 that he earned because the 2014 WSOP seniors occasion champion.

Here is a take a look at the payouts and rating factors awarded on the last desk:

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Winner picture credit score: WSOP / Rachel Kay Miller.