Marcin Horecki Denies Mike Matusow, Wins WSOP $1,500 Stud Eight-or-Better Event

From a discipline of 566 entries, the 2023 World Series of Poker $1,500 seven card stud eight-or-better occasion got here all the way down to a battle between Marcin Horecki and four-time bracelet winner Mike Matusow. In the top, Horecki got here away with the title, scooping up his first bracelet and the highest prize of $155,275. The Polish participant now has practically $1.2 million in lifetime event earnings after this newest win.

Matusow took dwelling $95,957 because the runner-up. The 54-year-old 2023 Poker Hall of Fame finalist is approaching $9.8 million in profession cashes after this recording his seventh podium end on the collection.

Horecki grew to become simply the second Polish participant ever to win a WSOP bracelet, and the primary to take action in a reside occasion. In 2021, Dominik Panka took down a $2,100 buy-in bounty occasion through the WSOP Online pageant to change into the primary participant from Poland to have captured the gold.

Horecki got here into the third and closing day of this event in 14th place with 18 contenders remaining. James Cheung began out on the high of the leaderboard, and went on to complete fourth.

Brian Rast entered day 3 in eighth chip place, only one spot behind Matusow on the leaderboard. The six-time bracelet winner and three-time Poker Players Championship winner finally positioned seventh on this occasion, including $18,709 to his lifetime whole of greater than $24.8 million in event earnings.

Horecki knocked out Cheung and Scott Numoto (third – $66,950) to take roughly a 3:1 chip lead into heads-up play in opposition to Matusow. Horecki pulled away a number of occasions, solely to have Matusow struggle again. Horecki landed the decisive blow when he received an enormous pot with journey tens in opposition to the kings up of Matusow, who was left brief after that hand. He was pressured out of a pot not lengthy after that to be left with lower than a single massive wager. Even after managing to double-up twice, Matusow was nonetheless dangerously brief.

The closing hand noticed Matusow get all-in on fifth avenue with (A8)84J. He was going through the (Okay6)48J of Horecki. Matusow caught the Okay on sixth, whereas Horecki improved to a pair of jacks with the J. Matusow was unable to enhance to a greater excessive, hitting the 7 on the top. The 2 for Horecki left him with a successful pair of hacks for the excessive, which was sufficient to scoop the pot and the title.

Here is a take a look at the payouts and rankings factors awarded on the closing desk:

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Winner picture credit score: WSOP / Rachel Kay Miller.