Michael Persky Wins Second World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event Ring 49 Days After His First

Michael Persky gained his first World Series of Poker Circuit gold ring on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. The Novato, CA resident took down the $1,700 buy-in no-limit maintain’em major occasion at close by Graton Casino & Resort, besting a area of 616 entries to earn $175,595.

Just 49 days after that marquee victory, Persky navigated his by means of one other WSOP Circuit major occasion area in (*49*) California to safe one other six-figure payday and his second ring. This time round, Persky outlasted 594 entries on the Thunder Valley Casino Resort close to Sacramento to earn $170,780 and the {hardware} on Oct. 9, simply seven weeks faraway from his earlier victory.

“This is unbelievable,” he advised the Poker.org reporter protecting the occasion after securing the win. “I know how hard this is. I tell people, ’I won the WSOP main event… Twice, now!”

“I need to go home. My wife, my kids, my dogs, and my business are waiting. I haven’t missed a day’s work when I was winning Graton, and I literally haven’t missed anything here. I’m a contractor. I take nothing for granted, nothing,” stated Persky.

This was solely the eighth recorded reside match rating for Persky, nevertheless it introduced his profession earnings to almost $415,000.

In addition to the gold rings and the cash, Persky has additionally secured a lot of rankings factors because of his two big title runs. He was awarded 840 Card Player Player of the Year factors for every of these victories. When mixed with the 400 he earned for a runner-up exhibiting in a $600 occasion on the WSOPC Graton sequence earlier than taking down the primary occasion, Persky’s level complete sits at 2,080. As a consequence, he’s presently ranked inside the highest 150 within the 2023 POY standings introduced by Global Poker.

After the 2 beginning flights and day 2, the 594-entry area was narrowed to only ten contenders. Persky was towards the underside of the leaderboard, with bracelet winner Amir Lehavot out in entrance to begin.

Persky gained a key preflop flip early with pocket jacks in opposition to A-Okay to assist him survive to short-handed motion. With 5 remaining, he discovered himself on the opposite aspect of the same race, with AOkay up in opposition to the QQ of John Koo. Persky spiked a king on the flip and held from there to remove Koo in fifth place ($44,160). With that, Persky moved into the chip lead heading into four-handed play.

Lehavot’s destiny additionally got here right down to a preflop showdown between A-Okay and a pocket pair. His overcards have been unable to greatest the pocket sevens of Xing Wei and Lehavot was left on fumes. He was quickly eradicated in fourth place, incomes $58,360. The 2013 WSOP major occasion third-place finisher now has almost $6.3 million in lifetime earnings after this newest rating.

Despite successful that massive flip, Wei was finally the subsequent to fall. His A-10 bumped into the A-J of Tracy Oto, who flopped journeys to all however seal the deal. Wei cashed for $78,030 because the third-place finisher.

Persky managed to take management of the heads-up match early, and after about an hour of play, closed issues out to safe the ring and the six-figure high prize. Oto was awarded $105,550 because the runner-up finisher.

Here is a have a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the ultimate desk:

Winner images supplied by WSOP.