Timur Margolin Wins Third World Series of Poker Bracelet

Timur Margolin was the final participant standing from a discipline of 4,278 entries within the 2024 World Series of Poker $800 buy-in no-limit maintain’em eight-max deepstack occasion. The Israeli poker professional was awarded $342,551 and his third WSOP bracelet for the win.

Margolin’s first two bracelets had been each earned in 2018. He took down the $2,500 buy-in no-limit maintain’em occasion that summer time in Las Vegas, after which backed that up with a win within the €1,100 buy-in monster stack occasion on the WSOP Europe within the fall. He now has almost $2.5 million in recorded reside event earnings to his identify, with almost $1.7 million of that coming from his 36 in-the-money finishes in bracelet occasions on the collection.

This was the second-largest payday of Margolin’s profession, trailing solely the $507,274 he secured along with his first bracelet victory.

The huge turnout for this occasion constructed a prize pool of $3,011,712 which was paid out among the many prime 642 finishers. The occasion was slated to run over the course of simply two days, however an unscheduled third day was in the end required.

Margolin got here into day 3 because the chip chief with 9 remaining. It took roughly 4 hours for him to shut out the title. After Agharazi Babayev took out Jeremy Chen (ninth – $32,288), Margolin reeled off 4 straight knockouts, together with busting bracelet winner Joseph Couden in fifth place ($93,758).

Adam Hendrix bought the final of his brief stack in with Q-4 suited trailing the pocket kings of Babayev. Hendrix flopped a flush draw, however was unable to enhance any additional and was eradicated in fourth place ($125,074). He now has almost $6.8 million in lifetime cashes after this newest deep run.

Michael Allen’s run led to third place when his A-3 bumped into the A-Q of Margolin, who was already operating away with the lead. Margolin’s handheld up and Allen was despatched to the rail with $168,276 for his third-place displaying.

Heads-up play started with Margolin holding higher than a 9:1 chip lead over Babayev. A double up closed the hole a bit, however Babayev was quickly all-in and in danger once more. The ultimate hand noticed all of the chips go in on a board of J652. Babayev shoved with 88 and Margolin referred to as with J6 for prime pair. The Q on the river locked up the pot and the title for Margolin. Babayev earned a career-best payout of $228,321 because the runner-up.

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

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