Roland Israelashvili first cashed in a World Series of Poker gold bracelet occasion again in 2005, ending thirty first in a $3,000 buy-in no-limit maintain’em occasion for $9,755. In the 20 years which have adopted that rating, Israelashvili has amassed 253 in-the-money finishes in bracelet occasions, essentially the most of any participant with no bracelet and the second-most of any participant, interval, in keeping with the WSOP’s official leaderboards. Only seven-time bracelet Daniel Negreanu has extra cashes than Israelashvili, with 267 recorded in-the-money finishes in bracelet occasions.
After all these deep runs, Israelashvili lastly broke via and secured his first WSOP bracelet along with his newest money. The 66-year-old from Forest Hills, New York took down the 2024 WSOP Online $400 ‘PLOSSUS’ pot-limit Omaha progressive knockout six-max occasion on Oct. 26, incomes $23,519.85 in whole prize cash together with the long-awaited jewellery.
The full real-name outcomes haven’t been posted, however we will affirm that the listed profitable display identify of ‘prngls12’ has been linked to Israelashvili. The match drew a subject of 44 entries, with a prize pool of $159,840.
Three-time bracelet winner Ari Engel took to social media to congratulate Israelashvili, saying, “Take Roland off that list! Congrats to one of everyone’s favorite grinders, Roland Israelashvili, on his first bracelet!”
Later in that thread Engel notes that he himself was knocked out of the match by Israelashvili.
While this was the primary bracelet for Israelashvili, it was far his first WSOP {hardware}. He has 11 WSOP Circuit gold rings in his assortment, along with his 261 WSOPC cashes being essentially the most of any participant.