Xixiang Luo Wins 2024 WSOP $25,000 H.O.R.S.E. For Second Bracelet of The Series

The 2024 World Series of Poker $25,000 H.O.R.S.E. even fittingly got here all the way down to a stacked ultimate desk, with seven of the final eight contenders already having at the least one bracelet victory, together with a number of a number of bracelet winners like 11-time WSOP champion Phil Ivey, seven-time champion Scott Seiver, and five-time champion Adam Friedman. In the tip it was China’s Xixiang Luo that emerged victorious with the {hardware} and the highest prize of $725,796.

This was Luo’s second profession bracelet win, having taken down the inaugural $1,500 combined no-limit maintain’em and pot-limit Omaha double board bomb pot occasion earlier this summer season for $270,820.

Luo now has greater than $3.7 million in profession event earnings, with nearly $1.5 million of that coming from his 33 cashes on the sequence which have yielded 4 final-table finishes and two victories.

This high-stakes combined sport occasion drew 120 entries to construct a prize pool of $2,820,000. The high 18 finishers made the cash, with large names like 17-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth (18th), three-time bracelet winner Paul Volpe (fifteenth), six-time bracelet winner Jason Mercier (eleventh), and bracelet winner Yueqi Zhu (ninth) working deep.

Two-time bracelet winner Michael Moncek knocked out Friedman in eighth place ($80,585) throughout a spherical of stud. He then made a 9-7 low in razz to bust bracelet winner David Benyamine, who was pipped with a 9-8.

Scott Seiver, who has received three bracelet already this summer season and is main the WSOP Player of the Year race, added to his spectacular summer season with a sixth-place exhibiting on this occasion for $131,719. He now has greater than $27 million in lifetime earnings and 7 complete bracelets to his title.

Seiver’s run ended throughout a spherical of stud eight-or-better, with two-time bracelet winner Ryan Miller making journey fours to finest Seiver’s pair of jacks.

Miller quickly joined Seiver on the rail together with his Ok-10 working into the A-6 of Moncek in restrict maintain’em. Moncek flopped journey sixes and held from there to ship Miller packing in fifth place ($175,423).

Poker Hall of Famer Phil Ivey bought all-in throughout a spherical of stud with three to a straight and two hearts in his hand. He picked up a full-fledged flush draw on fifth avenue, however wound up with only a pair of fives by seventh. Moncek had made a pair of eights on sixth avenue, which was adequate to eradicate Ivey in fourth place $239,850.

Moncek bought the final of his chips in taking part in a later spherical of stud with a pair of aces main a pair of jacks for Luo. Moncek didn’t enhance on seventh avenue, however Luo made jacks and tens to to win the pot and arrange a heads-up match with Albert Daher. Moncek earned $336,442 because the third-place finisher.

Luo began with a small lead, however received an enormous pot off the bat with journey deuces in stud. Daher fought again from the brink a number of instances, however in the end discovered himself all-in with Q2 going through the Ok7 of Luo throughout a spherical of restrict maintain’em. The board ran out 865103 and king excessive was sufficient to win Luo the pot and the title. Daher was awarded $483,866 because the runner-up.

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

Winner photograph credit score: WSOP / Regina Cortina.

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