Yuval Bronshtein Wins Second World Series of Poker Bracelet In $1,500 Limit Hold’em

Ari Engel wasn’t the one participant to win his second World Series of Poker bracelet as Thursday night time changed into Friday morning.

Just every week after being eradicated on the cash bubble of the $25,000 HORSE, Yuval Bronshtein received his second profession bracelet within the $1,500 restrict maintain’em. He defeated a area of 422 entries and Kevin Erickson heads-up to earn $124,374. He additionally netted 720 factors within the Card Player Player of the Year race sponsored by Global Poker. The victory moved Bronshtein into the highest 100.

Like Engel, that is Bronshtein’s second victory in as many dwell WSOPs after he received his first in 2019 within the $1,500 no-limit 2-7 single draw for $96,278.

In his most up-to-date victory, Bronshtein overcame what was at one level greater than 9-to-1 chip drawback in his heads-up match in opposition to Erickson, who took residence $76,868 for his runner-up end.

“I was very lucky to win this after I was down to so few chips so many times,” Bronshtein instructed official WSOP dwell reporters. “My opponent was a tough player.”

The third and last day of the match kicked off on Thursday at 2 p.m. with 16 gamers nonetheless within the hunt. After about three hours of play, six gamers had been eradicated and the ultimate 10 gamers redrew for seats on the unofficial last desk with Erickson and Zachary Gruneberg pacing the sector.

Gruneberg eradicated Mike Lancaster in tenth to present the ultimate 9 gamers a payjump, some elbow room and a spot on the last desk, however Bronshtein received an enormous pot earlier than the elimination to carry the chip lead with 9 left.

Nine-handed, Bronshtein and Erickson started separating themselves from the remaining. Erickson eradicated Anh Van Nguyen in ninth to maneuver into the chip lead, however Bronshtein wasn’t far behind.

Tony Nasr was eradicated in eighth when he obtained all in preflop with AOkay, however bumped into Ian Glycenfer’s AA. Nasr flopped the nut flush draw however couldn’t full the unhealthy beat because the flip and river had been bricks.

Tom McCormick, a veteran of the WSOP took most of Guy Cicconi’s chips seven-handed in a pot that noticed Cicconi name bets on the flop and switch earlier than folding to a river guess. McCormick obtained the final of Cicconi’s chips a pair arms later when Cicconi dedicated the final of his chips on the button with A-6 for lower than an enormous blind.

McCormick and John Bunch had been within the blinds and checked it down because the board ran out J108Q6. McCormick turned over 103 kind the small blind and received the pot.

In the following orbit, Erickson received an enormous pot to eradicate Gruneberg in sixth and lengthen his chip lead. The pot was capped preflop and all of the chips had been within the center by the flip with the board studying 10777.

Erickson turned over 1010 and hit his two-outer in opposition to Gruneberg’s OkayOkay. The river bricked off for Gruneberg and the pot was despatched to Erickson, who had greater than one-third of the chips in play with 5 left.

Gruneberg’s unhealthy beat allowed the short-stacked Glycenfer to get a payjump and was eradicated by Bunch lower than 10 minutes later. Glycenfer was all in preflop with J10 in opposition to Bunch’s Okay-4. Neither participant improved and Bunch received the showdown with king-high.

Erickson then put a collection of beats on Bunch to eradicate the Las Vegas native in fourth. Erickson cracked Bunch’s A-A with Q-8 after which raise-called on the button with 74 in opposition to Bunch’s AQ. Bunch put the final of his chips in on the flip with the board studying 9643 and wanted to river a pair to remain alive. The river was the three, nonetheless, and Bunch was out in fourth.

With three gamers left, Erickson had about 75% of the chips in play and appeared like he was going to run away with the bracelet. But Bronshtein eradicated McCormick in third and Erickson held that share firstly of heads-up play.

The early portion of heads-up play was all Erickson and at his peak, had greater than 90% of the chips in play. But Bronshtein mounted one of essentially the most inconceivable comebacks and because of a number of double ups, pulled even and opened a 4-to-1 chip lead of his personal in about an hour.

Bronshtein then picked up AOkay and obtained all of the chips within the center in opposition to Erickson’s OkayQ. The board ran out 10102J8 which despatched the pot and the bracelet Bronshtein’s method.

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