Mike Gorodinsky Captures Fourth World Series of Poker Bracelet

Mike Gorodinsky has added his title to the elite record of gamers with 4 or extra World Sequence of Poker gold bracelets. The Russian-born combined video games skilled and 2015 WSOP Participant of the Yr emerged victorious from a discipline of 200 entries within the 2024 WSOP Paradise $10,000 pot-limit Omaha occasion, incomes the {hardware} and $393,250. Gorodinsky now has greater than $4.9 million in profession event earnings.

This triumph got here greater than a decade after he secured his first WSOP win. That breakthrough happened again in 2013 in a $2,500 Omaha eight-or-better and stud eight-or-better combined occasion. Two years later he secured the biggest event win of his profession, taking down the $50,000 Poker Gamers Championship for $1,270,086. His third bracelet was earned in 2023 within the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. championship. Gorodinsky turned simply the 77th participant to have earned a minimum of 4 bracelets together with his most up-to-date title run.

This PLO win on the Atlantis Paradise Island Bahamas additionally got here with 900 Card Participant Participant of the Yr factors for Gorodinsky, who had completed third within the $25,000 sellers alternative championship on the similar sequence a handful of days earlier. He now has 4 final-table finishes and one title on the 12 months.

It took only a single day for this event to whittle its 200-entry discipline all the way down to a champion. The fast-paced affair awarded $2,000,000 in prize cash throughout the highest 30 spots. Huge names that ran deep included three-time bracelet winner Alex Foxen (twenty fifth), reigning WSOP Participant of the Yr Scott Seiver (twenty third), Ren Lin (twenty first), current sellers alternative occasion winner Eric Wasserson (twentieth), two-time bracelet winner Chris Brewer (nineteenth), bracelet winner Danny Tang (seventeenth), and two-time bracelet winner Artur Martirosian (tenth).

Seven-time bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu was eradicated by Gorodinsky in eighth place, with Negreanu’s double-suited pocket aces bested by a single-suited J-10-9-4, which made a jack-high straight on the tip. The $45,710 Negreanu earned for his newest deep run moved his profession event earnings up over $53.5 million.

Armin Ghojehvand bowed out in seventh place ($65,530) earlier than Gorodinsky as soon as once more obtained concerned in an all-in confrontation. The chips went in after a king excessive flop with poker triple crown winner Michael Watson holding high pair and the best kicker. Gorodinsky had the identical high pair and shared one kicker with Watson, however had two different reside aspect playing cards. Gorodinsky ended up making kings and sevens on the river to eradicate Watson in sixth place ($88,330). This was the seventeenth final-table end of 2024 for Watson, with 4 titles received alongside the best way together with his first bracelet. The Canadian professional now sits in fifth place within the POY race standings offered by World Poker.

Gorodinsky then proceeded to eradicate Rui Neves (fifth – $119,070) and rising high-stakes star Biao Ding (4th – $160,510) to take a giant lead into three-handed play. 2022 WSOP POY award winner Daniel Zack scored the subsequent knockout, busting bracelet winner Roman Hrabec ($216,380) in third place. This was the eleventh final-table displaying of 2024 for the Czech participant, who climbed to thirteenth within the POY standings because of this deep run.

Heads-up play started with Gorodinsky holding higher than a 2:1 chip benefit over Zack. The ultimate hand arose with blinds at 40,000-80,000 with an 80,000 large blind ante. Zack raised to 300,000 on the button with AAQ7 and Gorodinsky referred to as from the large blind with Ok543. The flop got here down Ok82 and each gamers checked. The 5 flip gave Gorodinsky kings and fives with a coronary heart redraw. He wager 400,000 and Zack referred to as. The A accomplished the board and Gorodinsky checked together with his five-high straight. Zack wager the pot together with his rivered set of aces, firing 1,500,000. Gorodinsky moved all-in and Zack referred to as off his remaining 1,225,000, solely to be proven the wheel. Zack earned $291,680 because the runner-up. The three-time now has greater than $4.5 million in lifetime event cashes to his title.