Jared Bleznick Wins 1st WSOP Bracelet in $50K No-Limit Hold'em High Roller

Jared Bleznick can now call himself a WSOP bracelet winner after topping the 178-entrant field in Event #92: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller at the 2024 World Series of Poker. Bleznick earned $2,037,947 in prize money and saw his lifetime tournament earnings climb to more than $6,834,000, according to The Hendon Mob.

Bleznick now sits 119th on the United States All-Time Money List, and adds his second seven-figure cash to his poker resume after he won the inaugural $100,000 buy-in Super High Roller Bowl: Pot-Limit Omaha in October 2023. At the 2024 WSOP, Bleznick was on a mission to prove the "haters" wrong after going undrafted in the $25k Fantasy Draft. Bleznick cashed ten times and made three final tables on his way to winning his first WSOP bracelet.

The record-setting field in the $50k No-Limit Hold'em High Roller created a prize pool of $8,499,500 and paid the top 27 players. Those finishing in the money included Bryn Kenney, Ben Lamb, Chris Brewer, Michael Moncek, Viktor Blom, Brek Schutten, David Peters, and Michael Rocco prior to the final table being set. Following the eliminations of Erik Seidel in eighth place, Isai Scheinberg in seventh place, and Brynjar Gigja in sixth place, the final five players bagged up on Day 2 and returned on Sunday, July 14, to conclude play.

Germany's Christoph Vogelsang returned as chip leader, while Bleznick sat second overall. Justin Saliba would be the first to be eliminated when he was all-in with ace-king suited against the ace-queen of Bleznick. Unfortunately for Saliba, four spades fell on the board and Bleznick's ace of spades would eliminate Saliba in fifth place. Nacho Barbero exited next when he was all-in with queen-four against the ten-six of Jesse Lonis. A six landed on the flop and the final table was down to just three players.

Overnight chip leader Vogelsang was the next to fall when he shoved with ace-nige and Bleznick called with pocket tens. No ace fell for the German, and he was eliminated in third place as Bleznick held a two-to-one chip advantage over Lonis. After some back-and-forth, the final hand saw Lonis limp-call all-in with pocket sevens to be against the ace-four suited of Bleznick. The flop brought an ace, and when no improvement fell for Lonis, he would be eliminated in second place and Bleznick would be crowned the Event #92 champion.

2024 WSOP Event #92: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Results

After his victory, Jared Bleznick moves to 16th on the PGT leaderboard with 993 PGT points from his six cashes this season. Jesse Lonis moves into top spot on the PGT leaderboard with 1,653 PGT points on the back of his one win and 12 cashes this season. Germany's Christoph Vogelsang is now sitting 54th overall, while Nacho Barbero sits in 72nd. Justin Saliba's fifth-place finish takes him to 21st with 887 PGT points, while Bryjar Gigja and Isai Scheinberg register their first PGT cash. Erik Seidel now sits in 47th on the PGT leaderboard following his eighth-place finish.

Michael Rocco moves into 19th on the PGT leaderboard, while David Peters is 49th overall after finishing in 11th-place. Brek Schutten now climbs into 26th place on the PGT leaderboard, while Viktor Blom climbs to sixth overall with 1,199 PGT points and seven PGT-qualifying cashes at the WSOP.

PGT Leaderboard Top 10 

These are the leaderboard standings as of Sunday, July 14, 2024. The complete and current PGT leaderboard is at pgt.com/leaderboard.

The final PGT-qualifying event of the 2024 WSOP is Event #96: $25,000 H.O.R.S.E. High Roller, beginning on July 14 and with late registration through until Day 2. Following the conclusion of the WSOP, the next set of PGT-qualifying events will be the Super High Roller Bowl Series, running from August 17-25, 2024, at the Onyx Club at Merit Royal Cyprus.

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