WSOP 2023 Day 24 Recap: Five Bracelets Won as Brian Rast Takes Sixth WSOP Title and Yuri Dzivielevski Claims Third

A huge day of action at the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) saw five bracelets won in style at the Horseshoe and Paris casinos on the Las Vegas Strip. With Brian Rast winning his sixth bracelet and third Poker Players Championship title, Yuri Dzivielevski winning his third WSOP bracelet and two first-time winners celebrating the moment of their poker lives, Day 24 of the 2023 World Series was one for the books.

Rast Completes Improbable ‘Treble’ PPC Win, Seals Sixth Bracelet

Brian Rast did what only Michael Mizrachi has done before in poker history by winning the third Poker Players Championship of his career. Winning the $50,000-entry ‘PPC’, Rast’s win not only cemented his place in poker history in this event but may also have gone a long way to boosting his chances of induction into the Poker Hall of Fame in this year’s ballot.

At a dramatic final table, the short stack left first on the final day as Kris Tong busted in fifth place for $303,071. He was followed from the felt by the Day 3 chip leader James Obst, with the Australian unable to get anything going on the day.

Three players remained, and two of them were the British pair Talal Shakerchi and Matt Ashton, but despite both those players starting well ahead of Rast in the counts at the start of play, the American got the better of his cross-Atlantic rivals and claimed the $1.3 million top prize in a thrilling denouement, which you can read more about in detail here.

Rast now sits equal at the top of the all-time PPC leaderboard with three victories in the one all poker players want to win.

Yuri Dzivielevski Celebrates Third Bracelet with Rail of the Summer

Does anyone do a final table rail at the World Series that rivals Brazilians? South America’s poker powerhouse Brazil welcomed another winner in recent history as Yuri Dzivielevski, a former online world number one, claimed his third WSOP bracelet after a stunning victory in the $1,500-entry H.O.R.S.E. event in Las Vegas.

The final table was a tough one, with stars of the mixed game felt such as Serhii Popovych and Frankie O’Dell busting in 8^th and 4^th places respectively. After Nghia Le left in 3^rd place for $91,221, the Brazilian had to battle with Randy Ohel to take the crown, as both men fought over six-figure score.

In the end, Dzivielevski prevailed and celebrated in style with his Brazilian rail, at least 50 strong in the Thunderdome as the party got started.

Zhang Beats Oganyan in $3,000 NL

The final table of the $3,000-entry No Limit Hold’em Event #44 saw Chinese player Yang Zhang win the $717,879 top prize and in doing so capture his first-ever WSOP title. Zhang, who only returned to the WSOP fold this year following the COVID-19 pandemic has really made his mark in this year’s Series to date, cashing three times including this win, for a total profit of over $725,000.

Afterwards, he was struck by the impact of what he had done at the felt, saying: “I think it's a milestone of my poker life.” Admitting that he has always ‘loved the game from the beginning’, Zhang went on to say, “It's kind of a great achievement for me.”

No-one could doubt that on a day where quality players Jon Van Fleet (4^th for $238,546) and Shannon Shorr (7^th for $101,928) were both denied first bracelets by another first-time winner.

Wang the Man as Lococo Falls Short

The $1,500-entry Super Turbo Bounty Event #49 saw a frenetic finish wrap up the final table inside three hours in Las Vegas. Alejandro Lococo led the field with nine starting the action, but the PokerStars Ambassador couldn’t make the last six as the stacks changed hands fast.

Playing out more like an online event, the action was fast and friendly as Pengfei Wang triumphed against Will Linden in an all-American finale to win the $270,700 and his first-ever gold WSOP bracelet to rapturous applause from the rail. At the same time at the online felt, Stanislav 'ForlorarDu' Barshak won his first WSOP bracelet in Online Event #9, the $1,000-entry PLO Championship.

Workman Works Magic on Day 1b of Seniors Championship

Joseph Workman worked his magic on the second Day 1 flight of the $1,000-entry Seniors Championship. Topping the Day 1b half of 1,624 survivors to Day 2, Workman’s stack of 510,000 ended Day 1b ahead of Francisco Corrales (508,5000) by a three-bet and a smile, with others such as Dan Heimiller (221,000), Fred Berger (186,000), James Calderaro (172,000), and Men Nguyen (169,000) all part of the 8,180 total field who'll be pushing to win the $765,731 top prize.

Danchev on Top in PLO Championship

Bulgarian player Dimitar Danchev (3,705,000) leads the final 42 players into the PLO Championship’s latter stages. Event #50 on the ticket saw Sam Soverel also bag big as the American’s 2,034,000 stack was second best on a day where Danchev bullied almost everyone else in the field, with only William Kopp (1,890,000) and Dylan Weisman (1,855,000) ending the day with over half the Bulgarian’s stack. 

A lot can happen in Pot-Limit Omaha so there is nothing guaranteed about Danchev and a march to victory. The Bulgarian is, however, in a tremendous position as he chases what would be a second WSOP bracelet and a top prize of $1.3 million.

Tag Team Tournament Welcomes Record Turnout

Event #51 on the schedule, the $1,000-entry Tag Team event, welcomed 1,282 entries as 252 players/teams remain in the hunt for the massive $95,331 top prize.

With only 193 teams making the cut into the money places when tomorrow’s Day 2 kicks off, Mark Evangelista (562,000) was followed by two other ‘solo’ teams in Kenneth Gallo (382,000) and Richard Ali (325,500) in the chipcounts, but several stars teamed up to make the upper limits of the leaderboard too, with Julie Marriott and Dara O'Kearney (196,000) crushing it, with O’Kearney crediting his partner with doing most of the hard yards.

Poker power duo Jessica Teusl and Stefan Lehner (152,500) both excelled too and will hope to emulate another ‘poker couple’ in previous winners Igor Kurganov and Liv Boeree in winning gold.  

Marco Johnson Leads Triple Draw Event in Front of Nacho Barbero

American player Marco Johnson (228,500) leads from Argentinian poker great Nacho Barbero (216,500) in the $2,500-entry Event #52, otherwise known as the Mixed Triple Draw event. With others such as Maxx Coleman (210,500), Bryan Micon (208,5000) and Joseph Wagganer (200,500) completing the top five, 145 players will return tomorrow from the 353 who started Day 1.

With a massive prizepool of $785,425, a top prize of $181,978 is up for grabs and only 53 players will reach the money places, a min-cash being worth $4,069 in this event.

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