French poker player Clement Richez has achieved a major win in the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Mid-Stakes Championship (Event#89). Richez secured $1,041,989 and his first bracelet by defeating 3,177 entries in the $3,000 buy-in event.
Last year, Richez finished 50th in the WSOP main event, earning $188,400, which was his biggest payday at the time. This year, he surpassed that milestone by winning the mid-stakes championship. His total recorded tournament earnings are now nearly $1.5 million, with most coming from his dozen cashes in WSOP bracelet events.
The tournament’s prize pool was $8,482,590, with the top 477 finishers making money. Several well-known players reached the final tables, including Michael Soyza (24th), World Poker Tour and European Poker Tour main event winner Andrey Pateychuk (7th), Taylor Black (6th), Alec Torelli (3rd), and Adam Owen (2nd).
Final Table Results 2024 WSOP Event #89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes No-Limit Hold’em Championship
| Result | Player | Prize |
| 1 | Clement Richez | $1,041,989 |
| 2 | Adam Owen | $694,714 |
| 3 | Alec Torelli | $517,525 |
| 4 | Dong Chen | $388,519 |
| 5 | David Uvaydov | $293,950 |
| 6 | Taylor Black | $224,152 |
| 7 | Andrey Pateychuk | $172,285 |
| 8 | Boris Kuzmanovic | $133,479 |
| 9 | David Brehme | $104,248 |
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