{"id":10910,"date":"2026-06-18T08:15:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T08:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/four-more-wsop-bracelets-awarded-in-las-vegas\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T08:15:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T08:15:46","slug":"four-more-wsop-bracelets-awarded-in-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/four-more-wsop-bracelets-awarded-in-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"Four More WSOP Bracelets Awarded In Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Four more players joined the 2026 World Series of Poker bracelet list this week, with Daniel Aharoni, Matthew Moss, Eddie Blumenthal and Justin Smith all winning gold at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em><strong>Good To Know<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Daniel Aharoni won Event No. 44: $10,000 Big O Championship for $861,287.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Matthew Moss topped Event No. 46: $800 No Limit Hold\u2019em Deepstack Eight Max for $318,556.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Eddie Blumenthal and Justin Smith also claimed first bracelets in mixed game and Colossus events.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h2><strong>Aharoni Tops Loaded Big O Championship<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Daniel Aharoni<\/strong> beat one of the tougher final table fields of the summer in Event No. 44: $10,000 Big O Championship. The New York high stakes cash game player outlasted 456 entries in the five card pot limit Omaha eight or better event and won $861,287.<\/p>\n<p>The result was easily the largest tournament payday of his career. Aharoni entered with 16 prior recorded cashes and one previous six figure score, a seventh place finish in a $100,000 high roller at the 2024 WSOP for $396,396. He now has nearly $1.5 million in recorded live results.<\/p>\n<p>Aharoni also said the win came in his first WSOP event since 2024.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cVery fun. This is the first tournament I\u2019ve entered in two years, so, you know, nice to come to the WSOP. It is fun when everything goes well,\u201d<\/em> he told PokerNews live update staff after collecting the bracelet.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s very prestigious. I didn\u2019t think it was in the cards for me, to be honest with you. I never play tournaments, so\u2026 very happy,\u201d<\/em> said Aharoni.<\/p>\n<p>The $4,240,800 prize pool paid the top 69 players. Several bracelet winners ran deep, including Ryan Miller, Chris Brewer, Tyler Brown, Robert Cowen, Scott Abrams, Eric Wasserson, Gus Hansen, Mike Matusow, James Obst and David Benyamine.<\/p>\n<p>At the final table, Scott Clements and Sam Soverel exited in eighth and seventh, while Sean Troha, Nick Schulman, Bruno Furth and Doug Lorgeree followed before heads up play. Aharoni survived a key four handed clash with Furth after a rivered flush kept him alive, then returned for the final day as chip leader. He later knocked out Furth, watched Aaron Kupin remove Lorgeree, and entered heads up with the lead. On the final hand, Aharoni made the nut low and held a pair of tens for the high to scoop against Kupin and lock up the bracelet.<\/p>\n<h3>Final Table Results<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Place<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Player<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Payout<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Daniel Aharoni<\/td>\n<td>$861,287<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Aaron Kupin<\/td>\n<td>$574,168<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Doug Lorgeree<\/td>\n<td>$394,724<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Bruno Furth<\/td>\n<td>$276,471<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Nick Schulman<\/td>\n<td>$197,362<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Sean Troha<\/td>\n<td>$143,645<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Sam Soverel<\/td>\n<td>$106,635<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Scott Clements<\/td>\n<td>$80,773<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><strong>Moss And Blumenthal Claim First WSOP Titles<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Matthew Moss<\/strong> won Event No. 46: $800 No Limit Hold\u2019em Deepstack Eight Max, turning a 3,903 entry field into his first WSOP bracelet and a $318,556 payout. The event created a $2,732,100 prize pool and paid 587 players.<\/p>\n<p>The UK player had already posted large scores, including $520,000 for sixth place in a $100,000 buy in at the 2025 Onyx Super High Roller Series and $269,430 for 21st in the 2016 WSOP Main Event. Still, this was his first outright live tournament win.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s exciting to win my first tournament, especially one with 3,900 people,\u201d<\/em> Moss told PokerNews live reporters.<em> \u201cThat\u2019s the thing about Vegas. There are just so many people.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Darryl Ronconi finished second for $212,106, his third runner up finish in a WSOP bracelet event. Other deep finishers included Stanley Lee, Cristian Gutierrez, Allen Chang and Pengfei Wang.<\/p>\n<h3>Final Table Results<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Place<\/td>\n<td>Player<\/td>\n<td>Payout<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Matthew Moss<\/td>\n<td>$318,556<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Darryl Ronconi<\/td>\n<td>$212,106<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Shalom Elharar<\/td>\n<td>$155,725<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Chongxian Yang<\/td>\n<td>$115,342<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Brian Harris<\/td>\n<td>$86,194<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Orlando Moretti<\/td>\n<td>$64,992<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>John Mazzarelli<\/td>\n<td>$49,451<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Ofer Gutman<\/td>\n<td>$37,972<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Eddie Blumenthal<\/strong> finally broke through in Event No. 45: $2,500 Mixed Omaha Eight Or Better Stud Eight Or Better. The Wisconsin player topped 587 entries and earned $248,545.<\/p>\n<p>Blumenthal had already reached ten WSOP final tables, including a third place finish in the 2021 $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship and a runner up finish in the $1,500 No Limit Hold\u2019em Six Max. The mixed split pot win moved his live tournament earnings beyond $2.7 million.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt feels nice to finally have a whole final come together and be able to close it out,\u201d<\/em> Blumenthal told PokerNews.<\/p>\n<p>Nikolai Fal finished second for $165,530, while Donovan Bates, Soshi Yasoshima and Adam Walter rounded out the top five. Other deep runs came from Yueqi Zhu, Cyndy Violette, Andrew Yeh, Justin Liberto and Todd Ivens.<\/p>\n<h3>Final Table Results<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Place<\/td>\n<td>Player<\/td>\n<td>Payout<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Eddie Blumenthal<\/td>\n<td>$248,545<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Nikolai Fal<\/td>\n<td>$165,530<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Donovan Bates<\/td>\n<td>$114,310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Soshi Yasoshima<\/td>\n<td>$80,340<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Adam Walter<\/td>\n<td>$57,490<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Mark Vathanasin<\/td>\n<td>$41,900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Dekel Balas<\/td>\n<td>$31,100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Todd Ivens<\/td>\n<td>$23,540<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><strong>Smith Wins Colossus After Massive Field<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Justin Smith<\/strong> took down Event No. 53: $500 Colossus No Limit Hold\u2019em, one of the largest fields of the 2026 WSOP. The tournament drew 16,269 entries and built a $6,751,635 prize pool.<\/p>\n<p>Smith, an aviation quality engineer from Yakima, Washington, won $550,000 and his first bracelet. Before the victory, his largest recorded score was $31,741 for second place in the 2014 Fall Poker Round Up Main Event at Wildhorse Resort &#038; Casino.<\/p>\n<p>He had cashed the Colossus in three straight years before converting this run into a bracelet.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s just a fun tournament to play. A lot of people, it\u2019s an easy buy-in,\u201d<\/em> Smith told PokerNews live reporters.<\/p>\n<p>The final day began with nine players left and Yuefan Wang holding the lead. Smith started fourth, scored the first knockout, later fell to only a few big blinds during four handed play, and then rebuilt quickly. He eliminated Wang in fourth, Victor Chong in third, and Myles German heads up. On the last hand, Smith turned A-K into a river flush against German pocket eights to complete the comeback.<\/p>\n<p>Bracelet winners Eric Baldwin, David Jackson, Stephen Song, Sean Jazayeri and Jonas Lauck also made deep runs in the event.<\/p>\n<h3>Final Table Results<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Place<\/td>\n<td>Player<\/td>\n<td>Payout<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Justin Smith<\/td>\n<td>$550,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Myles German<\/td>\n<td>$367,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Victor Chong<\/td>\n<td>$278,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Yuefan Wang<\/td>\n<td>$212,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Jose Orozco<\/td>\n<td>$163,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Karabet Keshishyan<\/td>\n<td>$125,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Andrew Sanchez<\/td>\n<td>$98,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Eric Baldwin<\/td>\n<td>$76,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Min Ji<\/td>\n<td>$60,171<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/poker-news\/four-more-wsop-bracelets-awarded-in-las-vegas\/\">Four More WSOP Bracelets Awarded In Las Vegas<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/\">iGaming.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four more players joined the 2026 World Series of Poker bracelet list this week, with Daniel Aharoni, Matthew Moss, Eddie Blumenthal and Justin Smith all winning gold at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Good To Know Daniel Aharoni won Event No. 44: $10,000 Big O Championship for $861,287. 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