{"id":9248,"date":"2025-06-09T07:47:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T07:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slategray-wallaby-310340.hostingersite.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/09\/blaz-zerjav-wins-first-wsop-bracelet-and-1-7m-prize-in-event-22\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T07:47:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T07:47:39","slug":"blaz-zerjav-wins-first-wsop-bracelet-and-1-7m-prize-in-event-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/09\/blaz-zerjav-wins-first-wsop-bracelet-and-1-7m-prize-in-event-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Blaz Zerjav Wins First WSOP Bracelet and $1.7M Prize in Event #22"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Blaz Zerjav has officially added his name to the growing list of million-dollar winners at the 2025 World Series of Poker. The Slovenian online poker pro locked up his first WSOP gold bracelet in Event #22, the $25,000 High Roller 6-Handed, earning a career-best $1,734,717 in the process.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em><strong>Good to know<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Blaz Zerjav overcame a 336-player field that included multiple WSOP and WPT champions.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>He started Day 3 near the bottom of the chip counts but made a strong comeback.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>The win is Zerjav\u2019s biggest live result to date and his first WSOP gold bracelet.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p>Known for his success on the online felt, Zerjav had already come close to major live wins. In 2020, he finished fourth in a $10,300 WPT Online Championship. More recently, he placed second in both the France Poker Series Paris Main Event and the $5,300 WSOP Paradise event in 2024. However, nothing matched the scale of his breakthrough at the WSOP this week.<\/p>\n<p>Day 3 did not start smoothly. Among 15 returning players, Zerjav held one of the smallest stacks. Yet he quickly flipped momentum in his favor. After eliminating David Peters in a dramatic hand\u2014making a straight on the river to beat pocket aces\u2014Zerjav found rhythm. A runner-runner straight helped him pull ahead of Chris Moorman in another big pot.<\/p>\n<p>His stack wavered in the middle of the day, especially after Mustapha Kanit doubled through him. But Zerjav stayed composed and turned things around again with a key double-up. 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A huge moment came when he eliminated Oganyan with pocket queens that flopped quads. Despite a minor setback in three-handed play, he doubled through Moorman with queens versus fours, then seized control by winning a crucial flip with ace-queen against Moorman\u2019s pocket nines.<\/p>\n<p>On the final hand, Moorman\u2019s ace-jack could not overcome Zerjav\u2019s ace-king. The board ran dry, and Zerjav closed out the win.<\/p>\n<p>Zerjav\u2019s prize money makes him the fifth millionaire of this year\u2019s WSOP and marks the biggest win of his career. Moorman, who finished second, earned $1,129,608\u2014his fifth time reaching seven figures in a single live event.<\/p>\n<h2>Final Table Results 2025 WSOP Event #22, $25,000 High Roller 6-Handed<\/h2>\n<table width=\"321\" data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-baot=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"64\">Result<\/td>\n<td width=\"141\">Player<\/td>\n<td width=\"116\">Prize<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"64\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"141\">Blaz Zerjav<\/td>\n<td width=\"116\">$1,734,717<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"64\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"141\">Chris Moorman<\/td>\n<td width=\"116\">$1,129,608<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"64\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"141\">Jared Bleznick<\/td>\n<td width=\"116\">$752,737<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"64\">4<\/td>\n<td width=\"141\">Landon Tice<\/td>\n<td width=\"116\">$513,577<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"64\">5<\/td>\n<td width=\"141\">Paulius Vaitiekunas<\/td>\n<td width=\"116\">$358,973<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"64\">6<\/td>\n<td width=\"141\">Aram Oganyan<\/td>\n<td width=\"116\">$257,201<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/poker-news\/blaz-zerjav-wins-first-wsop-bracelet-and-1-7m-prize-in-event-22\/\">Blaz Zerjav Wins First WSOP Bracelet and $1.7M Prize in Event #22<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/\">iGaming.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blaz Zerjav has officially added his name to the growing list of million-dollar winners at the 2025 World Series of Poker. The Slovenian online poker pro locked up his first WSOP gold bracelet in Event #22, the $25,000 High Roller 6-Handed, earning a career-best $1,734,717 in the process. 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