Justin Vaysman & Rudy Gavaldon Win WSOP Online Bracelets in Pennsylvania & Michigan
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The 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is hosting 20 online bracelets – up from 13 last year – awarded on WSOP.com in the merged network of New Jersey and Nevada.
While PokerNews is offering live updates from those tournaments, the segregated markets of Pennsylvania and Michigan are also each awarding seven bracelets.
While we’re not able to offer live updates from those tournaments, we will be bringing you recaps for all the bracelet winners from Wolverine and Keystone States.
Below is a look at the latest winners from Michigan and Pennsylvania.
| *Date | State | Tournament | Players | Rebuys | Total Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize* | |
| Sunday, June 4 | PA | Event #1: $500 NLH Bankroll Builder | 110 | 43 | 153 | $68,850 | Andrew “phillytaxguy” Kershaw | $16,964.66 | |
| Sunday, June 4 | MI | Event #1: $500 NLH Bankroll Builder | 132 | 46 | 178 | $80,100 | Todd "Rooster_777" Estes | $18,623.25 | |
| Sunday, June 11 | PA | Event #2: $400 NLH PKO 8-Max | 148 | 86 | 234 | $84,240 | Josh “Come83” Dempsey | $20,100.21 | |
| Sunday, June 11 | MI | Event #2: $400 NLH PKO 8-Max | 155 | 60 | 215 | $77,400 | Morgan "Jammin4Jesus" Magee | $17,446.76 | |
| Sunday, June 18 | PA | Event #3: $500 NLH Turbo 6-Max | 137 | 58 | 195 | $87,750 | Justin “yumdubz” Vaysman | $20,401.93 | |
| Sunday, June 18 | MI | Event #3: $500 NLH Turbo 6-Max | 138 | 55 | 193 | $86,850 | Rudy "Flyheim86" Gavaldon | $20,192.68 |
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Rudy Gavaldon Michigan’s Latest Online Bracelet Winner
On Sunday, June 18, the third Michigan online bracelet of the summer was awarded. Event #3: $500 NLH Turbo 6-Max saw 138 players rebuy 55 times, which resulted in a 193-entry field that awarded its $86,850 prize pool to the top 24 finishers.
Among those to cash were Ronald “Whitty79” Whitmore (7th - $2,744), Brent “theLoat” Ballentine (10th - $1,346), Adam “Lamp_” Lamphere (14th - $1,294), Chris “fafo.” Moon (17th - $1,251), Brent “HappyMrsChkn” Burrows (18th - $1,251), and Jacob “Takings0uls” Schultz (23rd - $1,233).
After five and a half hours of play, it was Rudy “Flyheim86” Gavaldon defeating Roger “JohnCennnnna” Khoury in heads-up play to win the tournament for $20,192.68 and his first online gold bracelet.
The win came just six days after Gavaldon nearly claimed a WSOP Circuit ring. He finished third for $2,858 in the WSOP Online Circuit Series Event #12: $20,000 NLH PKO 6-Max.
WSOP Online MI Event #3 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rudy “Flyheim86” Gavaldon | $20,193 |
| 2 | Roger “JohnCennnnna” Khoury | $14,461 |
| 3 | Kevin “GR4ND_THEFT” Ruscitti | $10,422 |
| 4 | Joshua “FishCatcher” Butler | $7,460 |
| 5 | Ryan “lvegotstylek” Redoutey | $5,246 |
| 6 | Samuel “KSpades1” Phillips | $3,778 |
Justin Vaysman Wins Third PA Bracelet of the Summer
On Sunday, June 18, the third Pennsylvania online bracelet of the summer was awarded. Event #3: $500 NLH Turbo 6-Max attracted 137 players who rebought 58 times. The 195-entry field resulted in an $87,750 prize pool that was paid out to the top 24 finishers.
Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Kyle “LetMeWin3437” Gross (7th - $2,773), Kara “Here2Dust” Rodriguez (9th - $1,483), Cody “LuckyLeah.” Custer (13th - $1,307), Joe “Joep1234” Pelland (19th - $1,246), Aubrey “R1V3RM3DADDY” Williams (23rd - $1,246), and Ilya “Solenya” Soyfer (24th - $1,246).
After just over five hours of play, it was Justin “yumdubz” Vaysman defeating Max “Max_P” Pinnola in heads-up play to win the tournament for $20,401.93 and his first online gold bracelet.
WSOP Online PA Event #3 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin “yumdubz” Vaysman | $20,402 |
| 2 | Max “Max_P” Pinnola | $14,610 |
| 3 | Daniel “HeyImWaffls” McGinnis | $10,530 |
| 4 | Jonas “Walfredo” Wexler | $7,538 |
| 5 | William “mortyc137” Nunley | $5,300 |
| 6 | Frank “D.Lafferty” Bonacci | $3,817 |
Remaining Michigan/Pennsylvania Schedule
Back in 2021, the WSOP offered gold online bracelet events in the segregated Pennsylvania market. In 2022, the WSOP expanded its online bracelet offering into Michigan with eight events.
In 2023, WSOP.com will offer seven online bracelets each in their segregated markets in Michigan and Pennsylvania. The events and schedule are the same in both markets.
On Sunday, June 25, Event #4: $500 Mystery Bounty will take place marking the first time an online gold bracelet will be awarded for the popular Mystery Bounty format.
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday, June 25 | 3:30 p.m. EST | Event #4: $500 Mystery Bounty |
| Sunday, July 2 | 3:30 p.m. EST | Event #5: $600 NLH Deepstack |
| Sunday, July 9 | 3:30 p.m. EST | Event #6: $300 NLH |
| Sunday, July 16 | 3:30 p.m. EST | Event #7: $500 NLH Summer Saver |
In this Series
1 Peter Thai Wins First Bracelet of the 2023 WSOP: Event #1: $500 Casino Employees ($75,535)2 Alexandre Vuilleumier Captures 2023 WSOP Event #2: $25K High Roller Title3 Cody "1eggadaymike" Bell Wins WSOP Bracelet and $87,665 in the Triple Treys Summer Tip Off4 Michael Moncek Wins Event #6: $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha for $534,4995 Chad Eveslage Steamrolls to Second WSOP Bracelet in Event #5: $1,500 Dealer's Choice (6-Handed) ($131,879)6 Ronnie Day Reigns Supreme in Event #4: Tournament of Champions ($200,000)7 Vadim Shlez Takes Down Event #7: $1,500 Limit Hold’em For $146,8358 Chanracy Khun Wins Event #8: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship9 Nick Schulman Wins Event #9: Seven Card Stud For Fourth WSOP Bracelet ($110,800)10 Ian "IanMa" Matakis Wins Online Event #2: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Bankroll Builder for $120,68611 Ryan "dna2rna" Hughes Wins Third Bracelet, Defeats Shaun "fortnite" Deeb in Online Battle12 Tyler Brown Crowned Champion of Event #3: $1,000 Mystery Millions ($1,000,000)13 Kenneth O’Donnell Wins Event #11: $600 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack For $351,09814 The Chosen One: Chad Eveslage Wins Third Bracelet in the $10,000 Dealer's Choice Championship15 Estes Nabs Second WSOP MI Online Bracelet; Kershaw Victorious in First PA Event16 Joseph Altomonte Returns to Poker With a Bang; Rakes in $217,102 and a WSOP Bracelet17 Jeremy Eyer Defeats Felipe Ramos in Gruelling Heads Up Duel for $5K Freezeout Title ($649,550)18 Danny "jackdaniels1" Wong Finally Bags WSOP Bracelet After 13 Hour Day19 Isaac Haxton Removes Name from "Best Without a Bracelet" List w/ $25K High Roller Win20 Brian Yoon Wins 5th WSOP Bracelet in $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship21 Brazil Out in Force for Reis' First Bracelet in $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em22 Three Isn't a Crowd for Jim Collopy Who Wins His Third WSOP Bracelet23 Valentino Konakchiev Denies Andres Korn a Second Bracelet in $2.5K NLHE Freezeout24 Michael Rodrigues Becomes First Badugi Champion in Event #20: $1,500 Badugi25 Stephen Nahm Toasts To His Victory in Event #21: $1k Pot-Limit Omaha26 Fifth Bracelet for Josh Arieh in Event #22: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship for $316,22627 Leon Sturm Bests Bill Klein in Event #23: $50,000 High Roller ($1,546,024)28 Two Big Bets and a Chair - David “ODB” Baker Fights Back from the Felt to Win His Third Bracelet29 Jason Simon Becomes WSOP's First Gladiator of Poker for $499,85230 Renji Mao’s Deepstack Aggression Earns Him First WSOP Bracelet ($402,588)31 Belyalovsky Defeats 2020 WSOP Online Domestic Main Event Champion Hebert32 12 Year Drought Ends: Ben Lamb Runs "Hotter Than the Sun" to Win 2nd WSOP Gold Bracelet33 Six is Sweet For Shaun Deeb in Event #27: $1,500 Eight Game Mix34 Jans Arends Tops Star-Studded Final Table to Win $100K High Roller for $2,576,72935 Benjamin Ector Busts Seven Straight to Win Event #28: $1,500 NLH Freezeout ($406,403)36 Houston Firefighter Scott Dulaney Extinguishes the Opposition in Event #31 of 2023 WSOP37 Cash Game Specialist Mark Ioli Wins First WSOP Bracelet for $558,26638 John Monnette Joins Five-Timers Club With $1,500 Triple Draw WSOP Title39 Sean Troha Wins 2nd WSOP Bracelet; Takes Down Event #34: $1,500 PLO for $298,19240 “It’s Gonna Be Tough for You” Says Jerry Wong on Way to Winning 1st WSOP Bracelet41 Chris Klodnicki Returns to WSOP, Wins $10,000 NLH Secret Bounty for 2nd Career Bracelet42 Ryutaro Suzuki Becomes Japan's Mixed-Game Master in Event #36: $3,000 Nine Game Mix43 Yuan Li Adds Name to List of 2023 WSOP Bracelet Winners after $2K NLHE Triumph ($524,777)44 Benny Glaser Joins Five-Timers Club with Win in Event #38: $10K 2-7 Triple Draw Championship45 Morgan Magee & Josh Dempsey Lay Claim to WSOP Online Bracelets in MI & PA46 "suited_h13" Last One Standing in WSOP Online Event #6: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo ($134,527)47 Chris Brewer Wins $250k Super High Roller and First Bracelet ($5,293,556)48 Joe "jimjam01" Serock Wins 2023 WSOP Online Event #7: $500 PLO 6-Max ($93,911)49 "I've Got It!" Qiang Xu Wins First Bracelet in $800 Deepstack ($339,033)50 Scott Abrams Becomes Inaugural Big O Champion for $315,20351 Braxton Dunaway Wins Monster Stack for $1,162,681; Now Headed to Son’s College World Series52 Jeremy “ChipChecka” Ausmus Claims Sixth Bracelet in Online Event #8: $3,200 No-Limit Hold’em53 Jay Lockett Turns $500 into $262,526 and a Bracelet at the 2023 WSOP54 Braxton Dunaway Wins Monster Stack for $1,162,681; Now Headed to Son’s College World Series55 William Leffingwell Brings A Bracelet Home to Houston a Week After His Friend Did the Same!56 Pengfei Wang Plays First Tournament Ever; Wins $270,700 in Event #49: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty57 Brian Rast Wins $50,000 Poker Players Championship For the Third Time ($1,324,747)58 Yang Zhang Captures 2023 WSOP $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Title ($717,879)59 Yuri Dzivielevski Wins Third Bracelet and $207,678 in Event #47: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.60 Poker Player Proposes to Girlfriend After Winning WSOP Bracelet & $1,309,23261 Team Savakinas Reign Supreme in WSOP Tag Team Event ($190,662)62 Nick Pupillo Wins First Bracelet In $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw for $181,97863 Justin Vaysman & Rudy Gavaldon Win WSOP Online Bracelets in Pennsylvania & Michigan64 Ryan "GoFeltaFish2" Eriquezzo Multitasks His Way to His Third WSOP Bracelet65 Lonnie Hallett Defeats Billy Baxter Heads-Up to Win 2023 WSOP Seniors Championship ($765,731)66 Mike Gorodinsky Blazes Down the Home Stretch to Win $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship ($422,747)67 Marcin Horecki Denies Mike Matusow as he Captures Poland's First-Ever Live WSOP Bracelet68 Retired Fireman Steven Genovese Climbs a Different Type of Ladder to Take Home a WSOP Bracelet!69 Jason Daly Steamrolls Final Table of Event #58: $3,000 Limit Hold'em to Win First WSOP Bracelet70 Millionaire Maker Winner Pavel Plesuv Becomes Moldova's First WSOP Champion ($1,201,564)71 Ka Kwan Lau Finds Redemption in $25K PLO High Roller ($2,294,756)72 WSOP Online Pennsylvania & Michigan: Christopher Nunez & David Ferus Find Mystery Bounty Success73 Calm, Collected, and Deadly: Robert Schulz Becomes a WSOP Champion74 Jason Mercier Defeats Mike Watson to Capture Sixth WSOP Bracelet75 Brazil’s Gabriel Schroeder Bad Beats Andy Black on Way to Super Turbo Bounty Bracelet ($228,632)76 Austria's Klaus Ilk Wins 2023 WSOP Event #61: $1,000 Super Seniors for $371,60377 "Can't Stop Kopp!" William Kopp Wins Event #66: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 or Better ($259,549)78 David Simon Emerges Victorious in Battle of Davids to Win Maiden Bracelet in $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha ($410,659)79 Ryan Miller Wins Maiden Bracelet in Event #63: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship ($344,677)80 David Guay Celebrates on Canada Day with WSOP Gold ($271,032)81 Weiran Pu Captures His First Bracelet in Event #65: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em ($938,244)82 Phil Hellmuth Wins Record-Extending 17th World Series of Poker Bracelet83 Brewer Beats Baker and Livingston in 2-7 Single Draw Championship for Second Bracelet of the Summer84 Jesse Lonis Steamrolls to Victory for Second Bracelet in Event #71: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller85 An Unstoppable Tamar Abraham Wins Record-Breaking Ladies Event for $192,16786 Tom “lultaxpayers” Hall Emerges Victorious to Claim Maiden WSOP Bracelet ($176,920)87 Moshe Refaelowitz Fulfils a Promise to His Wife; Wins Event #70: $400 Colossus88 Bradley Gafford Rallies Back to Win the Mini Main Event ($549,555)89 Hassan Kamel Speeds to Victory in Event #75: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship ($598,613)90 Sam Soverel Wins World Series of Poker Bracelet in Live/Online Hybrid Tournament91 Zachary Grech & Blaze Gaspari Pick Up NV/NJ WSOP Online Bracelets92 Thomas Skaggs Adds a WSOP Bracelet to His Circuit Ring in Event #76: $1,500 Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha93 Shawn Daniels Wins Event #77: $777 Lucky 7's for $777,77794 Josh Arieh Steam Rolls Final Table For Sixth Bracelet in Event #80: $25,000 H.O.R.S.E. High Roller95 VAMOS!! Samuel Bernabeu Wins First Bracelet in Event #79:$2,500 No-Limit Holdem96 Thai Ha Wins First Bracelet in 2023 WSOP Event #83: $1,500 Short Deck ($111,170)97 Brazilian Vitor Dzivielevski Wins NV/NJ WSOP Online Event #16 Bracelet ($185,316)98 Alex Kulev Wins $50K High Roller for $2,087,073; Moves Atop Bulgarian All-Time Money List99 Tom Marchese Wins First Gold Bracelet in WSOP Online Event #17: $1,000 Online Championship100 Matthew Parry Wins 2023 WSOP Event #82: $3,000 PLO 6-Handed ($480,122)101 Prominent Poker Coach Faraz Jaka Leads By Example and Wins First Bracelet in Event #85: $1,500 Shootout102 Diego Does It! Ventura Earns First Live Bracelet for Peru in $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty103 Oh Canada! Bradley Smith Wins Maiden Bracelet and $221,733 in Mixed Omaha/Stud Hi-Lo104 Beginner's Luck? Pierre Shum Wins a WSOP Bracelet in His First Ever Tournament105 Dong Meng Holds Off "Westside" Wesley to Win 2023 WSOP Event #89: $1,000 Flip & Go106 Alexandre Reard Wins Second Bracelet in Prestigious $10K 6-Handed Championship ($1,057,663)107 Kang Hyun Lee Takes the Event #92: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout Bracelet Home to Canada!108 Two Bracelets in Five Events; Ryan Miller Victorious in Event #91: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.109 Summer Saved! Nielsen Takes Home Short Deck Bracelet and $270,160 in Second Cash of 2023 WSOP!110 14 Years in the Making: Alex Keating Wins His Maiden Bracelet at the 2023 WSOP111 Paul Berger Didn't Plan to Play Event #95: Super Turbo No-Limit Hold'em But He is Now Its Champion
