2024 WSOP Online: Watson Becomes Poker's 10th Triple Crown Winner; Prociak Claims Third Bracelet
The World Series of Poker has released the names of the latest online bracelet event winners, with some big names coming out on top and adding WSOP bracelets to their names.
This brings the total number of online bracelets awarded so far to 20, with only 10 more remaining. These include five live-online hybrids, the final tables of which take place on July 14, 15 and 17.
Stay tuned to PokerNews as we bring you all the updates from the 2024 World Series of Poker.
After 15 Years, Watson Claims Poker's Triple Crown
In 2008, Mike Watson won $1,673,770 in the WPT Bellagio Cup. Two live EPT Main Event titles came, at the 2016 PCA and 2023 EPT Monte Carlo. But the bracelet still eluded him.
Since that WPT win, Watson has six runner-up spots in WSOP bracelet events, most recently in 2023 when he finished second in Event #60: $1,600 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw for $93,495.
Well Watson now has his first bracelet after winning the $1,000 6-Max Online Championship for $138,327.
"It feels good to finally get the monkey off the back and get a bracelet on the resume," Watson told PokerNews.
"[Winning a Triple Crown] is a cool accomplishment. I think three of those plus a Triton [title] is probably a little bit more special, so it's definitely a nice thing to have on the resume."
WSOP Online Event #21: $1,000 NL Hold'em 6-Max Online Championship Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Watson | Canada | $138,327 |
| 2 | Michael McNeil | United States | $101,118 |
| 3 | Michael Balan | United States | $74,324 |
| 4 | John Gallaher | United States | $54,630 |
| 5 | Derek Kwan | United States | $40,428 |
| 6 | Matt Salsberg | United States | $30,108 |
Other notables to cash in Event #21 include Kevin Eyster (10th - $10,131), Cord Garcia (38th - $2,840), Bryce Yockey (41st - $2,840), Harry Lodge (55th - $2,651), Mike Leah (81st - $2,272) and Ryan Riess (89th - $2,272).
Prociak Wins Two Bracelets in a Month
It took 2,920 days for David Prociak to win his second bracelet earlier this summer in Event #11: $1,500 Badugi after winning his first back in 2016.
He's now won a second in just 32 days after beating 1,448 players to win the $600 Online Deepstack Championship for $107,984. He defeated Singapore's Thai Yong Wong heads-up, with former bracelet winner Davide Suriano finishing in eighth place.
WSOP Online Event #18: $600 NL Hold'em Online Deepstack Championship Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Prociak | United States | $107,984 |
| 2 | Thai Yong Wong | Singapore | $78,818 |
| 3 | Gennady Krolik | United States | $57,940 |
| 4 | Robert Samuels | United States | $42,927 |
| 5 | Scott Blackman | United States | $31,746 |
| 6 | David Woodley | United States | $23,692 |
| 7 | James Romero | United States | $17,750 |
| 8 | Davide Suriano | Italy | $13,449 |
| 9 | Rick Mechammil | United States | $10,243 |
Notables who also cashed include Frank Funaro (89th - $1,642), Ari Engel (90th - $1,642) and Chris Hunichen (137th - $1,329).
Maiden Bracelet for Hyman
Jared Hyman picked up his first WSOP bracelet in the $555 PLO Mystery Bounty 6-Max after topping a field of 1,970 players.
His previous biggest WSOP cash came when he finished 685th in the 2022 WSOP Main Event for $21,000, but he has now bested that with a $95,844 payday.
Also at the final table was Brazilian poker player Yuri Dzivielevski, who has already won a WSOP bracelet this summer.
WSOP Online Event #17: $555 PLO Mystery Bounty 6-Max
| Place | Player | Country | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jared Hyman | United States | $95,844 |
| 2 | Stephen Sola | United States | $69,531 |
| 3 | Matthew Schulte | United States | $50,348 |
| 4 | Matthew Smith | New Zealand | $36,750 |
| 5 | Yuri Dzivielevski | Brazil | $27,048 |
| 6 | Christopher Battenfield | United States | $19,845 |
| 7 | Jonathan Thomas | United States | $14,700 |
| 8 | Leonid Yanovski | Israel | $10,952 |
Bracelet #3 for Chan in Mystery Bounty Championship
It was a heads-up battle to see who win a third bracelet in the $1,000 Mystery Bounty Championship, but eventually it was Daniel Chan who came out on top, with Jesse Yaginuma having to settle for second place.
Chan has now won three online WSOP bracelets, after winning Event #13 and #16 in 2023 for combined cashes of $112,000.
However, he's earned more than those two combined in Event #19, winning $165,178. This result is also his largest WSOP cash ever, beating an 11th-place finish in the 2017 Millionaire Maker for $86,735.
WSOP Online Event #19: $1,000 NL Hold'em Mystery Bounty Championship Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Chan | United States | $165,178 |
| 2 | Jesse Yaginuma | United States | $119,830 |
| 3 | Jesse McVicker | United States | $86,769 |
| 4 | Maksym Avad | United States | $63,335 |
| 5 | Wojciech Barzantny | Austria | $46,615 |
| 6 | Sammy Lafleur | Canada | $34,201 |
| 7 | Pete Males | United States | $25,334 |
| 8 | Matt Widdoes | United States | $18,874 |
| 9 | Nicholas Febbraio | United States | $14,187 |
Notables to finish in the money in the Mystery Bounty Championship include Aliaksandr Shylko (14th - $8,234), Heather Alcorn (29th - $3,927), Renan Bruschi (38th - $3,167), Jeff Gross (39th - $3,167), Alex Foxen (60th - $2,913) and Chad Eveslage (90th - $2,407).
Schultz-Pedersen Denies Dokler Second Bracelet
Johan Schultz-Pedersen has won his first WSOP bracelet in the $400 Online Colossus, defeating Jonathan Dokler heads-up to top a 1,544-player field and win close to $150,000.
Dokler won the first bracelet of the 2020 WSOP Online winning the No Limit Hold'em Kickoff for $130,426, but he would have to settle for second place and $106,925 on this occasion.
Seventh-place Frank Brannen won an online bracelet last year in Event #23: NLH Deepstack Championship, but he couldn't add to his tally this year.
WSOP Online Event #20 - $400 NL Hold'em COLOSSUS Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johan Schultz-Pedersen | Austria | $149,745 |
| 2 | Jonathan Dokler | United States | $106,925 |
| 3 | Benjamin Underwood | United States | $76,392 |
| 4 | Joseph Walters | United States | $54,618 |
| 5 | Marko Grujic | United States | $39,291 |
| 6 | Demetrius Campbell | United States | $28,586 |
| 7 | Frank Brannen | United States | $20,923 |
| 8 | Jonathan Tare | United States | $15,327 |
| 9 | Thomas Nyman | United States | $11,313 |
Other notables to cash in this event include Chino Rheem (13th - $6,569), Michael Ruane (19th - $3,893), Chris Hunichen (26th - $3,284), Shannon Shorr (31st - $2,919), Ryan Riess (33rd - $2,919) and Ian Matakis (39th - $2,676).
Kuether Denied Heads-Up by Moon
Over the course of his poker career, Christopher Moon has amassed over $1 million in poker earnings, but a WSOP bracelet had eluded him.
The former MSPT and HPT champion took down the $1,000 NL Hold'em Championship for $139,248, defeating Joe Kuether heads-up.
Moon finished tenth in Event #5: Triple Treys earlier in the WSOP Online schedule, but closed this one out for his first WSOP bracelet after defeating a field of 1,059 players.
Brett Apter
WSOP Online Event #22: $1,000 NL Hold'em Championship
| Place | Player | Country | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher Moon | United States | $139,248 |
| 2 | Joe Kuether | United States | $101,791 |
| 3 | D'Andre Brown | United States | $74,818 |
| 4 | Mordechai Goldner | United States | $54,994 |
| 5 | Joey Couden | United States | $40,697 |
| 6 | David Mzareulov | Azerbaijan | $30,309 |
| 7 | Joseph Elpayaa | United States | $22,779 |
| 8 | Bill Schonsheck | United States | $17,251 |
| 9 | Brett Apter | United States | $13,153 |
Both Joey Couden and Brett Apter had won bracelets before, but they couldn't add to their tallies after making the final table, falling in fifth and ninth respectively.
Meanwhile, Greg Merson (25th - $3,717), Joao Vieira (29th - $3,717), Chris Hunichen (30th - $3,717), Kathy Liebert (40th - $2,859) and Chris Moorman (94th - $2,287) all ran deep.
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