Julio Belluscio Takes Down World Series of Poker $2,500 Mixed Big Bet Event

The 2023 World Series of Poker $2,500 mixed big bet event featured a rotation of seven games, all with either pot-limit or no-limit betting structures. The games that constitute the mix were: no-limit hold’em, no-limit deuce-to-seven single draw lowball, no-limit five-card draw high, pot-limit Omaha, pot-limit Omaha eight-ot-better, pot-limit deuce-to-seven triple draw lowball, and Big O (five-card pot-limit Omaha eight-ot-better).

The tournament attracted a record field of 377 entries, creating a prize pool of $836,600. After three days of big-bet action, Argentina’s Julio Belluscio dragged the final pot to earn his first bracelet and the top prize of $190,240.

This was the largest tournament payday yet for Belluscio, topping the $57,613 he earned in a €1,100 buy-in side event at the 2014 European Poker Tour Barcelona festival. He now has nearly $622,000 in lifetime earnings.

The third and final day of this event began with 24 players remaining, with two-time Card Player Poker Tour main event winner Jon Turner in the lead and Belluscio in the middle of the pack.

Turner ultimately hit the rail in 11th place. Other big names to fall before the final table included bracelet winners like Bryce Yockey (22nd), Michael Noori (17th), Michael Savakinas (15th), and Card Player columnist and two-time bracelet winner Steve Zolotow (9th).

Belluscio sat in third chip position when the final table was set, with five-time bracelet winner Benny Glaser in pole position. Three-time World Poker Tour champion and four-time bracelet winner Anthony Zinno (7th – $19,857) was the first to hit the rail. 2021 WSOP main event sixth-place finisher Hye Park also finished sixth in this tournament, earning $27,130 for his efforts.

Two-time bracelet winner Erick Lindgren lost the majority of his stack in a big pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better hand against Federico Quevedo. He then got the last of his very short stack in playing five card draw high. His pair of fives did not improve and Glaser took down the pot with aces and nines. Lindgren secured $37,901 as the fifth-place finisher.

Glaser knocked out Tomasz Gluszko (4th – $54,118) to set the final three. He took a big hit in a hand of pot-limit triple draw deuce, folding to a check-raise shove from Belluscio to be left with a handful of big blinds. He managed a double-up through Quevedo, but was soon all-in and at risk again. He ran into a full house and superior low for Belluscio in Big O and was eliminated in third place ($78,939).

Belluscio took a sizable lead into heads-up play, and was quickly able to convert that advantage into the title. Quevedo got the last of his short stack in preflop with A8664 in Big O. Belluscio held AKQ64. The board ran out 722KJ to give Bulluscio a scoop. Quevedo was awarded $117,577 as the runner-up finisher.

Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at the final table:

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Winner photo credit: WSOP / Rachel Kay Miller.

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