Ben Collins and Nikolay Fal Triumph at 2024 World Series of PokerA Look At The Two Most Recent Bracelet Events Top Wrap Up At This Year's Series |
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June 29 was another busy day at the 55th Annual World Series of Poker, with four bracelet events coming to a close. Elie Nakache won the $10,000 pot-limit Omaha championship and Colin Robinson took down the $2,500 no-limit hold’em event. Those two were then joined in the winner’s circle by Ben Collins and Nikolay Fal, who triumphed in the $500 no-limit hold’em Salute to Warriors and the $1,500 stud eight-or-better, respectively. Below is a closer look at the results from the latter tournaments.
Event 67 – $500 Salute to Warriors No-Limit Hold’em
The Salute to Warriors drew a field of 4,517 entries, with $40 from each $500 buy-in being donated to United Service Organizations and other entities benefitting veterans. After those contributions were set aside, there was $1,851,970 in prize money and a gold bracelet to play for. After three days of poker action, Ben Collins came away with the hardware and the top prize of $207,486.
This was the largest live score yet for the UK resident, who played professionally online over a decade ago.
Collins was one of the 678 players that cashed in this event, with big names that ran deep including 2006 WSOP main event champion Jamie Gold (436th), 2015 WSOP main event seventh-place finisher Pierre Neuville (124th), and Vladas Tamasauskas (15th).
The top three finishers walked away with six-figure paydays, with Tolga Gesli earning $105,360 for third and Stavros Petychakis cashing for $138,423 as the runner-up.
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Ben Collins | $207,486 | 660 |
| 2 | Stavros Petychakis | $138,423 | 550 |
| 3 | Tolga Gesli | $102,360 | 440 |
| 4 | Paul Serrate-Cortes | $76,338 | 330 |
| 5 | Rami Hammoud | $57,420 | 275 |
| 6 | Dane Harnett | $43,564 | 220 |
| 7 | Ben Snodgrass | $33,341 | 165 |
| 8 | Siavash Bahri | $25,742 | 110 |
| 9 | Gerald Schnierer | $20,052 | 55 |
Event 69 – $1,500 Stud Eight-or-Better
Nikolay Fal scooped his first bracelet as the champion of this year’s $1,500 stud eight-or-better event. Fal topped a field of 611 entries to earn $153,730.
This was Fal’s third-largest score, trailing the $326,153 he secured as the 2022 Merit Western Poker Series $3,300 buy-in event winner and the $230,000 he was awarded for winning a $2,700 buy-in event at the 2017 Millions Russia festival. Fal now has more than $1.6 million in lifetime earnings.
There were plenty of big names among the 92 players that earned a slice of the $815,685 prize pool for this event. Among those who made it down to the final few tables were five-time bracelet winner Eli Elezra (11th), bracelet winner Joseph Couden (9th), Jon Turner (8th), and two-time bracelet winner Yuval Bronshtein (6th).
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Nikolay Fal | $153,730 | 840 |
| 2 | Christian Roberts | $102,492 | 700 |
| 3 | Joseph Hertzog | $70,288 | 560 |
| 4 | Kenneth Kemple | $49,127 | 420 |
| 5 | Dekel Balas | $35,006 | 350 |
| 6 | Yuval Bronshtein | $25,442 | 280 |
| 7 | Nikolay Ponomarev | $18,866 | 210 |
| 8 | Jon Turner | $14,280 | 140 |
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Winner photo credits: WSOP / Eloy Cabacas, Rachel Kay Winter.
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