Arash Ghaneian Wins WSOP $10,000 Stud Eight-or-Better Championship For Second BraceletLas Vegan Bests 167-Entry Field To Earn $376,476 Nine Years After His First Win At The Series |
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Nine years after capturing his first World Series of Poker bracelet, Arash Ghaneian has battled his way back to the winners circle. The 2015 $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. champion topped a field of 167 entries in the 2024 WSOP $10,000 stud eight-or-better championship to earn $376,476 and his second gold bracelet.
Fortunately for Ghaneian, the circumstances surrounding this latest victory were much happier than the first time around. During his run to his first bracelet, Ghaneian’s wife received scary medical news about the twins she was carrying. The issue required surgery right away. Luckily, the procedure went off without a hitch just days after Ghaneian’s victory, with mother and children all coming through well.
This time around, there were no potential medical emergencies to monitor. Ghaneian overcame a tough final table, and survived an extended heads-up clash with Richard Sklar that required the addition of an unplanned fourth day of play for a winner to be decided.
Ghaneian, a finance broker from Las Vegas, now has more than $1,373,000 in career tournament earnings to his name after this most recent triumph. He also earned 780 Card Player Player of the Year points and 376 PokerGO Tour points for coming out on top.
The $1,553,100 prize pool for this event was split amongst the top 26 finishers, with big names like bracelet winner Dario Sammartino (26th), five-time bracelet winner Adam Friedman (25th), three-time bracelet winner Chris Vitch (22nd), bracelet winner Naoya Kihara (18th), bracelet winner Owais Ahmed (17th), bracelet winner Michael Noori (16th), longtime WSOP commentator Norman Chad (15th), four-time bracelet winner Brad Rubin (12th), Michael Rocco (8th), bracelet winner Andrey Zhigalov (7th), bracelet winner Dario Alioto (6th), Eric Wasserson (5th), and bracelet winner Todd Brunson (4th) running deep.
After recent $1,000 pot-limit Omaha runner-up Thomas Taylor bowed out in third place ($173,533), the final two fought on for a bit before action was halted for the night at the end of day 3. Play resumed at 1:00 PM local time with Sklar leading Ghaneian 28 big bets to 22. A champion wasn’t determined for nearly nine hours. Eventually, Ghaneian took the lead and stretched it.
In the final hand Ghaneian made a wheel to best the pair of sixes and 8-6-3-2-A low of Sklar for a scoop. Sklar earned a career-best tournament score of $250,984 as the runner-up.
Here is a look at the payouts and rankings points awarded at the final table:
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points | PGT Points |
| 1 | Arash Ghaneian | $376,476 | 780 | 376 |
| 2 | Richard Sklar | $250,984 | 650 | 251 |
| 3 | Thomas Taylor | $173,533 | 520 | 174 |
| 5 | Todd Brunson | $122,663 | 390 | 123 |
| 6 | Eric Wasserson | $88,686 | 325 | 89 |
| 7 | Dario Alioto | $65,620 | 260 | 66 |
| 8 | Andrey Zhigalov | $49,715 | 195 | 50 |
| 9 | Michael Rocco | $38,589 | 130 | 39 |
Photo credits: WSOP / Spenser Sembrat.
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