2024 WSOP: Liang and Livingston Headline Final Four Bracelet WinnersA Look At The Results From The Last Events To Wrap Up At The 55th Annual World Series of Poker |
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The 2024 World Series of Poker is in the books, with several tournament wrapping up alongside the final days of the record-setting main event. Below is a look at the four most recent bracelet winners that were crowned as the series came to an end.
Event #93 – $777 Lucky 7s No-Limit Hold’em
Michael Liang is having one of his best years ever on the live tournament circuit. The Alexandria, Virginia resident took down a $3,000 buy-in event at The Lodge earlier this year for $428,000, which was his third-largest score ever at the time. Just over two months removed from that victory, Liang overcame of a field of 6,292 entries to win the 2024 WSOP $777 buy-in ‘Lucky 7s’ event, earning $777,777 and his first gold bracelet for the win.
This was a new top score for Liang, who now has more than $4 million in lifetime earnings to his name.
The top 586 finishers made the money in this event, with big names like bracelet winner Dominik Sarle (27th), Joe Kuether (23rd), Justin Zaki (15th), bracelet winner Jason Daly (11th), and Mitch Garshofsky (5th) all making deep runs.
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Michael Liang | $777,777 | 660 |
| 2 | Duc Nguyen | $300,777 | 550 |
| 3 | Rajesh Mehta | $190,777 | 440 |
| 4 | Manoj Batavia | $141,777 | 330 |
| 5 | Mitch Garshofsky | $105,777 | 275 |
| 6 | Jorge Postigo | $80,777 | 220 |
| 7 | Lukas Hafner | $60,777 | 165 |
| 8 | Ilija Savevski | $46,542 | 110 |
| 9 | Dongying Ling | $46,542 | 55 |
Event #97 – $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Six-Max
Alexander Livingston joined the storied ranks of multiple bracelet winners on the final day of the series, taking down the $3,000 six-max pot-limit Omaha event for his second bracelet and the top prize of $390,621.
“Better late than never,” he said in a social media post after closing out the win.
The Canadian poker pro now has $9,170,723 in lifetime earnings, with more than $6.5 million coming from his success at the WSOP. The 2019 main event third-place finisher secured his first bracelet in the 2022 $1,500 seven card stud event, topping a field of 329 entries to earn $103,282.
The 844-entry field resulted in a prize pool of $2,253,480 that was split amongst the top 127 finishers. There were plenty of notables to be found among the final few tables in this event, including six-time bracelet winner Shaun Deeb (13th), two-time bracelet winner Dylan Weisman (11th), bracelet winner Ronald Keijzer (10th), bracelet winner and World Poker Tour champion Alex Foxen (9th), three-time bracelet winner Ari Engel (8th), and two-time bracelet winner Martin Zamani (3rd).
Francisco Benitez earned $260,403 as the runner-up, surpassing $4 million in live earnings in the process.
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Alexander Livingston | $390,621 | 1368 |
| 2 | Francisco Benitez | $260,403 | 1140 |
| 3 | Martin Zamani | $177,114 | 912 |
| 4 | Andrew Watson | $122,746 | 684 |
| 5 | Hokyiu Lee | $86,709 | 570 |
| 6 | Chris Roth | $62,457 | 456 |
Event #98 – ‘The Closer’ $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
The penultimate event of the series was dubbed ‘The Closer’. The $1,500 buy-in limit hold’em tournament attracted 3,215 entries to build a $4,292,025 prize pool. The largest share of that was awarded to Ching Da Wu, who walked away with $525,500 and his first gold bracelet.
This was by far the largest score of Wu’s tournament career, blowing away the $4,400 he earned for a 529th-place finish in this year’s ‘Monster Stack’ event.
The top 480 finishers made the money in this event, with accomplished players like Lexy Gavin (17th), Ali Imsirovic (14th), bracelet winner Allyn Shulman (12th), two-time WPT champion Aaron Mermelstein (11th), four-time bracelet winner Mike Matusow (10th), and two-time bracelet winner John Racener (4th) making it down to the final couple of tables.
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | ChingDa Wu | $525,500 | 1200 |
| 2 | Mario Colavita | $350,370 | 1000 |
| 3 | Bogdan Munteanu | $261,170 | 800 |
| 4 | John Racener | $196,170 | 600 |
| 5 | Stanislav Zegal | $148,480 | 500 |
| 6 | Michael Baltierra | $113,270 | 400 |
| 7 | David Cabrera Polop | $87,080 | 300 |
| 8 | Chad Lipton | $67,480 | 200 |
| 9 | Luis Yepez | $52,705 | 100 |
Event #99 – $1,000 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold’em
The last live bracelet event of the summer was the $1,000 super turbo no-limit hold’em. The tournament took just a single day to complete, with cards getting in the air at 10:00 AM local time and a champion crowned by 2:00 AM.
When the dust settled, Aneris Adomkevicius was the one hoisting the hardware. The Lithuanian earned $201,344 and his first bracelet. This victory came hot on the heels of his 165th-place showing in this year’s WSOP main event for $60,000. He now has more than $497,000 in career earnings.
The 1,544-entry field built a $1,358,720 prize pool that was paid out across the top 232 finishers. Notables that ran deep in this event included bracelet winner Alen Bakovic (18th), bracelet winner Denis Strebkov (16th), Theo Tran (3rd), and WPT champion Mark Newhouse (2nd).
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Aneris Adomkevicius | $201,344 | 1080 |
| 2 | Mark Newhouse | $134,228 | 900 |
| 3 | Theo Tran | $96,633 | 720 |
| 4 | Peter Bigelow | $70,409 | 540 |
| 5 | Kenneth Kim | $51,930 | 450 |
| 6 | John Holley | $38,776 | 360 |
| 7 | Jakob Miegel | $29,317 | 270 |
| 8 | Dong Chen | $22,448 | 180 |
| 9 | Edward Small | $17,409 | 90 |
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Winner photo credits: WSOP / Alicia Skillman, Rachel Kay Winter.
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