Mike Gorodinsky Captures Fourth World Series of Poker Bracelet

Mike Gorodinsky has added his name to the elite list of players with four or more World Series of Poker gold bracelets. The Russian-born mixed games professional and 2015 WSOP Player of the Year emerged victorious from a field of 200 entries in the 2024 WSOP Paradise $10,000 pot-limit Omaha event, earning the hardware and $393,250. Gorodinsky now has more than $4.9 million in career tournament earnings.

This triumph came more than a decade after he secured his first WSOP win. That breakthrough took place back in 2013 in a $2,500 Omaha eight-or-better and stud eight-or-better mixed event. Two years later he secured the largest tournament win of his career, taking down the $50,000 Poker Players Championship for $1,270,086. His third bracelet was earned in 2023 in the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. championship. Gorodinsky became just the 77th player to have earned at least four bracelets with his most recent title run.

This PLO win at the Atlantis Paradise Island Bahamas also came with 900 Card Player Player of the Year points for Gorodinsky, who had finished third in the $25,000 dealers choice championship at the same series a handful of days earlier. He now has four final-table finishes and one title on the year.

It took just a single day for this tournament to whittle its 200-entry field down to a champion. The fast-paced affair awarded $2,000,000 in prize money across the top 30 spots. Big names that ran deep included three-time bracelet winner Alex Foxen (25th), reigning WSOP Player of the Year Scott Seiver (23rd), Ren Lin (21st), recent dealers choice event winner Eric Wasserson (20th), two-time bracelet winner Chris Brewer (19th), bracelet winner Danny Tang (17th), and two-time bracelet winner Artur Martirosian (10th).

Seven-time bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu was eliminated by Gorodinsky in eighth place, with Negreanu’s double-suited pocket aces bested by a single-suited J-10-9-4, which made a jack-high straight on the end. The $45,710 Negreanu earned for his latest deep run moved his career tournament earnings up over $53.5 million.

Armin Ghojehvand bowed out in seventh place ($65,530) before Gorodinsky once again got involved in an all-in confrontation. The chips went in after a king high flop with poker triple crown winner Michael Watson holding top pair and the highest kicker. Gorodinsky had the same top pair and shared one kicker with Watson, but had two other live side cards. Gorodinsky ended up making kings and sevens on the river to eliminate Watson in sixth place ($88,330). This was the 17th final-table finish of 2024 for Watson, with four titles won along the way including his first bracelet. The Canadian pro now sits in fifth place in the POY race standings presented by Global Poker.

Gorodinsky then proceeded to eliminate Rui Neves (5th – $119,070) and rising high-stakes star Biao Ding (4th – $160,510) to take a big lead into three-handed play. 2022 WSOP POY award winner Daniel Zack scored the next knockout, busting bracelet winner Roman Hrabec ($216,380) in third place. This was the 11th final-table showing of 2024 for the Czech player, who climbed to 13th in the POY standings thanks to this deep run.

Heads-up play began with Gorodinsky holding better than a 2:1 chip advantage over Zack. The final hand arose with blinds at 40,000-80,000 with an 80,000 big blind ante. Zack raised to 300,000 on the button with AAQ7 and Gorodinsky called from the big blind with K543. The flop came down K82 and both players checked. The 5 turn gave Gorodinsky kings and fives with a heart redraw. He bet 400,000 and Zack called. The A completed the board and Gorodinsky checked with his five-high straight. Zack bet the pot with his rivered set of aces, firing 1,500,000. Gorodinsky moved all-in and Zack called off his remaining 1,225,000, only to be shown the wheel. Zack earned $291,680 as the runner-up. The three-time now has more than $4.5 million in lifetime tournament cashes to his name.

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

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