Event #32, the $3,000 buy-in NLHE tournament, was won by businessman Omar Zazay.

Jean-Robert Bellande led most of the final table, but luck turned against him in key hands. In the top four, he doubled the eventual winner ( < ), then in 3-max he was dealt a flush against Argyriadis' flush.

JRB's bad luck didn't end there.

He lost two hands in a row to Zazay (ATs<77 and < ) and remained the shortest. Bellande regained his stack and took the lead again, but again lost two all-in calls of 80% to 20% – against and against . In both hands, Zazay flopped a set.

Zazay, who finished 3rd, won with suited against , got all-in on the flop .

"Feeling pretty amazing. Just was a roller coaster of a tournament, battled a lot of adversity, had the chip lead a few times, lost it a few times. I remember being down to ten big blinds like halfway through day three, and I just never gave up. I told my wife, I'm gonna keep fighting and I'm here to win a bracelet."

The $10,000 PLO-8 Championship (Event #33) was won by the man with the game's most famous last name: Nathan Gamble.

This is his third bracelet; he also won the first two in PLO-8.

“I was looking at last night, and I was fairly sure I was the number one player in the world for PLO8 bracelet cashes, and now I know unequivocally, that I'm number one in the world for PLO8 bracelets. That's a legacy moment that cements me in the lore of history for poker. That is something I've dreamed about since being a 12 year old kid, watching Negreanu and Ivey and everyone who's come before.”

Gamble was actively involved in the launch of PhenomPoker, even serving as its "Director of Ambassador Relations." Playing under the nickname "Surfbum," he demonstrates incredibly aggressive play across all poker formats. Limit games and bomb pots can sometimes cost him dearly, but overall, he's a slight winner on the site.

Yuri Dzivilevsky won the $100k High Roller tournament.

It's the best result of the Brazilian poker superstar's career – he won his sixth bracelet, but his first in no-limit Hold'em.

After the victory, CoinPoker ambassador Yuri Dzivilevsky couldn’t hold back his tears:

"I came to the series without my family. My wife is pregnant. All of these things together made me cry and be very, very emotional, more than usual."

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The bubble boy was Artur Martirosian, who was two hands short of the money.

He lost two hands in a row with aces. First, Chris Nguyen four-bet all-in with KQs and made two pair on the river. Artur stayed short and three-bet all-in, Teun Melder called with JTo and made a straight on the river.

There was a bit of a scandal involving Sam Soverel and Martin Kabrhel.

On the second day, with 22 players remaining, Soverel refused to place his cards where they would be visible on the broadcast. This greatly displeased Martin, who began grumbling and demanded to see the floor.

"We're playing for big money, I just won't do that," Soverel warned. "I can scan the cards after the deal."

“Me too,” Alex Kulev supported.

The floor tried to say something about the rules and the convenience of the commentators' work.

"What if I know for sure that one of the players has been caught cheating before?" Soverel asked. "I honestly don't care about the commentators' convenience; we're already being shown with a huge delay. If the fairness of the game is compromised in any way, it's certainly not because I'm scanning the cards after the hand."

“Okay, scan it later,” the floor agreed.

In the early days of the WSOP, Sam tweeted for the first time in a long time :

"WSOP out here letting these vloggers run wild so i guess ima start posting. I need to earn the privilege of being able to ask Czech cameramen to not be yapping in my ear midhand.

Will be posting my UFC and results in there."

Whether it is a coincidence that Martin is also from the Czech Republic, readers can decide for themselves.

Sam was supported by Nick Shulman:

"Just want to say I really respect how Soverel handled that last night. Also respect to WSOP for posting the clip. Most operators get shook at the mere mention of cheating and sweep it under the rug, thought it showed integrity to not hide the incident and share it. The single biggest threat to the game we love, nice to see it being taken seriously"

Jeremy Ausmus wrote, "Ya seems fine to scan at end, doesn’t it?"

Sam Soverel has a reputation as a "hustler." He's never been caught outright cheating, but everyone knows he's willing to resort to any trick to gain an advantage. In cinema, such people are immortalized in the famous Paul Newman films "The Hustler" and "The Color of Money."

In 2019, Soverel's out-of-turn pass to the top four of a $50k tournament sparked heated debate. The victim was Dmitry Yurasov.

And in 2021, Dan Coleman accused Sam and Sean Perry of colluding against him in fantasy sports betting.

After busting in 9th place, Martin Kahbrel went to play the Million Dollar Game, where he lost $2 million.

Nick Schulman managed to win his 8th bracelet between commentating the final tables.

He won the $1,500 buy-in HORSE tournament, which attracted 780 players.

Nick secured his victory on Friday and noted that the prize money is unlikely to last him long, because of the upcoming the NBA finals, then more UFC fights.

Nick is a die-hard New York Knicks fan, so he probably didn't lose much in the NBA (New York won the championship for the first time since 1973!), but his preferences in the UFC are unknown.

Shulman has won bracelets at the last four World Series, and at this one he already had a second-place finish in the $1,500 Badugi tournament.

"There's no target number [of bracelets], but it's certainly not surpassing Hellmuth. That's just not on my mind...

"...But, you know, if we get close, I might have to get his ass."

Dong Chen won the Limit Hold'em Championship. He defeated a host of limit poker superstars on his way to his second bracelet.

“Poker-wise, this wasn’t my first rodeo. I’ve battled with legends in No-Limit Hold’em. But Limit Hold’em is something new that I just recently unlocked, so it feels really good,”

“That was my first Limit Hold’em tournament, and this was my second Limit Hold’em tournament.”

In the $25,000 draft , Daniel Negreanu took Chen for $4. Negreanu, naturally, had no idea who he was, but he was confident that Ren Lin, who had drafted him, wouldn't promote the weak Chinese player. After acquiring Chen, Negreanu went to study his photos, and this finally convinced him he had made the right choice.

The Chinese player's victory allowed Daniel to rise from the bottom of the table to 15th place. But the 25K Fantasy competition there is still intense, with the teams swapping places after each tournament.

In the $250k tournament, which reached the money this morning, seven players are on different fantasy teams. Chipleader Kenney and Jason Koon are on Team Negreanu.

Kristen Foxen busted in 11th place, two players short of the money. Her husband, Alex, busted out of the tournament immediately after late registration closed. This allowed him to register for the $10,000 one-day super turbo and win his fourth bracelet.

After this victory, Alex topped the fantasy rankings with 317 points. Fourth-place Zamani is also in the top three.