The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) has paid more than $120 million and half of the 99 live bracelets to winners. In this report, we will discuss victories of Mostafa Haidary, Yuri Dzivielevski, and Frank Funaro. They outlasted massive fields to win the gold bracelet and the masive top prize.
Event #52: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed Final Table Recap
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1 | Mostafa Haidary | $656,747 |
| 2 | Bernd Gleissner | $437,821 |
| 3 | Krasimir Yankov | $300,293 |
| 4 | Brandon Schwartz | $206,606 |
| 5 | Pedro Madeira | $148,939 |
| 6 | Matthew McEwan | $107,770 |
| 7 | Max Kruse | $79,436 |
Mostafa Haidary captured his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet and a top prize of $656,747 after winning the $5,000 NLHE 6-Handed event. With this victory, Haidary brings his career earnings close to $1 million.
Event #52: $5,000 NLHE had only one starting flight, but it was able to attract a substantial field of 817 entries, creating a staggering prize pool of $3,758,200. The staggering guarantee was paid among the top 123 finishers, with the top 6 players taking six-figure scores.
Day 2 saw only 231 players progressing, and the field narrowed down to the final 37 players by the end of the day. Day 3 continued until only 4 players remained.
Some notable players who made deep runs into the money, such as Jake Schwartz (14th – $35,671), Turbo Nguyen (15th – $35,671), Clemen Deng (26th – $23,099), David Coleman (34th – $19,174), and Bin Weng (40th – $16,257).
Haidary entered the final day 4 as the chip leader. He maintained his chips and knocked out Brandon Schwartz in 4th place for $209,606. Bernd Gleissner knocked out Krasimir Yankov (3rd place – $300,293), starting the heads-up battle
Gleissner briefly took the chip lead, but Haidary regained control before the final hand. In the final hand, Gleissner moved all-in with pocket threes, and Haidary called with A-9. The board ran out 5-8-9-10-Q, improving Haidary’s hand.
WSOP Europe winner Bern Gleissner earned $437,821 for his impressive run.
Event #53: $3,000 Nine Game Mix Final Table Recap
| Place | Prize | Prize |
| 1 | Yuri Dzivielevski | $215,982 |
| 2 | Nicholas Julia | $142,182 |
| 3 | Masafumi Iijima | $95,587 |
| 4 | Scott Bohlman | $65,654 |
| 5 | Tomasz Gluszko | $46,094 |
| 6 | Ashish Gupta | $33,095 |
| 7 | Bradley Jansen | $24,312 |
Yuri Dzivielevski wins his fifth WSOP bracelet in the $3,000 buy-in Nine Game Mixed event at this year’s series, along with the top prize of $215,982. The 32-year-old Brazilian mixed game pro captured his first gold bracelet in 2019, and since then, he has expanded his bracelet collection to five bracelets.
By this victory, Dzivielevski has now become the 40th poker player to have achieved 5 gold bracelets in the WSOP. This was Dzivielevski’s third bracelet in a multi-game event.
He previously won the $2,500 Mixed Omaha Eight-or-Better and Stud Eight-or-Better in 2019 and the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event last year. His other two bracelet victories came in Pot-Limit Omaha: the 2020 WSOP Online $400 ‘PLOssus’ and the $10,000 PLO Championship at 2023 WSOP Online.
This event attracted 379 entries, generating a guaranteed $1,011,930 prize pool. The Prize pool was distributed among the top 57 players.
This event was filled with WSOP veterans, some even made it into the money: 17-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth (45th), six-time bracelet winner Shaun Deeb (43rd), five-time bracelet winner Robert Mizrachi (39th), six-time bracelet winner Brian Rast (29th), 2021 WSOP Main Event winner Koray Aldemir (15th), four-time bracelet winners Phil Hui (14th), and Ben Yu (13th), and five-time bracelet winner Adam Friedman (12th).
Yuri Dzivielevski entered the final day as the 5th chip lead but was able to double up in the final table. Two-time bracelet winner Richard Ashby and bracelet winner Joseph Couden were the first two players to be eliminated at the final table. Bradley Jansen followed this in 7th place.
Dzivielevski knocked out Tomaz Gluszko (5th place – $46,094) and Scott Bohlman (4th place – $65,654), kicking off the three-handed play. Japan’s Masafumi Lijima gave a tough competition to the bracelet winners, but his short stack couldn’t hold up against Nicholas Julia. Lijima didn’t make it past 3rd place, but he earned $95,587 for his impressive performance.
Julia entered the heads-up play as chip lead, holding more than 10 million chip stacks against Dzivielevski. After an intense fourth and back, Dzivielevski took a big chip lead.
Julia eventually got eliminated in the 2nd place because his hand couldn’t withstand Dzivielevski’s hand in the Stud format. Nicholas Julia walked away as the runner-up, taking $142,182 for his deep run.
Event #57: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty NLHE Final Table Recap
| Place | Player | Prize |
| 1 | Frank Funaro | $612,997 |
| 2 | Shota Nakanishi | $408,658 |
| 3 | Michael Rocco | $282,983 |
| 4 | Oliver Weis | $199,342 |
| 5 | Aliaksei Boika | $142,892 |
| 6 | Steve Buell | $104,261 |
| 7 | Antoine Saout | $77,460 |
| 8 | Ludovic Geilich | $58,616 |
| 9 | Aaron Johnson (MN) | $45,195 |
Frank Funaro secured his second WSOP gold bracelet in Event #57: $10k Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em, earning $612,997. Funaro defeated the WSOP bracelet winner Shota Nakanishi in a quick eight-hand heads-up match on the final day. Nakanishi couldn’t win his second bracelet but still earned his biggest ever prize money yet of $408,658.
Funaro took down the $1,000 buy-in NLHE Championship in the 2022 WSOP Online, claiming his first bracelet. This event marked Funaro’s first live bracelet win.
This event attracted a massive field of 486 entries, which generated an enormous prize pool of $4,519,800. The top 73 players took a share from the staggering prize pool, while the top 6 players took six-figure shares. Some notable poker pros made a deep run, including 2014 WSOP Main Event winner Martin Jacobson (19th), defending champion and 17-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth (15th), Ian Matakis (11th), Antoine Saout (7th), Aliaksei Boika (5th), and Oliver Weis (4th place).
Michael Rocco was eliminated in 3rd place, earning $282,983. This event marked Rocco’s third final table finish in the WSOP, and the second final table finish at this year’s WSOP.
In the final hand of the tournament, Funaro went all-in with J-6 suited, and Nakanishi made the call with A-9. The board gave out J-6-4-J-4, giving Funaro a full house.
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