Bradley Ruben became the seventh player at the 2021 World Series of Poker to win his third piece of WSOP gold Saturday evening at the Rio.
Ruben won the $1,500 razz to secure his third title and joined the likes of Ryan Leng, Chance Kornuth, Michael Addamo, David “Bakes” Baker, Kevin Gerhart and Anthony Zinno as this year’s class of three-time bracelet winners. Zinno, however, won a second event a few days later to take home his fourth.
The Florida native overcame being one of the short stacks for a good chunk of the last day to come out on top of a final table that featured two-time bracelet winners David “ODB” Baker and Yuri Dzivielevski , longtime mixed game specialist Matt Grapenthien , and 2019 WSOP main event third-place finisher Alex Livingston . He bested a 311-entry field to earn $99,188, the second-largest cash of his tournament career.
When the pandemic started, Ruben didn’t have a bracelet to his name. About 19 months later, he has three.
Ruben won his first in the summer of 2020 when he took down an international WSOP Online event for $220,160, besting a 990-entry field in the $1,500 pot-limit Omaha. Just a few months ago, he won a U.S.-based online series in the $600 pot-limit Omaha six-max event for $69,148. Before his victory on Saturday, Ruben’s best WSOP finish was a third-place in this exact event at the 2017 WSOP.
While he is clearly a shark in pot-limit Omaha, Ruben doesn’t play very much razz, which he thought was somewhat of an advantage.
“My theory is, if you play a game that you haven’t played much before, it’s more enjoyable,” Ruben told WSOP live reporters after the victory. “You’re kind of like a kid. You’re in awe of it. That’s helped me a lot in this tournament, and the one I got third in, in 2017.”
Along with an addition to an increasingly lengthy tournament resume, Ruben also picked up 480 points in the Card Player Player of the Year race. It’s his first POY-qualifying cash of 2021, but he told reporters that the victory only inspires him […]
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