Poker pro Martin Zamani won his second World Series of Poker bracelet in the early hours of Monday morning after taking down the first online event of the series.
Zamani, whose brother Benjamin is also a decorated poker pro with three WSOP bracelets of his own and more than $5 million in tournament earnings, bested a stacked 156-entry field in the $5,300 no-limit hold’em freezeout on WSOP.com.
It’s his second bracelet of his career, but also of 2021. The Florida native earned a bracelet during the WSOP Online series last summer when he took down the $888 crazy eights pot-limit Omaha event for $92,598. With his victory Monday morning, Zamani’s career earnings crossed $2.9 million
He defeated top pro Ankush Mandavia heads-up to earn the bracelet and $210,600. Mandavia fell just shy of his second bracelet and took home $122,850 for his runner-up finish. His career earnings jumped to more than $5.5 million.
The eight-handed event reached a star-studded final table after Soheb Parbandarwala was sent to the rail in ninth. Upon reaching the final table, Zamani was one of the shorter stacks with about 20 big blinds, while three time World Poker Tour Champion Brian Altman held the chip lead.
High-stakes regular Alex Foxen was the shortest stack at the table by a wide margin at the outset of the final table and busted shortly after it was set when he got his last three big blinds in the middle preflop with K7 against Calvin Anderson’s J2.
Foxen flopped a seven, but Anderson rivered a jack to eliminate one of toughest players remaining in eighth.
Joe Kuether was the next go in brutal fashion when his pocket aces were cracked by Jason Koon’s A4. Kuether raised from early position and Koon was the only caller on the button. The 1084 was checked by both players and Kuether bet the 8 turn. Koon called and the 4 came on the river.
Kuether bet all but 1.5 big blinds and was raised by Koon. Kuether called and was out in seventh for $29,640. Kuether’s elimination moved Koon into the chip lead, that lead was short-lived as he […]
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