Five Bracelets in Five Years: Brad Ruben Wins the $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw ($138,080)

Profitable a WSOP Gold bracelet is a dream that almost all poker gamers share however only a few obtain. Profitable 5 is considerably rarer — earlier than at present, solely 41 gamers had completed this feat for the reason that inaugural World Collection of Poker in 1970.

Brad Ruben turned the forty second participant to seize a fifth bracelet at present on the 2025 World Collection of Poker hosted on the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Ruben overcame a 532-entrant area in Occasion #12: $1,500 No-Restrict 2-7 Lowball Draw to win the highest prize of $138,080 alongside bracelet #5. In doing so, he joins an excellent smaller, extra elite group of poker gamers to have gained 5 bracelets inside a five-year span — an inventory that features legends similar to Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth, and Doyle Brunson. Ruben is just the eleventh participant to attain this spectacular feat.

Last Desk Outcomes

Winner’s Response

“I am very blessed” an emotional Ruben stated following the victory. “I imply, i like all of the combined video games so to win one other bracelet in one other variant is a blessing. I am honored, and I’ve lots of people to thank. First, God, simply having a powerful reference to him has helped me by means of some tough instances. And in addition my girlfriend Sunny, we have been collectively for somewhat over two and a half years. She’s been very supportive of me and I like her very a lot.”

“One other factor is that this sweater is vital to me. It has been very fortunate for me, but in addition it is the colour of psychological well being consciousness. I am very keen about that and wish to get a message out: No matter individuals are going by means of, there is a gentle on the finish of the tunnel and I am completely happy to speak to anybody, at anytime, about no matter.”

When requested what contributed probably the most to his success on the WSOP through the years, Ruben pointed to his edge in much less generally performed codecs.

“My wins are in variants the place gamers haven’t got a lot expertise, so I really feel that me being a extra skilled participant helps. I clearly ran properly, I am 5-0 heads-up so there’s clearly some favorable card distribution there.”

“I wish to compete for probably the most bracelets this decade” Ruben continued. I feel Ausmus has 5 and a bunch of individuals have 4. In order that’s a objective of mine that retains me going. I’ve liked the WSOP ever since I used to be an adolescent and I am very keen about it.”

Last Day Motion

The third and ultimate day started with simply 5 returning gamers competing for the lion’s share of the $706,230 prize pool. Eventual runner up Han Liu started the day with the biggest stack however Ruben made a hero name within the first stage—accurately calling with a pair of fours—to carry himself near even with Liu for the chip lead. 5-time bracelet winner Brian Yoon had the other trajectory, starting the day with the quick stack and dwindling down from the beginning. Yoon managed to double up after getting quick however was out in fifth quickly after Jun Weng drew right into a nine-low leaving Yoon drawing useless to a ten.

Following Yoon’s elimination the tempo of play slowed significantly with no clear quick stacks and a chip common price properly over 100 massive blinds. Liu and Ruben swapped the chip lead on a number of events whereas Yueqi Zhu and Weng noticed their stacks development downwards. Liu was placing relentless strain on all three opponents with well-timed aggression and by the point Weng bowed out in fourth Liu had a large lead with over half the chips in play. Ruben managed to carry with a pat-ten to remove Zhu in third however nonetheless had a tall order in entrance of him as Liu held almost a 2:1 chip benefit over Ruben going into heads-up play.

A sequence of small pots have been exchanged within the early elements of the heads-up duel, with the bulk going Ruben’s means. As Ruben started to inch nearer to Liu, he bought paid off two instances in fast succession—as soon as with a jack-low and as soon as with a ten-low—to take the chip lead. Liu shortly took the lead again after getting worth with a jack-low of his personal shortly earlier than the pivotal hand of the match.

In a four-bet pot that noticed Ruben stand pat and Liu draw one, Ruben picked off an enormous all-in bluff from Liu, who had drawn right into a pair of sixes. Ruben shortly known as with a pat eighty-six in a hand that left Liu with simply over ten massive blinds. Liu by no means recovered and shortly after was eradicated after getting the remainder of his chips in with a ten-low just for Ruben to indicate down a nine-low. The 2 gamers, who Ruben talked about have a ton of historical past with one another taking part in in combined money video games in Texas, shook fingers in a present of respect earlier than Ruben went on to have a good time the victory together with his rail.