Three years in the past, Serbia’s Nenad “O O L” Djukic got here agonizingly near changing into a World Collection of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner. Djukic fell on the ultimate hurdle within the $1,050 No-Restrict Maintain’em GGMasters HR Freezeout On-line occasion, shedding heads-up to an nameless Spanish participant. Though Djukic collected $216,348 for his runner-up end, like most poker gamers, he needed the bracelet.
Fastforward to September 15, 2025, and Djukic greater than made amends for his bridesmaid end three years prior. The Serbian topped an enormous 14,803-strong discipline within the $400 COLOSSUS, claiming his first bracelet and a cool $692,842 of the guarantee-busting $5,565,928 prize pool.
Profession-Finest Rating and First WSOP Bracelet for Dukic
On Day 2 of the COLOSSUS, 1,516 of the 14,803 starters returned to the GGPoker tables, every with a $786 minimal money locked in. By the point the match was all the way down to its final three tables, the gamers assured themselves a five-figure haul. When Russia’s Kazi Bairamukov busted in tenth place for $49,211, the ultimate desk was set, and the bracelet was in attain for the 9 finalists.
Brazilian “DedsPeps” was the primary to fall, ending ninth for a $86,609 rating. “wvwMasteRwvw” ($112,306) and Habibi Albi ($145,631) had been eradicated, leaving solely six gamers within the hunt for the title earlier than “Ophelie” ($188,847) and “Jason0322” ($244,892) crashed by the wayside.
The UK’s Daniel Daw took fourth place and a formidable $317,574, and the COLOSSUS progressed to the heads-up stage when “StackOderWeg” noticed their deep run finish in a third-place end value $411,831.
Djukic discovered himself heads-up towards Peruvian Oscar Cueva for the title and the lion’s share of the $5,565,928 prize pool. Djukic received the job accomplished and his arms on $692,842, plus, extra importantly, his first WSOP bracelet. Cueva headed into the evening having acquired $534,066 for his runner-up end.
#22: $400 COLOSSUS Ultimate Desk Outcomes
Evgenii Akimov Takes Down the $5K Quick Deck Championship
Russia’s Evgenii Akimov can eternally name himself a WSOP bracelet winner after he left 88 opponents in his wake within the $5,000 Quick Deck Championship occasion. Akimov’s victory got here after he defeated Dwyer Tobin heads-up. Along with the coveted gold bracelet, Akimov additionally acquired $99,170 in money.
Akimov needed to battle some particular gamers en path to his bracelet win. Stoyan Madanzhiev, Yuzhou Yin, Ben Miner, Elior Sion, and Xu Zhu navigated to the ultimate desk however finally fell brief.
#18: $5,000 Quick Deck Championship Ultimate Desk Outcomes
WSOP On-line: $1M Bounty Pulled as Brazil Crushes and Radoja Wins #3
“Okay!ngOfM!A” Topped Fortunate Sevens Bounty Champion
Progressive bounty tournaments are inclined to get the poker group excited, notably when the stakes are excessive. Occasion #19: Fortunate Sevens Bounty 7-Handed could have value $777 to enter, however that did not stop 2,503 gamers from turning out for it. These entrants created a $1,847,589 prize pool and a few quite massive bounties by the top.
Pavel Plesuv reached the ultimate desk however needed to make do with a fifth-place end. Plesuv banked $42,988 from the common prize pool plus one other $7,891 value of bounties for a complete haul weighing in at $50,879.
The duo that reached the heads-up stage padded their GGPoker bankrolls with six-figure prizes. Bernard Larabi, who had earlier completed sixth within the $5,000 Quick Deck Championship, busted in second place for a $124,200 prize, together with bounties. Larabi’s premature demise left “Okay!ngOfM!A” because the final participant standing, which means they scooped a WSOP bracelet and $194,847 in prize cash.
#19: $777 Fortunate 7’s Bounty 7-Handed NLH Ultimate Desk Outcomes
Iago Botelho Claims WSOP Gold for Brazil
Brazilian Iago Botelho is $158,759 richer than he was a number of days in the past, and he is a WSOP champion, after he got here out on high of a 1,803-strong discipline in Occasion #22: $800 Extremely Deepstack No-Restrict Maintain’em. The highest 270 finishers shared the $1,370,280 prize pool, a min-cash weighing in at $1,630, which elevated to $28,925 for a ultimate desk look.
Former sit&go grinder and present fashionable Twitch streamer Hristo Anastassov bowed out in fifth and noticed his $800 funding swell to $60,005. “panesiia” joined the lengthy listing of eradicated gamers; their fourth-place end earned them $76,529.
Mark Kolbanstev narrowly missed out on a $100,000+ prize when he ran out of steam in third. Kolbanstev took residence $97,602 for his efforts.
Heads-up noticed Botelho lock horns with Alessio La Francesca, an Italian who received a $1,650 aspect occasion ultimately yr’s WSOP Paradise pageant. The win slipped away from La Francesca this time round, though the $124,479 runner-up prize ought to go some approach to numbing the ache. With La Francesca’s exit, Botelho grew to become a WSOP bracelet winner and the recipient of $158,759.
#20: $800 Extremely Deepstack NLH Ultimate Desk Outcomes
“Look@This” Denies Neugebauer His Second Bracelet
A discipline of 1,392 GGPoker gamers descended on Occasion #21: $1,500 WSOP GGMasters HR Freezeout NLH and created a $1,983,600 prize pool. Solely 195 of these starters made it into the cash, together with Rainer Kempe, Renan Bruschi, Mark Radoja, Christian Rudolph, and Dario Sammartino.
All eyes had been on Max Neugebauer as soon as the nine-handed ultimate desk was set, not least as a result of the enormous Austrian received the €10,350 WSOP Europe Essential Occasion title in 2023 for €1,500,000 and the occasion’s bracelet. Neugebauer reached the heads-up part of this $1,500 occasion and regarded set to affix the ever-growing listing of gamers with a number of bracelets to his identify. Nevertheless, “Look@This” of Malta spoiled the occasion, resigning Neugebauer to a $231,177 comfort prize and claiming the bracelet and $299,801 high prize for themselves.
#21: $1,500 WSOP GGMasters HR Freezeout NLH Ultimate Desk Outcomes
Kirill Shugai Denies Lucas Greenwood a Gold Bracelet
The Greenwood brothers, Sam and Lucas, are vastly profitable poker gamers. Solely Sam has managed to seize a WSOP bracelet, however that just about modified in Occasion #23: $400 PLOSSUS. Nearly being the operative phrase.
After leaving all however one of many 409 entrants in his wake, which included such luminaries as Damian Salas, Simon Mattsson, and Jerry Odeen, Lucas Greenwood discovered himself heads-up towards Kirill Shugai. It was the deepest Greenwood had reached in a bracelet-awarding occasion since his fourth-place end within the $1,500 Combined NLHE/PLO occasion on the 2019 WSOP in Las Vegas.
Sadly for Greenwood, he would lose heads-up to his Russian opponent and needed to make do with a runner-up prize value $84,076 whe you embody progressive bounties. Shugai will possible nonetheless be celebrating his spectacular win, which earned him a gold WSOP bracelet and a complete money haul value $174,374.
#23: $400 PLOSSUS Ultimate Desk Outcomes
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Remaining WSOP On-line Schedule
Solely 9 extra occasions must crown their champions earlier than the most recent version of the WSOP On-line wraps up at GGPoker. They embody the large $25 million assured WSOP On-line Essential Occasion and the $10,300 GGMillion$ Excessive Rollers that ensures at the least $10 million will probably be received.
