David Coleman Wins First WSOP Bracelet in the $125K NLH 7-Handed Triton Event

Yearly, PokerNews compiles an article discussing the perfect poker gamers and not using a World Collection of Poker (WSOP) bracelet. The subsequent instalment of that exact piece won’t characteristic David Coleman as a result of he captured his first piece of WSOP {hardware} on December 11 after taking down the $125,000 Triton No-Restrict Maintain’em 7-Handed on the 2025 WSOP Paradise.

Coleman got here agonizingly near capturing a bracelet in 2024, ending fourth within the $3,000 No-Restrict Maintain’em 6-Handed occasion in Las Vegas. Now he’s the proud proprietor of a gold bracelet and a brand new career-best prize price $3,113,000.

Whereas Coleman was delighted to return out on high, you get the sensation that Martin Kabrhel will probably be fairly upset along with his third-place end, regardless of it including $1,367,000 to his bankroll. It is because the polarizing Czech grinder had the possibility to win a WSOP Triple Crown, having received bracelets in Las Vegas throughout the summer season and on the WSOP Europe competition.

Stars Struggle For a Share of the $12,375,000 Prize Pool

The $125,000 buy-in for this occasion didn’t deter lots of poker’s superstars from getting into the combo. Together with re-entries, 99 gamers entered, making a $12,375,000 prize pool that the highest 17 finishers shared.

Stephen Chidwick was the primary participant to bust within the cash, his Seventeenth-place end coming with a $194,000 payday. Alex Foxen, Paulis Vaitiekunas, Kristen Foxen, and Chris Hunichen joined the checklist of busted gamers earlier than Emilien Pitavy, Ren Lin, and Pedro Padilha crashed out to depart solely 9 gamers within the hunt for the bracelet and high prize of greater than $3.1 million.

Austria’s Daniel Rezaei, who received the $50,000 No-Restrict Maintain’em Excessive Curler Turbo over the weekend, bowed out in ninth, with poker legend Patrik Antonius falling in eighth, setting the official last desk.

Last Desk Motion

Daniel Dvoress was the primary of the seven finalists to fall by the wayside. The gifted Canadian was left in a determined scenario when his pocket tens misplaced to the aces of Dominykas Mikolaitis. Dvoress was pressured all-in for less than a small blind with jack-eight and in the end misplaced to Kabrhel’s pocket kings.

Thailand’s Punnat Punsri, who has received virtually $9.9 million in 2025 alone, was the following excessive curler to search out himself void of chips. Punsri, right down to eight massive blinds, three-bet all-in with pocket eights from the large blind after Mikolaitis had opened from the cutoff. The Lithuanian put in calling chips and turned over a pair of queens within the gap. Mikolaitis improved to an pointless full home on the river to ship Punsri to the rail one hand after Dvoress exited.

One other all-in preflop hand as the ultimate day’s motion reached the 10-hour mark resulted in Bryn Kenney heading to the cashier’s desk to gather fifth-place prize cash, or $913,000 when you desire. Kenney’s match life hinged on his ace-jack coming from behind to finest the dominating ace-king in Mikolaitis’ hand, however that did not occur as a result of a king landed on the flop. Kenney was drawing lifeless on the flip.

The primary seven-figure prize went to Brandon Wilson, who banked $1,132,000, representing a brand new profession excessive for the Illinois native. Wilson’s last participation on this occasion noticed him conflict with Coleman in a three-bet pot. Wilson held queen-jack of hearts, Coleman a pair of crimson kings, and the flop fell queen-queen-king! All of the chips went into the center on the river, and Wilson was gone.

The ultimate three turned two when the talkative Kabrhel busted for a $1,367,000 rating. Coleman min-raised on the button with king-jack, Kabrhel three-bet jammed for 15 massive blinds additionally with king-jack, just for Mikolaitis to get up within the massive blind with ace-king. Mikolaitis remoted Kabrhel, and Coleman folded. A queen-high board was secure for Mikolaitis, and Kabrhel was gone.

Coleman held a ten,475,000 to 9,325,000 chip lead over Mikolaitis going into heads-up. With 99 massive blinds in play, the gamers and rail settled in for the lengthy haul. Coleman by no means relinquished his chip benefit all through the heads-up battle and in the end got here out on high.

The ultimate hand noticed Mikolaitis limp with ten-eight from the small blind, and Coleman examine within the massive blind with queen-seven. Coleman check-raised a 250,000 guess to 875,000 on the queen-six-ten flop, and Mikolaitis known as. Coleman led for 1,500,000 after pairing his seven on the flip, and Mikolaitis caught round. On the 4 of spades river, Coleman guess 4,000,000, setting Mikolaitis all-in. Mikolaitis discovered a name however was proven two pair, which despatched him to the rail in second place for $2,104,000, leaving a delighted Coleman to turn out to be a WSOP bracelet winner.

Last Desk Outcomes

PokerNews protection of the 2025 WSOP Paradise continues with the $100,000 Triton Important Occasion. Day 1 noticed the 199-strong subject whittled to 102, with China’s Ye Wang main the way in which.

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the UK, and has labored within the poker trade since 2008, and labored for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he turned the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from dwell reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his position of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.