Artur Martirosian Nabs Fourth World Series Of Poker Bracelet - Poker News

Artur Martirosian has a constant file of outcomes courting again virtually a decade, however during the last 5 years, his event resume cements him among the many finest excessive rollers on this planet. On June 8, the 28-year-old claimed his fourth profession World Sequence of Poker bracelet, all received within the final 4 years.

Martirosian emerged victorious within the $25,000 six-handed no-limit maintain’em excessive curler, securing $1,286,285 for the win. This was his eighth profession seven-figure dwell consequence, and his second such rating in 2026. This triumph prolonged Martirosian’s lifetime event earnings to over $40 million, far and away essentially the most of any Russian poker participant in historical past.

This follows a pair of WSOP victories in 2023 and the $25,000 WSOP heads-up championship title in 2025. He additionally has 4 Triton Tremendous Excessive Curler Sequence wins to his title.

Martirosian defeated his buddy, Czech professional Pavel Plesuv, to seal one other spectacular victory. Plesuv, who received the 2023 WSOP Millionaire Maker, and a World Poker Tour title in 2018, settled for $857,510, the third-largest dwell results of his profession.

“I do know Pavel fairly properly and we’re good mates and he’s an excellent participant,” Martirosian informed PokerNews’ Connor Richards. “It was powerful heads up. [He was the] finest opponent from [the] closing desk, after me.”

Excessive curler standout Sean Winter fell simply shy of his first bracelet, settling for third place ($597,635). His profession recorded earnings eclipsed $39 million with this podium end.

Martirosian Builds Chip Lead In opposition to Austrians

The ultimate day of motion within the 2026 WSOP $25,000 six-max no-limit maintain’em excessive curler started at an unofficial closing desk, with seven gamers remaining. They’d come a great distance from the sphere of 242 who took their shot at this bracelet, making a prize pool of $5,687,000 within the course of. A number of heavy hitters fell simply shy of the ultimate day, together with 10-time bracelet winner and Poker Corridor of Famer Erik Seidel, who went out in ninth place ($89,378).

Winter had the chip lead, adopted by Martirosian. Likelihood Kornuth began seven-handed play on a really quick stack, however discovered a number of doubles early on the ultimate day to stay within the hunt.

Klemens Roiter

Austria’s Klemens Roiter fell beneath ten huge blinds, and obtained the final of his chips in with A♦J♣ from the small blind. Martirosian known as within the huge blind with Q♦10♠. Roiter remained forward by way of the flip of an A♥Okay♠10♣8♣ board, however Martiroisan spiked a jack on the river to bust Roiter in seventh place ($159,884). This was his ninth final-table end of 2026. With 4,203 Card Participant Participant of the Yr factors, he now sits in ninth within the total standings.

Kornuth made a pay soar and positioned himself for the potential of much more in one other all-in pot. The four-time bracelet winner picked up A♦Okay♥ and had a big benefit over Yosuke Miki’s A♣Q♣. However a queen on the flop and one other on the flip spelled doom for Kornuth, in sixth place ($218,091).

It was round this level within the event that Martirosian took over the chip lead. He wouldn’t cede that benefit once more for an extended stretch. He took out one other Austrian participant, Marius Gierse, in a battle of blinds. Martirosian’s Okay♥3♥ flopped the nut flush towards Gierse’s two-pair, aces and nines. Gierse, whose earlier finest exhibiting on the WSOP was a second-place end in a $5,000 no-limit maintain’em/pot-limit Omaha occasion in 2022, went out in fifth ($301,347).

Extra Gold For Martirosian

Miki was making an attempt to make it three bracelets for Japan within per week on the 2026 WSOP. He was coming off of his first ever six-figure dwell event money in March, at Triton Jeju. Now Miki was within the combine four-handed for a bracelet and a seven-figure money. He ultimately took a stand towards Martirosian with A♣10♦ and failed to attach with the board towards Martirosian’s A♥J♦. Miki completed in fourth place, good for $421,718, his second-largest consequence so far.

Winter’s stack tumbled, however he stood robust as three-handed play continued. He picked off a giant bluff from Plesuv, accurately calling off his stack with ace-high on the river of a 4♣4♠3♠J♥2♠ board. However a cooler quickly thereafter dashed Winter’s hopes that this might lastly be the day for his first bracelet win. Winter three-bet shoved a Okay♥Q♦9♥ flop, and Plesuv snap-called with a set of nines. Winter’s A♠Okay♦ paled compared, and although Winter picked up a gutshot straight draw on the flip, it wasn’t meant to be.

For the primary time in hours, Martirosian wasn’t within the chip lead. Plesuv’s elimination of Winter gave him a slight edge to start out heads-up play. He and Martirosian traded the large stack a number of occasions early on of their heads-up match. Martirosian went on a run and took a 7:1 chip lead, however Plesuv held powerful, doubling up and choosing up sufficient pots to remain afloat.

Ultimately, it got here all the way down to a coin flip, with Plesuv in place to doubtlessly even up the chip counts but once more. Plesuv limp-shoved with A♥9♦, and Martirosian known as with pocket fours. Martirosian dodged every little thing on a Okay♠10♣3♥Q♠5♣ runout to safe his newest victory.

One other Massive Yr In 2026

After ending fifth within the 2025 POY race, Martirosian is correct again within the thick of issues in 2026. For this win, Martirosian earned 1,428 POY factors, pushing him into 14th on the yearlong leaderboard introduced by CoinPoker. This was his third title and tenth final-table end to this point in 2026.

This occasion’s lofty buy-in additionally certified it as an official PokerGO Tour occasion. Martirosian banked 700 PGT factors in direction of the season-long high-stakes leaderboard in his first qualifying consequence for that tour in 2026. That’s ok for a tie for thirteenth place in a single consequence, although he’ll should put up outcomes contained in the PokerGO Studio in some unspecified time in the future this season to qualify for the $1 million PGT Championship.

Artur Does It Once more

One in all poker’s most feared high-stakes gamers has one other WSOP title.

Artur Martirosian topped the 242-entry area in Occasion #24: $25,000 Excessive Curler 6-Handed, incomes his fourth WSOP bracelet and $1,302,125. pic.twitter.com/pyiQIUGq1Z

— WSOP – World Sequence of Poker (@WSOP) June 9, 2026