Congratulations to Bohdan Slyvinskyi, who received his first WSOP Circuit ring this week after victory within the WSOPC Atlantic Metropolis Essential Occasion.
The 47-year-old Ukrainian defeated Demetrius Campbell heads-up and topped a 635-player discipline, profitable $177,562 within the course of.
In line with reporting, Slyvinskyi took the chip lead after a three-way all-in with twelve gamers left. He led the ultimate seven gamers forward of the ultimate day, and eradicated all however one among his remaining opponents to safe victory.
Slyvinskyi can be set to go to WSOP Paradise later this 12 months, receiving a $5,000 Ticket to Paradise package deal and computerized qualification for the $5M assured WSOP Circuit Championship.
Up till this event, the most important event money of Slyvinskyi’s profession was $111,740 after a sixth-place end within the 2024 WSOP Colossus. This summer time, he cashed once more within the Colossus whereas additionally ending thirty fourth within the $1,500 6-Max.
Earlier this 12 months, he narrowly missed out on his first WSOP Circuit ring with a runner-up end within the WSOPC Illinois Mini Essential, taking house $58,040.
Slyvinskyi has already tasted event success in in 2025. In January, he received a $400 PLO Monster Stack occasion on the MSPT 100 Grand Stack Pageant in Milwaukee for $13,696. With 4 months left within the 12 months, there’s nonetheless time to make it a hat-trick of victories within the calendar 12 months.
Based mostly in the UK, Will began working for PokerNews as a contract dwell reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time workers in 2019. He now works as Managing Editor.
He graduated from the College of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He additionally holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports activities Journalism.