Defending Champ Jonathan Tamayo Wins Lucky Flip for WSOP Main Event Seat

Reigning World Collection of Poker (WSOP) Principal Occasion champion Jonathan Tamayo flipped his manner into this yr’s championship occasion, which means he will not even must put up the $10,000 buy-in to defend his title.

Tamayo introduced on Sunday that he received a WSOP On-line $160 All-In Flipament, a flip-and-go-style occasion that places gamers all-in blind and that wants 64 gamers to run, in line with Kevin Mathers.

Tamayo demonstrated his luck a yr in the past when he navigated the most important WSOP Principal Occasion area in historical past to win $10 million. The longtime poker professional from Texas proved luck continues to be on his facet in 2025.

“I received the 3pm one it appears,” Tamayo wrote on X.

Jonathan Tamayo Wins Report-Breaking 2024 WSOP Principal Occasion ($10,000,000)

Tamayo Wins $160 Satellite tv for pc

The Principal Occasion has a wealthy historical past of gamers satelliting in for a fraction of the buy-in, pitting hometown hopefuls and on-line recreationals in opposition to deep-pocketed execs and skilled gamers.

In 1983, Tom McEvoy received the WSOP Principal Occasion for $540,000 (defeating Doyle Brunson within the course of) after profitable a $38 satellite tv for pc, making him the primary satellite tv for pc world champion.

Twenty years later, Chris Moneymaker received the 2003 Principal Occasion after coming into through satellite tv for pc in one of many pivotal occasions that ignited the Poker Increase.

There are many alternatives for gamers to satellite tv for pc into poker’s most prestigious occasion, together with by means of the $160 All-In Flipaments. These run each day on WSOP On-line, which is obtainable in Nevada, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Ontario.

Tamayo has cashed two occasions for the reason that begin of the 2025 WSOP, together with an Eighty fifth-place end within the $800 Deepstack occasion for $3,699. He has additionally cashed occasions on the Aria Poker Traditional and the Wynn Summer time Traditional.

Tamayo is an upcoming visitor on the PokerNews Life Outdoors Poker podcast. The interview with Tamayo, which covers his Principal Occasion win and extra, will air on Tuesday, June 24 at 8 a.m. Pacific Time.

Connor Richards is a Senior Editor U.S. for PokerNews and host of the Life Outdoors Poker podcast. Connor has been nominated for 3 International Poker Awards for his writing.