Justin “Jsaliba2” The first poker tournament cash recorded by Justin ‘Jsaliba2’ arrived in the summer of 2019. In the space of just over two years, Saliba went from making money in from low stakes events to much higher buy-in events. On Thursday July 15, he defeated a field of 188 players to win the 2021 World Series of Online Poker $ 5,300 buy-in no limit hold’em high roller event, winning his first WSOP gold bracelet and the first prize of $ 253,800.

The score increased Saliba’s lifetime tournament earnings to $ 455,167. It was by far his biggest win of all time, surpassing the $ 49,987 he won as seventh place in the recent $ 3,500 buy-in event. Wynn Summer Classic series.

The top 25 won money in this event, with many big names among those cashing in including the three-time bracelet winner and WPT champion Nick ‘Cashusklay Schulman (29th – $ 8,554), double bracelet winner and WPT champion Tony ‘Panoramic’ Dunst (28th – $ 8,554), recent WSOP Online Gionni ‘bracelet winnerCOLDWARKID‘Demers (22nd – $ 8,930), Arkadiy’ Crocofantos’ bracelet winner Tsinis (17th – $ 9,870), bracelet winner Jason ‘Haderade’ Somerville (18th – $ 9,870), current Card player Player of the year race leader Ali ‘SasukeUchiha’ Imsirovic (17th – $ 9,870), bracelet winner Andrew ‘WATCHGUY42’ Lichtenberger (13th – $ 12,220) and two-time bracelet winner Ryan ‘Adopt_aDogg0’ Leng (12th – $ 12,220).

The final table at nine started with ‘OrcinusOrca’ leading in chip count and Saliba in third place. Bracelet winner Jonathan ‘Art.Vandelay’ Dokler scored the first two knockouts of the day, knocking out Michael ‘BrockLesnar’ Holtz (9th – $ 15,980) and Thomas ‘HavanaClub’ Boivin (8th – $ 22,560) to enter the seven-player game with the chip lead.

John ‘Macallan25’ Riordan was the next to drop. The 2021 United States Open Poker The winner of the $ 10,000 big bet mix event went all-in with AK facing the pocket six of ‘OrcinusOrca’. The pocket pair held up to send Riordan down the virtual rail in seventh place ($ 35,720). ‘OrcinusOrca’ continued to pile up, taking the next big stack with a pair of queens against Joshua ‘Zeal1906’ ace-queen Ray to narrow the field to just five players. Ray won $ 47,000 for his deep run.

2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $ 25,000 high roller winner Martin ‘bathroomline’ Zamani has his last eight pre-flop big blinds with A8. he got a call from Jesse ‘Patient0’ Yaginuma’s K9 in the big blind. Yaginuma flopped a pair of Kings and held on to hit Zamani in fifth place ($ 56,400).

Saliba won his first final table elimination when his 106 beat the J9 of ‘OrcinusOrca’ (4th – $ 65,800), which was left out after doubling down on Saliba a few hands before. Saliba dialed dozens by the river to reduce the pitch to three players.

Jesse Yaginuma’s run in this event came to an end when his Aten ran into the AK of Saliba, who made aces and kings on the turn and avoided Yaginuma’s direct exits on the river. Yaginuma won $ 84,600 for the fifth biggest cash of his career.

With that, Saliba took over a 3.5: 1 heads-up chip lead with Jonathan Dokler. It didn’t take long for him to convert that advantage into a title. Saliba limped from the button for 50,000 in total with KJ. Dokler moved all-in for around 10 big blinds with 55. Saliba called and the board fell AK8K7. Saliba won the treble to win the pot and the title, while Dokler took home $ 148,000 for his second place finish.

Here is an overview of the winnings awarded to the final table: