Yanting Jiang Wins Her First WSOP Bracelet And $1.16M The Day After Her Birthday
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The best birthday gift is the one you earn yourself. Yanting Jiang spent 10 hours playing the $3K Mid-Stakes Championship NLHE on her birthday — and the very next day, she won the tournament. Here’s her story, along with the other WSOP winners from the latest session.
Yanting Jiang Wins Her First WSOP Bracelet The Day After Her Birthday
Yanting Jiang finished the penultimate day as the chip leader, locking up at least $58.3K. That alone would have been a milestone, as she had earned just over $40K in live tournament cashes before this event. But Jiang wasn’t done yet—she went on to win her first WSOP bracelet and the $1,159,182 top prize.
In her winner’s interview, Jiang shared that she is a single mother of two and said she prays to God every day and accepts whatever He sends her.
Event #89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship No-Limit Hold’em Final Table Payouts (3,668 entries)
| Place | Country | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Yanting Jiang | $1,159,182 |
| 2 | | Chahn Jung | $772,580 |
| 3 | | Yoon Choi | $576,099 |
| 4 | | Maurice Hawkins | $432,875 |
| 5 | | Dylan Lew | $327,767 |
| 6 |  | Punnat Punsri | $250,110 |
| 7 | | Michael Rocco | $192,347 |
| 8 |  | Roberto Romanello | $149,093 |
| 9 |  | Vasileios Panagiotidis | $116,485 |
Johnny Oshana Wins The $300 Gladiators Of Poker For $250K
Johnny Oshana works as a mechanical engineer and has been playing tournaments with buy-ins of up to $1,000 as a hobby for the past 16 years. During that time, he accumulated around $280K in tournament earnings.
He entered the final day second in chips but lost a prefinal-table all-in with pocket fives against Kenneth Baime’s pocket kings, dropping to just 9 BB. After that hand, Oshana told himself he was going to win the tournament because he plays better with a short stack — and he proved himself right. In the end, he and Baime met again in heads-up play.
Event #88: $300 Gladiators Of Poker Final Table Payouts (11,185 entries)
| Place | Country | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Johnny Oshana | $250,000 |
| 2 | | Kenneth Baime | $166,000 |
| 3 | | Ryan Hull | $124,500 |
| 4 | | Luis Genel | $94,000 |
| 5 | | Said El Harrak | $71,350 |
| 6 |  | Valentin Farkas | $54,600 |
| 7 |  | David Hirst | $42,100 |
| 8 | | Sumit Kumar | $32,700 |
| 9 |  | Gary McCoy | $25,550 |
Ori Hasson Wins The $1,500 The Closer For A Career-Best $582.8K
Ori Hasson is a professional poker player with more than $1.7 million in career tournament earnings. After busting the WSOP Main Event in 756th place for $25K, he jumped into the $1,500 The Closer and went all the way, winning both the bracelet and a new career-best score.
Event #93: $1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold’em Final Table Payouts (3,724 entries)
| Place | Country | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Ori Hasson | $582,800 |
| 2 |  | Kevin Song | $388,550 |
| 3 | | Maurice Tan | $290,000 |
| 4 |  | Dragos Anton | $217,500 |
| 5 | | Yita Choong | $164,600 |
| 6 |  | Safwane Bahri | $125,550 |
| 7 | | Todd Lewis | $96,550 |
| 8 |  | Arturas Astrauskas | $75,000 |
| 9 | | Stephen Decker | $58,500 |
The $10K WSOP Main Event Final Table Is Set
Twenty-two-year-old Lucas Jumalon leads the final table with 129 BB. Before this event, he had recorded just over $180K in live tournament earnings. He has now locked up at least $1 million, while the eventual champion will take home $10 million.
| Place | Country | Player | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Lucas Jumalon | 129 BB |
| 2 |  | Rami Hammoud | 53 BB |
| 3 | | Jamie Shaevel | 37 BB |
| 4 | | Greg Mueller | 32 BB |
| 5 | | Michael Gagliano | 31 BB |
| 6 | | Mario Boos | 29 BB |
| 7 |  | Lauri Saaskilahti | 25 BB |
| 8 | | Han Feng | 17 BB |
| 9 |  | Evagoras Evagorou | 15 BB |
We’ll take a closer look at each of the finalists in a separate article.
Main photo by Regina Cortina. Source: PokerNews.com.
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