Ivey Poker Pro Alex Bolotin Wins First Career WSOP Bracelet
Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) June 03, 2014 -- Ivey Poker pro Alex Bolotin won his first career World Series of Poker bracelet at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV. Bolotin took home the first place cash prize of $259, 211 in Event #6 $1,500 NL Hold'em Shootout, beating out a field of 948 players.
A shootout is a three-day event in which each player must win their individual table in order to advance. Every round is its own Sit & Go tournament. The final day of this particular competition saw 12 players return to participate in the Sit & Go. Bolotin advanced to the final round after being down over 4-1 in chips and making an impressive heads-up comeback against Jordan Young. In the end, Bolotin defeated Dimitar Danchev heads-up for the bracelet.
This was Bolotin’s sixth career WSOP final table, and 25th cash. It was also the second time he has been heads-up for a bracelet. He finished runner-up in the $5,000 NL Hold'em Six-Max at the 2007 WSOP for $504,686. Bolotin now has over $2.6 million in live tournament cashes, and is #1 on the Belarus All-Time Money List.
The 45th Annual World Series of Poker encompasses 65 events taking place from May 27, 2014 to July 14. It is the longest-running, largest, and richest poker event of the year, awarding the prestigious gold bracelet to tournament winners, and a diamond-encrusted bracelet plus $10,000,000 to the Main Event winner.
About Ivey Poker
Founded by Phil Ivey, widely considered to be the best all-around poker player in the world, Ivey Poker is developing a suite of poker products and services that both entertain and educate poker players of all levels across the globe. The Ivey Poker app is a free-to-play social and mobile poker game that features educational video content from the world's best poker professionals. Players can compete against and learn from Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius, Greg Merson, Jennifer Harman, Cole South, and many other top players. With Ivey Poker, players learn how to win from the best, and have fun doing it. Ivey Poker acquired Leggo Poker, which has been re-branded as Ivey League, to further establish Ivey Poker as the ultimate educational poker destination.
Acamea Deadwiler, Ivey Poker, http://www.iveypoker.com, +1 (702) 910-3975, [email protected]
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