Mike Gorodinsky wins WSOP’s Poker Players Championship
Phil Hellmuth, center, looks at the dealer as opponent Mike Gorodinsky, left, stacks chips during the World Series of Poker's $10,000 buy-in Razz Championship on Monday night at the Rio Convention Center. Hellmuth added to his all-time record with his 14th career bracelet. (David Schoen/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Mike Gorodinsky won the $50,000 buy-in Poker Players Championship tournament at the World Series of Poker early Friday at the Rio Convention Center.
Gorodinsky, a professional poker player living in San Diego, took home $1,270,086 and the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy, named in honor of the late poker pro from Las Vegas. He defeated Las Vegas resident and former “Survivor: China” contestant Jean-Robert Bellande after a 3½-hour heads-up duel.
The tournament, which had the second-largest buy-in of this year’s WSOP, is one of the most coveted titles as participants play 10 variations of the game.
