After a lot of near misses, Coniff finally takes down his first bracelet in the $5,000 Champions Reunion.
The first open event of the 2024 World Series of Poker was the $5,000 Champions Reunion. A unique event where if a player knocked out a previous Main Event champion they won a seat to this year’s Main Event.
It attracted a healthy field of 493 players and the final table included David Coleman and poker author Michael Acevedo.
The eventual champion, however, was a familiar name. Asher Coniff took it down for $408,468 and his first career bracelet.
Asher Conniff (@misterashmoney) defeats Halil Tasyurek to secure his first gold @WSOP bracelet in Event #1: $5,000 Champions Reunion.
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Coniff has a World Poker Tour title and a WSOP-C Ring, but the bracelet has previously evaded him. He has had lots of near misses including a 10th place finish in the 2022 Main Event.
He put down his previous deep runs as a reason for his victory last night:
“I think one of the advantages that I have is that I’ve been in live streams and spots before where people can see my cards [on the stream], and there’s bright lights, and it’s stressful. I’ve been here before, so I know what to do.”
Elsewhere in the WSOP the Casino Employees event was won by an actual casino employee, in the form of Jose Garcia, who took it down for $79,134.
| Rank | Player | Country | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asher Conniff | United States | $408,468 |
| 2 | Halil Tasyurek | Turkey | $272,305 |
| 3 | Yuzhou Yin | China | $188,342 |
| 4 | Jonathan Pastore | France | $132,545 |
| 5 | Terry Fleischer | United States | $94,936 |
| 6 | David Coleman | United States | $69,231 |
| 7 | Nenad Dukic | Serbia | $51,416 |
| 8 | Michael Acevedo | Costa Rica | $38,903 |
| 9 | Bryce Welker | United States | $29,999 |
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