The 2024 WSOP is off and running and Brooklyn-based poker pro Asher Conniff won the first gold bracelet of the year after taking down Event #1, the ‘Champions Reunion’ tournament which offered some interesting bounties.
This year’s World Series of Poker series started with the all-new ‘Champions Reunion’ event as the first tournament of the Summer. Every living champion of the WSOP Main Event received free entry in to the $5,000 buy-in event *AND* every player that knocked out a former WSOP Main Event champion from the event received an automatic entry ($10,000) into the 2024 World Series of Poker Main Event.
Asher Conniff won the first gold bracelet of the Summer after beating Turkey’s Halil Tasyurek heads-up. Halil had a commanding chip lead early in the heads-up match. At one point, he had 19.75M chips to Conniff’s 4.9M chips but a lucky all-in turned the tides:
Asher Conniff (@misterashmoney) goes all in to try to keep his bracelet hopes alive 😅
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With chip stacks pretty even, Asher Conniff edged ahead on this hand:
⚠️Asher Conniff (@misterashmoney) has taken the chip lead ⚠️
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And with pocket 10s, Conniff was able to seal the deal for his first gold bracelet and the first gold bracelet won at the 2024 WSOP:
Asher Conniff (@misterashmoney) defeats Halil Tasyurek to secure his first gold @WSOP bracelet in Event #1: $5,000 Champions Reunion.
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Asher Conniff took home $408,468 in addition to the gold bracelet. He also earned 1,107.8 Player of the Year points for his win.
Conniff has over $4.3 million in live poker earnings according to the Hendon Mob database with his biggest cash coming in at $973K. ALL of this Summer’s 2024 WSOP action can be streamed on PokerGo.