Josh Arieh added a fifth WSOP bracelet to his impressive career results on Sunday, his third bracelet in the last three years. He conquered Event #22: $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship for $316,226 after he overcame 134 runners to make for his second career limit hold'em bracelet.
With the win, the poker world started some buzz about Arieh’s resume as a potential poker hall of famer. The 48 year old from Atlanta has certainly put himself into the conversation with a very strong last few years for of play at the WSOP.
Arieh’s career goes back a long ways as his first bracelet came in 1999 in a $3,000 Limit Hold’em event when he was just 24 years old. As many poker fans will remember, he then would burst onto the scene and become a well-known name after a third place finish in the 2004 WSOP Main Event broadcasted nationally on ESPN during the height on the poker boom where he engaged in memorable three-handed play with David Williams and Greg Raymer. In 2005, the freshly more famous Arieh added his second bracelet in a Pot-Limit Omaha event.
Arieh would continue to play the WSOP each year for over a decade and post a few good results here and there, but while he was still remembered for his 2004 run, nobody would have had him in any hall of fame talk.
