Three more World Series of Poker gold bracelets have been secured in recent events in the WSOP Online International Series currently ongoing at the WSOP's online partner, GGPoker. Among them was Israel's Leonid Yanovich, playing from Austria, who became the second Israeli national to claim bracelet gold in the past week by winning Event #10, the $1,050 "Beat the Pros" Bounty tourney.
Yanovich was joined in the list of of recent winners by China's Jinlong "yiliuqi" Hu, who won Event #11, the $100 "Flip & GO" NLH event, and Spain's Sergio Ballestin "nextgoal" Mur, who took down Event #9, $320 Bounty No-Limit Hold'em.
Yanovich dominated the late stages of the Beat the Pros bounty tourney, collecting several large bounties on his way to the bracelet win. Altogether, Yanovich collected $110,842.95, and almost two thirds of that, $72,582.10, came from bounties, including a healthy bump for eliminating the eventual runner-up, Irish pro Gary Thompson, who played from the UAE. Thompson earned over $49,000 in combined payout and bounties for his second deep run of the series.
Other prominent finishers included Greece's Georgios Manousos, who began the final table with the lead but eventually finished fourth for a combined total of nearly $32,000, and the US's Ryan Riess, who finished seventh. Riess, the 2013 WSOP Main Event champion, earned over $24,000 in combined prize and bounties while playing from Mexico. The event drew 956 entries, resulting in a $956,000 prize pool.
