For more than 30 years, California Casino owner Wil wilkinson Grinding World series of pokerEight final tables, 20 cash and career win records more than $ 1 million.
One thing Wilkinson had never done, however, a bracelet was winning. He left his son, Alex wilkinsonWhich finally brought the prestigious piece of WSOP Gold Jewelery back to his family today Event #71: $ 10,000 2-7 triple draw championship,
Wilkinson said after dispatch, “It was a long three-hand fight and I am a little tired, but I feel good. I’m happy.” Matthew Shreyer 141-Khiladi to strengthen the area and capture $ 333,054 top award.
He said, “I don’t know if I deserve to be one first,” he said, “But I am. I will take it.”
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Event #71: $ 10,000 2-7 triple draw championship final table results
Place | Player | Country | Repayment (USD) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Alexander wilkinson | United States | $ 333,054 |
2 | Matthew Shreyer | United States | $ 215,848 |
3 | Nick Shulman | United States | $ 144,431 |
4 | High park | United States | $ 99,885 |
5 | Brian Tate | United States | $ 71,475 |
6 | Yuri Dazivelevsky | Brazil | $ 52,985 |
With looking at his father on rail, Wilkinson fought with Shreyber and seven -time bracelet winner, Nick Shulman For a three-hand game over four hours. It was a swing, back and forth competition, every player took a bend by holding the chip lead and falling to a small pile. During the wild swings in the Fortune, Wilkinson tried to distract any of them from his final goal.
“I never felt really upset. Triple draw is a very swing game. I had no bets for some time. In Poker, it does not help you to be angry or disappointed, so I just tried to rest and saw what happened. All this work,” he said.
This was not the first time that Wilkinson displayed his skills at 2-7. In 2016 and 2021 with third place in 2016 and 2021, the final table of the same incident is being made in 2016 and 2021. The owner of the California Grand Casino has scored several deep runs in a PPC final table and the main event, and his son was running only on his footsteps.

The 33 -year -old young Wilkinson, who is currently the managing partner of an venture capital firm located in Las Vegas, finished ninth in the event in 2023. Prior to today, his alone WSOP final table was third in the $ 1,500 2-7 triple draw last year. Success in the game, it seems, walks in the family.
Wilkinson grew up following his father in the WSOP events and credits that he motivated him to take the game himself. “Growing up, I remember that I was sweating my father deeply in the main event and deeply in these separate tournaments at Wsop.com.
Day 3 action
Day 3 started with the last nine players, at 1 pm local time Horssho event center, Jonathan Crala And Pedro bromfman Stir within a few minutes the first few minutes to set the last table of seven-hand.
Schreber, Start-of-Day Chip Leader, was still leading to start the final table with 1,900,000, while Wilkinson was in the middle of the pack with 900,000. Wilkinson climbed to over 1,500,000, when he earned 8-6 in three-legs, three-way pots. He then took another three-way pot and crossed 2,000,000 to take a chip lead on the first break of the final table.
Oscar Johansson Small was left after an encounter with Wilkinson, and once he managed to double, he eventually ran away Brian Tate8-5 to fall in seventh position.
Brazilian superstar Yuri DazivelevskyAfter that, its normal contingent of the media experienced a rollercaster in the final table, to bring back its exploits home. He began with 1,200,000 but decreased by 400,000. He finally climbed up again before he fell into the sixth when he was drawing 8–5, but could not join Tate’s K-6–5-3-2.

Tate, whose porridge company had felt one of the event sponsors, was next to fall, Pat stood with 8–7, while Shulman took one with 8-4–3–2. Shulman caught the sixes on his last card to win the pot and send Tate to the fifth place. Schreber then made against 9-7 High park9-8 to bust the last WSOP Main event finalist in the fourth.
The first four termination in the final table occurred relatively quick, but it would not be for several more hours until there was another movement. Wilkinson jumped for an early lead, but Shirir moved from 4,000,000 after taking two utensils from Shulman. Schreber ran into a wheel in two hands in a row and quickly returned to 2,000,000, while Shulman went into the chip lead. Wilkinson then selected Shreyer with a Q -7 and crossed a 75 -minute dinner brake to win 4,000,000.

Take it down
Schreber, imitating his first last table appearance in this summer when he finally succumbed Beni Glasar In the choice of $ 1,500 dealers after several miraculous return, the leaderboard fell back to 500,000 before raising another charge. Just 30 minutes later, he tied Wilkinson to the chip lead.
Wilkinson earned 7-6 in a four-leg pot against Shreyber, while Shulman fell less than 1,000,000 before climbing 2,500,000. Wilkinson won another four-leg pot from Shulman to drop the future hall of fame back down. Shulman managed to double after catching 9–7, but it was credit, who began to pull away, Vilkinson fell on a small pile after approaching around 6,000,000.
Wilkinson captured 8-7 and won a big pot from Shreyiber and finally dropped Shulman from 8-7-4-3-3 of Shulman 8-7-4-4-3-3, denied Shulman of this series. Schreber led 4,625,000 to 3,825,000 at the beginning of the head-up, but Wilkinson quickly grabbed the chip lead as Schreiber explained his bad luck.

“You can’t make this nonsense,” Shreyber cried because he only fell to 500,000, good for only two big stakes. Wilkinson then completed 10–7, while Shreyibar was in all and was drawing 7-6. He caught nine on his first card to keep his hopes alive, but was his second ace as Wilkinson won the title.
It was a long, fierce three-way fight, but the Wilkinson family had already been waiting for this moment for decades. “It has been a long journey,” Will said during the last break of the night. Alex finally took the bracelet home, and in the game that has been passed from generation to generation.
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