Alexander Wilkinson Wins 1st WSOP Bracelet in $10k 2-7 Triple Draw

Alexander Wilkinson is now a World Series of Poker bracelet winner after emerging victorious in Event #71: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Championship. Wilkinson topped the 141-entrant field to win the $333,054 first-place prize and 333 PGT points.

Wilkinson's poker tournament resume has developed predominantly over the past few years. According to The Hendon Mob, his lifetime tournament earnings total $455,951, which includes eight WSOP cashes and two WSOP final tables.

The final day in Event #71 returned with nine players after the likes of Roland Israelashvili, Yuval Bronshtein, John Monnette, Frank Brannan, Jon Shoreman, "Crazy" Mike Thorpe, and Hal Rotholz all finished in the money on Day 2.

Jonathan Krela was the first to fall when he drew to an eight but couldn't best Oscar Johansson's nine-eight. WSOP bracelet winner Pedro Bromfman exited in eighth when he was all-in and paired against Yuri Dzivielevski's eight-six.

Matthew Schreiber began the final table as the chip leader as Johansson would be the first casualty when he was drawing dead to Brian Tate's eight-five. Dzivielevski was eliminated in sixth by Tate when both players were drawing one. The Brazilian paired while Tate caught a king to trim the field to five.

Tate was the next to fall when his pat eight-seven was outdrawn by Nick Schulman's eight-six. Hye Park was eliminated in fourth after patting an inferior nine-low to Schreiber's nine-seven.

The chips circulated among the final three with each player holding the lead at some point before the dinner break. Schulman's quest for an eighth WSOP bracelet would be put on hold when he was all-in with eight-seven-five against the eight-seven-four of Wilkinson. 

Schreiber began heads-up play with a slight lead over Wilkinson, but the lead quickly flipped as Wilkinson surged ahead to a three-to-one advantage. Wilkinson then took two big pots from Schreiber, one with a pair of deuces to his pair of tens, and then one with an ace-eight low. Wilkinson now had a 7.9 million to 500k chip lead, and the final hand played out with Wilkinson drawing and making a ten-seven while Schreiber making an ace-nine to be eliminated in second place. 

2025 WSOP Event #71: $10,000 2-7 Triple Draw Championship Results

Event #71 of the 2025 World Series of Poker was the 21st PGT-qualifying event of the series, and with Alexander Wilkinson's victory, he moves to 97th on the PGT leaderboard. Nick Schulman's third-place finish pushed his PGT points total up to 1,673, closing the gap between him and current PGT leaderboard front-runner Alex Foxen to just 73 PGT points.

Yuri Dzivielevski moves to 86th on the PGT leaderboard with his seventh cash of the season.

PGT Leaderboard Top 10 

These are the leaderboard standings as of Sunday, June 29, 2025. The complete and current PGT leaderboard is at pgt.com/leaderboard.

The next eligible WSOP event to earn PGT points is the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship, which begins on Saturday, June 28. On Monday, June 30, the $10,000 Stud Hi-Lo Championship will commence, while on Tuesday, July 1, the inaugural $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller will begin. Wednesday, July 2, will see the commencement of two PGT events. The $10,000 8-Game Mix Championship and the $10,000 Main Event. The WSOP Main Event will have Day 1 from July 2 to 5, while players can still enter on Day 2ABC and Day 2D.

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