Mike Gorodinsky Wins 5th WSOP Bracelet in $10k 8-Game Championship

Mike Gorodinsky is now a five-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner after emerging victorious in Event #82: $10,000 8-Game Championship. Gorodinsky secured the $422,421 first-place prize and 422 PGT points after defeating Eric Wasserson once the event extended into an additional day.

Gorodinsky's fifth WSOP bracelet puts him in a tie with fellow mixed-game maestros such as Eli Elezra, Yuri Dzivielevski, Adam Friedman, Robert Mizrachi, John Monnette, Bradley Ruben, Brian Yoon, and Anthony Zinno.  Gorodinsky has won five WSOP bracelets in a span of 13 years. He won his first in 2013 in the $2,500 OE for $216,988 before winning the $50,000 Poker Players Championship in 2015 for $1,270,086. In 2023, Gorodinsky won the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship for $422,747 before winning his fourth in 2024 at WSOP Paradise in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha for $393,250.

This score propels Gorodinsky to more than $5,570,000 in lifetime tournament earnings, according to The Hendon Mob. Gorordinsky is now 376th on the All-Time Money List.

The 195-entrant field would see 30 players finish in the money, including Joe Cassidy, John Racener, James Obst, Alex Livingston, Aaron Kupin, Dario Sammartino, Vanessa Selbst, Alexander Wilkinson, Brad Ruben, Brian Yoon, Brian Hastings, Todd Brunson, and Jeremy Ausmus, who finished on the bubble of the final table. Thomas Taylor continued his impressive WSOP with a seventh-place finish, while Bradley Jansen and Kahle Burns exited in sixth and fifth place, respectively. The out-of-retirement Brian Tate was eliminated in fourth place before Jon Turner exited in third.

Gorodinsky began heads-up play with Wasserson holding the chip advantage. Wasserson closed the gap and then took a huge pot in Pot-Limit Omaha with a full house. Wasserson was on cruise control before play halted on Day 3, with Wasserson holding a 10.1 million to 1.6 million chip advantage. Gorodinsky worked on closing the gap before he took a No-Limit Hold'em hand from Wasserson to now be in the lead. The final hand would happen in that same orbit when Wasserson was all-in with a flush and straight draw against Gorodinsky's top pair. The river bricked out, and Gorodinsky became a five-time WSOP bracelet winner.

2025 WSOP Event #82: $10,000 8-Game Championship Results

Event #82 of the 2025 World Series of Poker was the 27th PGT-qualifying event of the series. With Mike Gorodinsky's victory, he moves to 56th on the PGT leaderboard with 629 PGT points and six cashes. Eric Wasserson is now 82nd following his seventh cash of the season, and Jon Turner is sitting 156th. Brian Tate collected his fourth cash of the season and is 152nd, while Kahle Burns collected his first cash of the season. Bradley Jansen sits 235th, and Thomas Taylor sits 188th on the PGT leaderboard. Jeremy Ausmus finished in eighth place and is now 77th on the PGT leaderboard with 486 PGT points.

PGT Leaderboard Top 10 

These are the leaderboard standings as of Saturday, July 5, 2025. The complete and current PGT leaderboard is at pgt.com/leaderboard.

The next eligible WSOP event to earn PGT points is the Event #88: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller on Wednesday, July 9. Beginning on Saturday, July 12, is the Event #94: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship, while the final PGT-qualifying event of the series is the Event #98: $25,000 H.O.R.S.E. High Roller. The WSOP Main Event continues to accept registrations through Day 2D on Monday, July 7. 

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