It took nearly two decades and three agonizing runner-up finishes, but Matt Vengrin is finally a World Series of Poker champion.
Vengrin outlasted a field of 1,564 entries in Event #54: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed to claim his long-awaited first bracelet and a career-best $306,791 payday. The final day began with 11 hopefuls, but by night’s end, it was Vengrin standing tall at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, having defeated Bryce Yockey heads-up for the title.
The victory pushes Vengrin’s lifetime earnings past the $2 million mark and erases years of near misses dating back to his first WSOP cash in 2007.