Steven Wolanksy is the most recent champion on the 2016 World Series of Poker. The 28-year-old poker pro based out of Florida topped a field of 2,076 entries to win the newest $1,000 no-limit hold’em event, earning his second WSOP gold bracelet and the $298,849 first-place prize. Wolanksy, who won his first bracelet two years ago in a $1,500 no-limit deuce-to-seven lowball event, was just as excited to emerge victorious this time around.

“This win is solely as meaningful, if not more,” Wolansky told WSOP.com after he came out on top. “The first one I won was more about me desirous to avenge my second-place finish the former year. I lost heads-up and that motivated me to prove to myself I'LL do it. But this time, it was much more money and plus the percentages I needed to overcome.”

Wolanksy came into the third and what was imagined to be final day in fifth chip position among 19 remaining players. He made his approach to heads-up play against Wenlong Jin, starting the overall showdown at just over a 2-to-1 chip disadvantage. The 2 battled for 85 hands before play was halted for the night with stacks nearly even, forcing the overall two to go back for a decisive fourth day.

Wolansky was capable of seize control right away, winning seven of the primary ten hands to take a slight lead after which extending it from there. Jing kept battling but by the point the general hand arose Wolanksy held greater than a 2-to-1 lead.

With blinds of 80,000 – 160,000 and an ate of 20,000 Wolanksy moved all in from the button with the 88 and Jin called with the QJ. The board ran out K8784 to provide Wolansky quad eights, the title and the bracelet. Jin earned $184,631 for his deep run.

Here is a glance on the payouts and POY points made at this final table:

Place	Player	Earnings (USD)	POY Points
1	Steven Wolansky	$298,849	1080
2	Wenlong Jin	$184,631	900
3	Bradley Myers	$133,955	720
4	Young Eum	$98,150	540
5	Justin Zaki	$72,634	450
6	Dejan Boskovic	$54,294	360
7	Walter Rodriguez	$40,999	270
8	Zaher Sayegh	$31,278	180
9	Danny Illingworth	$24,111	90

For more coverage from the summer series, visit the 2016 WSOP landing page complete with an entire schedule, news, player interviews and event recaps.

Winner photo courtesy of WSOP.

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