Blaze 'skillz225' Gaspari takes home a WSOP victory

10 July 2023

Yesterday's action on WSOP.com saw Blaze "skillz225" Gaspari defeat Matthew "Sucra71" Gillingham in the final two to become the most recent online bracelet winner for $224,816.

Gaspari has found success under the WSOP umbrella before, picking up two online Circuit rings in 2022. He has 24 WSOP cashes, all coming from the virtual felt.

Event #15: $1,000 NLH Championship saw 883 players rebuy 482 times, which resulted in a 1,365-entry field that awarded its $1,228,500 prize pool to the top 180 finishers.

$50,000 High Roller winner Leon "ShepelSimp" Sturm made the final table and bowed out in eighth-place for $21,622. 2023 PCA Main Event fifth-place finisher Alexandre "raking-even" Raymond also put in a deep run and came third for just shy of six-figures.

Raymond made one of the folds of the year in The Bahamas after he quickly and correctly laid down a full house on the final table.

Final table results:
Place Player Country Prize
1 Blaze "skillz225" Gaspari United States $224,816
2 Matthew "Sucra71" Gillingham Canada $138,821
3 Alexandre "raking-even" Raymond Canada $98,649
4 Jeff "Yarch1" Yarchever United States $71,253
5 Ryan "Shrug" Van Sanford United States $51,843
6 Chris "battenfield" Battenfield United States $38,206
7 Matthew "MDInvest" Davis United States $28,624
8 Leon "ShepelSimp" Sturm (pictured) Germany $21,622
9 David "d2013" Gago United States $16,585

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