From a field of 566 entries, the 2023 World Series of Poker $1,500 seven card stud eight-or-better event came down to a battle between Marcin Horecki and four-time bracelet winner Mike Matusow. In the end, Horecki came away with the title, scooping up his first bracelet and the top prize of $155,275. The Polish player now has nearly $1.2 million in lifetime tournament earnings after this latest win.
Matusow took home $95,957 as the runner-up. The 54-year-old 2023 Poker Hall of Fame finalist is approaching $9.8 million in career cashes after this recording his seventh podium finish at the series.
Horecki became just the second Polish player ever to win a WSOP bracelet, and the first to do so in a live event. In 2021, Dominik Panka took down a $2,100 buy-in bounty event during the WSOP Online festival to become the first player from Poland to have captured the gold.
Horecki came into the third and final day of this tournament in 14th place with 18 contenders remaining. James Cheung started out at the top of the leaderboard and went on to finish fourth.
