Finland's First 3-Time Champ, Win After 20 Years & More

First three-time champion from Finland, a win after 20 years of playing, and a big score for a Mexican jeweler

🇫🇮 Eelis Parssinen — the first three-time champion from Finland!The Finnish high roller won Event #64: $25,000 High Roller PLO/NLH Mixed, taking home $1,172,296. In the final, he outplayed his countryman Juha Helppi — this was the first all-Finnish heads-up in WSOP history. Parssinen won his second bracelet just a week ago in the $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha event.

🇫🇷 Lionel Barracano won a bracelet after 20 years in poker

The 60-year-old Frenchman won Event #61: $1,000 Super Seniors for players aged 60 and up, which drew 3,323 entries. For first place he received $355,263 and his debut bracelet.

The key hand came in the top 5, when he went all-in with A-8 against Kevin Song's pocket jacks — an ace caught on the turn lifted the Frenchman from last place to second in chips. In the heads-up, Barracano held with jacks against A-3, and in the tournament's final hand played out a classic cooler — his pocket fives caught a set on the flop against his opponent's pocket fours.

🇲🇽 Jeweler from Cancun wins $449,067

Mexican player Ciro Gonzalez registered for Event #65: $1,500 Freezeout NLH on a friend's advice and beat a field of 2,617 entrants.

In the key hand, Ciro caught a backdoor flush on the river against his opponent's set of fives, became the chip leader, and eliminated 6 of the 8 players at the final table. Before that day, the 60-year-old jewelry business owner had never won a five-figure sum in poker.