Roland Israelashvili first cashed in a World Series of Poker gold bracelet event back in 2005, finishing 31st in a $3,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em event for $9,755. In the two decades that have followed that score, Israelashvili has accumulated 253 in-the-money finishes in bracelet events, the most of any player without a bracelet and the second-most of any player, period, according to the WSOP’s official leaderboards. Only seven-time bracelet Daniel Negreanu has more cashes than Israelashvili, with 267 recorded in-the-money finishes in bracelet events.
After all those deep runs, Israelashvili finally broke through and secured his first WSOP bracelet with his latest cash. The 66-year-old from Forest Hills, New York took down the 2024 WSOP Online $400 ‘PLOSSUS’ pot-limit Omaha progressive knockout six-max event on Oct. 26, earning $23,519.85 in total prize money along with the long-awaited jewelry.
The full real-name results have not been posted, but we can confirm that the listed winning screen name of ‘prngls12’ has been linked to Israelashvili. The tournament drew a field of 44 entries, with a prize pool of $159,840.
Three-time bracelet winner Ari Engel took to social media to congratulate Israelashvili, saying, “Take Roland off that list! Congrats to one of everyone’s favorite grinders, Roland Israelashvili, on his first bracelet!”
Later in that thread Engel notes that he himself was knocked out of the tournament by Israelashvili.
While this was the first bracelet for Israelashvili, it was far his first WSOP hardware. He has 11 WSOP Circuit gold rings in his collection, with his 261 WSOPC cashes being the most of any player.