Jamie Dwan won his first World Series of Poker bracelet on Saturday, taking Event #90, the $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em in Las Vegas, for $2,276,691. He beat Daniel Rezaei heads-up after a final run that also sent Bryn Kenney and Daniel Negreanu to the rail.
PokerNews reported that the final 13 returned on July 11 at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. The 202-entry field built a $9.595 million prize pool and paid 31 places.
The victory was a major leap for Dwan. Before this tournament, his lifetime live earnings were about $806,000, and his previous best score was $76,254 for fourth place in the 2025 EPT Malta €3,250 Mystery Bounty Event.
Earlier final-day exits included Chris Brewer in 13th for $122,526 and Erik Seidel in 11th for $146,295, before Kristen Foxen went out in ninth for $179,480. Card Player noted that Dwan spent much of the final table as the shortest stack. He picked off Josef Schusteritsch in fifth for $526,030, then doubled with pocket queens against pocket kings when the flop brought a queen, and Rezaei pulled ahead four-handed.
From there, the finish tightened around the biggest names left. Dwan eliminated Daniel Negreanu when ace-king ran into his pocket nines, Bryn Kenney finished third for $1,041,908, and Rezaei took a near 5:1 chip lead into heads-up play after knocking Kenney out.
Rezaei briefly appeared set to close it out, but Dwan fought back to the lead and sealed the title when his A♣J♦ held against Rezaei’s A♠10♠ on a board that paired once. The win earned him 1,530 Card Player Player of the Year points, lifting his total to 2,100, plus 600 PokerGO Tour points, while Rezaei’s runner-up finish brought 1,275 POY points and moved him to fifth overall.
PokerStake quoted Dwan as saying the result felt unreal. He also said this was his first-ever $50,000 event and the most he had ever had invested in a tournament, and dedicated the bracelet to his mother, saying she was not very well and that all he wanted was to come back to her with a bracelet.
