2015 World Series of Poker

Arash Ghaneian has been coming to the WSOP for 11 years as a professional player, and he now has his first bracelet after winning Event #24: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. for $239,750.

Just three players survived the first three days of the tournament, with Ghaneian coming into the final day on a stack of 2.27 million, just behind Robert Campbell's 2.67 million. David Levi came in with a short stack of 855,000 as limits began at 80,000/160,000. He was quickly eliminated in a Razz pot as he got in with a nine-five only to have Ghaneian draw a deuce on the river to complete a seven-six.

That left Ghaneian and Campbell heads up and they battled back and forth for a few hours despite the massive limits. In the end, Ghaneian was able to finish off his Australian foe in an Omaha Hi-Lo pot to get the last elimination in a 772-player field.

Ghaneian, who told assembled media after the win that his wife is expecting twins soon, has tournament cashes dating to 1996. This is by far the biggest score of his tournament career.