Bronshtein, the 24-year-old poker pro not only did become the first player to ever win consecutive events in Full Tilt's Online Poker Series, but he did it in a span of less than 12 hours by multi-tabling the two tournaments.
The twin victories – which came during the ongoing FTOPS IX schedule of 25 events – earned Bronshtein a total of USD 172,387, but, once again, building his bankroll wasn't the main reason he was so elated to pull off this astonishing feat. Bronshtein does not believe anyone could ever break his newly made record.
The wins also marked the second and third FTOPS victories for Bronshtein, who plays online under the screen name "yuvee04." He previously won the USD 100 Stud Hi-Lo event in FTOPS VI, which earned him USD 80,600.
Bronshtein is an accomplished H.O.R.S.E. player and has had his sights set on Event #14 for a couple months since it was a USD 500 H.O.R.S.E. tournament. But he didn't even plan on competing in the USD 200 No Limit Turbo Hold'em Event #15. But after waking up late Tuesday afternoon and missing a couple tournaments he intended on playing, Bronshtein decided to try and satellite his way into Event #15, which is exactly what he did. Both events began at 8 p.m. and Bronshtein made the decision to play in both of them.
Bronshtein finished off his win in the turbo event around in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, around 12:30 a.m. The event drew 3,472 players and the victory added USD 101,975 to Bronshtein's expanding bankroll. The H.O.R.S.E., however, was much more grueling as it didn't finish until 6:30 a.m. Bronshtein outlasted 654 other players in that event and cashed in for another $70,412.50.
While most of his career earnings as a pro during the last two years have come online, Bronshtein has also had his share of success in live action. In two trips to the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas he has three-career cashes, including a 36th place finish this past June 7 in the USD 2,500 No Limit Hold'em event that earned him USD 14,138. He also won USD 109,018 when he placed third during a final table appearance in the USD 2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em event at the 2007 WSOP. What's more, he took sixth place in the GBP 2,500 H.O.R.S.E. event at last year's inaugural World Series of Poker Europe in London and pulled in USD 29,074.
Bronshtein is heading back to London this fall for the second edition of the WSOPE and, once again, he is taking aim on making history and become the first American to win WSOP bracelet.
Bronshtein said he will be buying a one-way airplane ticket to the WSOPE. He plans on traveling to Austria and Amsterdam to play more tournaments after the Series and then when he does make it back to Atlanta he said he intends on packing his bags and moving to Las Vegas full time.
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