Winning any World Series of Poker bracelet is something special, but to win the biggest single online poker prize of all-time in the WSOP Main Event is a truly amazing feat to achieve.
That honour rests with Bulgarian player Stoyan Madanzhiev after he won the $5,00-entry WSOP Main Event on GGPoker this weekend for a massive top prize of $3,904,686 in total.
The path to his glory did not start with a dozen players left, with 5,802 entries the total number for a groundbreaking WSOP Main Event. That was the stage when Madanzhiev enjoyed his now-famous one-outer that propelled him on his way to victory. All-in, Madanzhiev hit a three on the turn having gone to the flop well behind his opponent with ace-three against ace-nine. With two players at the table having folded a three, it was the last one in the deck that came to save him.
From there on in, Madanzhiev must have felt like it was destiny for him to improve his cashes on GGPoker from just over the amount of the buy-in ($5,000) to just under $4 million in a dream-come-true play-out.