Strike another big name from the list of greatest players never to have won a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet. After 200 cashes and over 17 years of playing, the poker professional, who is about to become a father for the second time, can finally celebrating ending his wait for bracelet gold.
A Long Time Coming
To say that Shorr is a WSOP veteran is a little like saying Forrest Gump was good at running. Shorr has cashed a phenomenal $3.5 million over the course of 17 years. Cashing 200 times in that period of almost two decades, Shorr has won big online at WSOP.com and live at the felt in Las Vegas and beyond. Until now, however, a first WSOP bracelet had eluded him.
In his lifetime of live WSOP events, Shorr has reached the final nine players on 32 separate occasions, coming second twice. Finally, he reached the final table a 33rd and last time before sealing victory. As the final hand played out, Shorr has the video running on his reaction.
“C’mon win a flip,” he begged the Poker Gods. “Hold…. no deuce, no deuce. Yeahhhh!!!!” he celebrated, before leaping into the arms of his wife. Shorr was delighted beyond words for some time before coming back to the screen and watching the leaderboard topped with his name at long last
“Oh my God it happened,” he said to his wife, who was stood, delighted, next to him. “Holy ***…2.17am. Dreams do come true. I’m speechless. I have no words, I’m a bracelet winner!”
Taking the Title
To win the bracelet in the WSOP Online $2,000 NLHE 6-Max Event, Shorr needed to get the better of a top pro, Maxx Coleman. Winning that flip and sealing the deal sent the usually reserved Shorr into ecstasy. While winning millions at the game is obviously more important for anyone who wants to be a poker professional – and Shorr is one of the best – winning a bracelet is a superb, one-off feeling.
Here’s how that moment played out:
Shorr will soon have another reason to celebrate, with his wife due to give birth to their second child very soon. With 113 entries, winning the WSOP Online event gathered in a top prize of $89,125 – a very healthy ‘nappy fund’ for the parents of two children.
Shorr’s year had already improved from a slow start after he came second in the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO) Championship for an amazing cash of $545,000. The biggest win of Shorr’s career is still the $960,690 he won for taking down the Bellagio Cup at the height of the first poker boom in 2006.
This latest win might not be the biggest, but winning a WSOP bracelet is a unique feeling, perhaps the most special there is in poker, and Shorr can finally count himself among the winners of one. A very special moment for the American came on the back of him cashing for the eighth time in WSOP Online bracelet events this year. Will he be heading out to WSOP Paradise? It’s hard to see him resisting it… if the family make the trip too.
This article originally appeared on PokerStake.com
