Many players come to the World Series of Poker as casual participants, while others come to the series to generate ongoing profits for their professional poker careers. A handful are driven to be the very, very best in the game. One such is Brazil's Yuri Dzivielevski, who has become one of Brazil's most dominant players, both live and online, over the past decade.
Dzivielevski's success has earned him an ongoing brand-ambassador deal with PartyPoker, and he's one of the most driven players around. On more than one occasion he's busted out of multiple WSOP events in a single day, and his response is usually just to hop back in the registration line for whatever's up next on the schedule.
This year, that's happened a bit more often. Dzivielevski endured a rough first few weeks of the series until breaking through in style with a bracelet win in Event #47 of the 2023 WSOP, $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. Dzivielevski earned $207,688 for the bracelet win, his third, but as he explains, it just made what was a lousy year more acceptable.
"This was probably my worst summer until the bracelet. So it was a good comeback," he told PokerOrg. "I was losing a lot, and it’s not good yet. It’s not profitable yet."
