Within two hours of winning his first World Series of Poker bracelet in an online event in Pennsylvania on July 18, Ryan Messick was headed to the airport after booking a last-minute flight to Las Vegas.
By winning the $500 buy-in tournament, advertised as the "Summer Saver," Messick became one of the final players to qualify for the WSOP Tournament of Champions, a million-dollar freeroll exclusive to the 88 bracelet winners and hundreds of Circuit ring winners from the 2022 WSOP Circuit season.