Originally from the Lake District, UK, I’ve spent the last few years living and breathing the Southeast Asian poker circuit. Since 2025, I’ve been a fixture on the floor at the APT, PokerStars, and WSOP events, serving as a lead reporter and media specialist for Somuchpoker. My work is about more than just recording action; I manage the social media and digital content that brings action rail to the fans. By combining a business education and creative background, I aim to look past the technical hand histories to capture the actual human grit and drama that happens during a deep run.

Updated: 2026.05.17

Mostafa Haidary is a Melbourne poker player and WSOP bracelet winner who built almost his entire career within Australia before flying to Las Vegas in June 2024 and winning Event #52 of the World Series of Poker — the $5,000 6-Max No-Limit Hold’em — for $656,747, catapulting his career earnings past the $1 million mark. “I’m so happy,” he told WSOP reporters. “My plans for the moment are to play more poker and celebrate with my wife and kids who are back home.” He credited three big turn bluffs — where he was virtually all-in each time and survived — as the defining moments of his tournament.

Career Earnings & Biggest Results

Total live earnings stand at over $1,072,000, per The Hendon Mob.

Career Highlights at a Glance
💰 Live Earnings: $1,072,000+ | 🏆 WSOP Bracelet 2024: $656,747 | 🎯 3rd: WPT Prime Gold Coast 2023 ($119,388) | 📍 Melbourne

Notable Results (click to expand)

Date	Event	Result	Prize
Jun 2024	WSOP Event #52: $5,000 6-Handed NLH (Bracelet)	1st / 817	$656,747
Sep 2023	WPT Prime Gold Coast	3rd	$119,388
2019	WSOP International Circuit Sydney Main Event	10th	$22,197
Jan 2016	Aussie Millions A$1,150 PLO	4th	$12,205

Mostafa Haidary Poker — Credit: PokerNews

Biography & Poker Background

Haidary is from Melbourne and built his live career almost entirely on home soil — his first five-figure score came at the 2016 Aussie Millions in a PLO side event, and his results across the following years were concentrated in Australian domestic events. The 2019 WSOP International Circuit Sydney gave him his first significant international cash ($22,197), and in 2023 he stepped up to WPT Prime Gold Coast level and finished third for $119,388 — a new career best at the time.

He arrived in Las Vegas for the 2024 WSOP as a bracelet-seeking Australian in a series that had already been won by fellow Australians Malcolm Trayner and James Obst. In Event #52, the $5,000 6-Max NLH, he navigated 817 players over four days, entering Day 4 as the chip leader. Three times during the tournament he had been virtually all-in on the turn with a bluff — and three times it got through. “Everything went smoothly so it was great,” he understated afterwards.

The final hand: Bernd Gleissner shoved with pocket threes, Haidary called with ace-nine, flopped a nine, and held. The bracelet was his. The third Australian winner of the 2024 WSOP series. “We have a great poker scene,” he told reporters. “There are a lot of great players in Australia and I’m lucky to be one of them.”

Play Style & Strategy

Haidary’s willingness to execute large bluffs in six-max format — going virtually all-in on the turn on three separate occasions in the same tournament — reflects a player who understands fold equity and aggression dynamics in short-handed play at a genuinely elite level. His near-decade of grinding Australian domestic events provided the technical foundation; Las Vegas provided the stage.