The World Series of Poker® (WSOP) is returning to paradise this December for its second winter tournament series, WSOP Paradise. In collaboration with GGPoker, WSOP Paradise 2024 will be held from Dec. 6 to Dec. 19, 2024, at Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas, featuring the largest guarantee in live poker tournament history.

This series kicks off just months after the 55th annual World Series of Poker shattered live tournament poker records once again at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas on the Las Vegas Strip this summer.

The revamped WSOP Paradise festival will offer the most comprehensive set of high roller and super high roller tournaments ever. While the full schedule will be released later, events will range from $2,500 to $1,000,000.

The series’ highlight will be the $25,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Championship, boasting a historic $50,000,000 guarantee and billed as the Super Main Event. Online qualifiers and tournament promotions will start immediately on GGPoker.

“The action we saw during the WSOP summer series is a testament to the health of poker, particularly for high-roller tournaments,” said Ty Stewart, SVP & Executive Director of the WSOP. “Last year was no one-time gimmick. We’re thrilled GGPoker has reaffirmed their commitment to building WSOP Paradise through the biggest guarantee in poker history.”

“This is one you can’t miss,” said Daniel Negreanu, GGPoker Global Ambassador. “There were a lot of learnings from year one and everything is going to be bigger and better. A 50 million guarantee in the Bahamas! Are these guys crazy?”

“We are thrilled to welcome back WSOP Paradise players, guests, and fans for the second year to Atlantis Paradise Island, the entertainment capital of the Caribbean. This monumental tournament offers attendees the opportunity to experience Atlantis’ $150 million renovation, including the opulent Atlantis Casino, Bar Sol, The Royal Towers, and several new dining options. See you in Paradise!” said Joe Brunini, Chief Gaming and Customer Development Officer at Atlantis Paradise Island.

The full WSOP Paradise 2024 daily events schedule will be announced later this year, along with details on complimentary hotel accommodations available through special GGPoker tournament packages. The WSOP reserves the right to cancel, change, or modify the tournament or any tournament event, in part or in whole, without notice.

On Sunday at noon, in the Paris Ballroom in Las Vegas, high-stakes poker legend Patrik Antonius was named as this year’s inductee to the Poker Hall of Fame.

“In the modern era of poker, few have been as bold and fearless as Patrik Antonius,” said Executive Director of the WSOP Ty Stewart. “A force both online and live, we’re thrilled to see Patrik’s high-stakes career acknowledged by legends who have added the first international player to the Poker Hall of Fame in years.”

From Helsinki, Finland, Antonius, 43, emerged during the poker boom as one of the toughest cash game players in the world who routinely battled, both live and online, with the biggest names in the game before turning into one of poker’s brightest stars himself.

The induction of Antonius is a stiff rebuttal to the commonly held belief that a defined number of World Series of Poker bracelets is needed to win the necessary votes for induction. Having yet to win a bracelet, Antonius’ on-camera, on-the-felt results in both cash games and tournaments were enough to turn the tide in his favor and lock up a spot on the walls of the Hall of Fame Poker Room at Horseshoe Las Vegas.

Even without a WSOP bracelet on his resume, Antonius’ tournament results are more than bona fide for the Hall of Fame. With nearly $23 million in recorded tournament earnings, according to The Hendon Mob, Antonius has six seven-figure scores, that include a runner-up finish in the 2018 Super High Roller Bowl Macau for a career-high score of more than $3.1 million. Additionally, he’s claimed an EPT Main Event and EPT High Roller title, as well as a Triton title in 2022, and a runner-up finish at the Season IV edition of WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic in 2005 – just to note the “test of time” requirement.

Ultimately, it was Antonius’ competitive nature that helped him get to where he is today. From his early days online as a regular in Full Tilt’s nosebleed Rail Heaven cash games, to becoming a fixture on late-night poker TV including Poker After Dark and High Stakes Poker, Antonius has never been one to back down from poker’s biggest stage.

It’s something his fans have enjoyed for more than two decades and something his peers clearly admire, honoring him, in his second nomination, with a spot in the Poker Hall of Fame.

Chance Kornuth has ascended to the elite list of players who have won four or more World Series of Poker bracelets. The 38-year-old poker pro took down the 2024 WSOP $1,000 Flip & Go event, outlasting a field of 1,088 entries to secure the hardware and the top prize of $155,446.

Kornuth’s victory made him just the 73rd player in poker history to have earned as many titles at the WSOP.

The win increased Kornuth’s career earnings to nearly $19.3 million. It also saw him earn 960 Card Player Player of the Year points. This was the second title and fifth final-table finish of 2024 for Kornuth. With 2,971 total points, he now sits in 30th place on the overall POY leaderboard presented by Global Poker.

The first Flip & Go tournaments were hosted online at GGPoker and then brought to the brick-and-mortar WSOP in 2021. The tournament begins with an initial ‘flip’ in which a full table of players are forced all-in blind and are dealt a hand of pineapple. They discard one of their three starting cards after seeing a flop and then the rest of the board is dealt out. The winner from each single-table flip makes the money and moves on to the second phase of the event: a fast-paced no-limit hold’em tournament that plays down to a champion like a typical tournament would.

From the 1,088 entrants, only 136 moved on to day 2 having locked up a min-cash of $2,200. Among those that went on to make deep runs were two-time bracelet winner Shannon Shorr (25th), popular poker vlogger Brad Owen (21st), bracelet winner Danny Wong (18th), six-time bracelet winner Shaun Deeb (14th), three-time bracelet winner
Georgios Sotiropoulos (11th), and bracelet winner Mike Leah (3rd).

Kornuth won a flip with A-Q against the pocket fours of Leah to take a healthy chip lead into heads-up play against Kannapong Thanarattrakul of Thailand. The final battle for the bracelet was brief. The chips soon got all-in with ADiamond Suit4Diamond Suit for Thanarattrakul facing QDiamond SuitJHeart Suit for Kornuth. A 8Club Suit7Spade Suit7Club SuitJDiamond Suit7Heart Suit runout saw Kornuth make sevens full of jacks to win the pot and the title. Thanarattrakul earned $103,633 as the runner-up.

Final Table Results

Japan’s Shiina Okamoto navigated her way through a field of 1,295 entries in the 2023 World Series of Poker $1,000 ladies no-limit hold’em championship, only to fall one spot shy of earning the hardware.

On day 1 of the 2024 WSOP ladies event, which drew 1,245 entries, Okamoto made a post on social media that translated to the following: “I want to retrieve the things I left behind last year.”

Incredibly, she did just that. Shiina Okamoto managed to battle all the way back to the final two, and this time around she emerged victorious with the bracelet. She defeated two-time WSOP Circuit ring winner and poker commentator Jamie Kerstetter heads-up to secure the top prize of $171,732.

Shiina Okamoto, via translation by the first-ever Japanese bracelet winner Naoya Kihara, told  “There was a long way to go, and I didn’t think it would really happen. But by the end of day 2 I had a really massive stack, and at that point I thought it could be true.”

After this latest win, Okamoto now has $408,567 in recorded tournament earnings to her name, with more than three-quarters of that coming from her success at the WSOP.

This tournament ran over the course of four days. The money bubble burst late on day 2, with 187 players earning a share of the $1,095,600 prize pool. Plenty of notables ran deep including poker media member Alexandra Loveless (34th), two-time WSOPC ring winner Kasey Lyn Mills (31st), Jennifer Shahade (27th), recent Resorts World Las Vegas’ Summer Poker Series $100,000 guaranteed event winner Robyn Alvis (27th), Monika Zukowicz (22nd), Nadya Magnus (19th), Cherish Andrews (16th), and 2023 European Poker Tour Prague final tablist Marle Spragg (11th).

Just six players advanced to the final day of play, with Kerstetter in the lead and Okamoto joining her as the only other player with more than 100 big blinds to start. Kerstetter scored the first knockout. France’s Cecile Ticherfatine got all-in with K-J trailing the K-Q of Kerstetter. A jack on the turn gave Ticherfatine a pair and the lead, but also saw Kerstetter pick up a flush draw with one card to come. The river brought a fourth diamond to give Kerstetter a winning flush. Ticherfatine earned $32,007 as the sixth-place finisher.

Diamond flushes were key in the next big hand as well. Israel’s Mor Kamber flopped a jack-high flush with J-7 of diamonds, only to have Kerstetter turn an ace-high flush when a fourth diamond came off the deck again. The chips went in on the turn, but Kamber was not drawing dead. She had an open-ended straight flush redraw to keep her hopes alive, but a brick on the end saw her head to the rail with $43,125 for her fifth-place showing.

Linda Durden was knocked down to just a single big blind after her king-jack ran into the pocket kings of Ceci Liao. Durden managed one double up through Kerstetter, but was soon all-in again. She found a big hand in pocket nines to shove her last few blinds with. Kerstetter called with A-7 suited and flopped an ace to take a big lead in the hand. Durden found no help on the turn or river and was eliminated in fourth place ($58,910). This was the largest recorded score yet for the Wenatchee, Washington resident.

Despite scoring that knockout, Liao was still the clear short stack heading into three-handed action. A preflop cooler brought her tournament to a close, with her pocket queens running into the pocket kings of Okamoto. A king high flop left Liao in dire straights, and a blank on the turn ensured that she would finish third for $81,573.

Heads-up play began with Kerstetter holding roughly a 3:2 chip lead over Okamoto. The first several hands all went Okamoto’s way. A failed bluff attempt for Kerstetter saw the lead change hands, as Okamoto made a quick call of a river raise with deuces full of aces to best Kerstetter’s missed flush draw.

Shiina Okamoto was able to pull away ahead of the final hand. Kerstetter limped on the button for 160,000 total with ADiamond Suit7Heart Suit and Shiina Okamoto checked from the big blind with 9Spade Suit5Diamond Suit. The flop came down AClub Suit10Spade Suit9Diamond Suit and Okamoto check-called a 200,000 bet from Kerstetter, who had flopped top pair. The 5Heart Suit turn gave Okamoto two pair and the lead. She checked and Kerstetter bet 550,000. Okamoto check-raised all-in and Kerstetter made the call. The 2Heart Suit on the river eliminated Kerstetter in second place. She earned a career-best live score of $114,479 as the runner-up, increasing her career earnings to over $1.1 million.

Final Table Results

Scott Seiver recorded a truly historic victory at the 2024 World Series of Poker on Sunday, June 30. The 39-year-old poker pro based out of Las Vegas took down the prestigious $10,000 no-limit deuce-to-seven single draw lowball championship for his third bracelet of the series and seventh overall. He also earned $411,041 in prize money to bring his career total to more than $26.8 million.

Scott Seiver is just the seventh player in poker history to have won three bracelets in a single year, joining Puggy Pearson (1973), Phil Hellmuth (1993), Ted Forrest (1993), Phil Ivey (2002), Jeffrey Lisandro (2009), and George Danzer (2014). Seiver is the first to have achieved the incredible feat in nearly a decade.

This title run also saw Seiver join an exclusive group of only 11 players who have seven or more career bracelets to their name.

“I mean, I’m on cloud nine right now. I couldn’t be more excited. I thought I would do big things this summer, but I mean obviously you can never dream something like this. But, I think I’m going to get more. I really do,” Seiver told Card Player after coming out on top.

After winning his second bracelet earlier this summer, Seiver said that his impending eligibility for the Poker Hall of Fame (he turns 40 next year) inspired a particular focus on success in this year’s WSOP Player of the Year race.

“It’s always been something in the back of my mind, and as I’ve gotten older and more people I know have gotten in, I realized that a lot of my life I’ve dedicated to this game and this profession, and it would mean a lot to me to show that I’ve left my mark on this field,” said Seiver when asked about those comments. “So, I thought by coming out here this summer and really just reminding people that I am someone that came through poker.”

The highest buy-in no-limit deuce-to-seven single draw event has long been considered one of the most coveted titles by top players in the game. When asked about securing a historic win in this particular tournament, Seiver offered, “It means everything to me. I was really devastated when I got second in this two years ago. I’ve always wanted this bracelet so much. This final table was unbelievably difficult. From two tables down, everyone was tremendous and honestly, that makes it even more special. I am good at this game, but I am not like world-class great. Getting to play with Jason Mercier, Billy Baxter… these are people that have won this tournament 10 times or whatever. It was very special.”

Seiver also secured 840 Card Player Player of the Year points with this win, enough to move him within reach of the top 50 in the 2024 POY standings presented by Global Poker. He also locked up 411 PokerGO Tour points, which were enough to move him into 12th place on the season-long leaderboard. He has also taken over the lead in the aforementioned WSOP POY race, edging out six-time bracelet winner Jeremey Ausmus, who also made the final table of this event.

This tournament drew 186 entries, creating a prize pool of $1,729,800 that was split amongst the top 28 finishers. Essentially every player that cashed would qualify as a big name, with five-time bracelet winner Yuri Dzivielevski (17th), seven-time bracelet winner Billy Baxter (14th), six-time bracelet winner Jason Mercier (9th), and six-time bracelet winner Robert Mizrachi (8th) being just some of the many notables that ran deep.

Aaron Kupin was the first to be knocked out at the official final table, with his pat 10-9 being outdrawn by Ausmus, who drew one to make a 9-8. Kupin was awarded $51,661 as the seventh-place finisher.

Mike Watson, who began the third and final day as the chip leader with nine remaining, ultimately finished sixth for $68,672. The Canadian World Poker Tour champion and two-time European Poker Tour main event winner had his pat jack outrun by the 78-7-6-2 draw of David Lin, who hit a 10 to score the knockout.

Two-time bracelet winner and Poker Hall of Famer Jennifer Harman was the next to fall. She got all-in with a 9-4-3-2 up against a pat 10-7-5-3-2 for Seiver and a pat 10-9-7-6-4 for Jonathan Krela. Harman was unable to improve on the draw and was sent to the rail in fifth place ($93,615).

Harman was soon joined by Ausmus, who check-called all-in after the draw with 10-9-7-4-2. Krela had the best of it with 9-8-4-3-2, which meant Ausmus’ run ended in fourth place ($130,794). This was Ausmus’ sixth final-table finish of the series and 13th overall on the year. He now sits in eighth place in the Card Player Player of the Year race, second in the WSOP standings, and second in the PGT rankings.

Lin got his short stack all-in with 9-8-7-3 leading the 10-7-6-2 of Seiver. Both players paired, but Lin’s pair of nines were higher than Seiver’s sixes. Lin headed home with a career-best score of $187,177 as the third-place finisher.

Heads-up play began with Krela holding 6,500,000 to Seiver’s 4,685,000. It didn’t take long for Seiver to edge his way in front. Krela was able to regain the lead briefly, but Seiver was ahead when the final hand of the tournament was dealt.

Scott Seiver raised on the button to 250,000 and Krela three-bet to 800,000. Seiver called and both players drew one. Krela moved all-in for 4,350,000 with a 10-8-6-4-2 and Seiver thought it over for a while before making the call with a 9-7-6-5-2.

Krela cashed for $274,217 as the runner-up. This was by far the largest tournament payday yet for the Canadian.

Final Table Results

After more than a decade without a win at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), poker legend Daniel Negreanu has finally secured his seventh WSOP gold bracelet. This victory is especially significant for the 49-year-old Poker Hall of Fame member, as it came in one of the toughest and most prestigious tournaments: the WSOP $50,000 Poker Players Championship. The Canadian pro outlasted a field of 89 entries in the nine-game mixed event to earn $1,178,703 and the coveted bracelet.

“This is the tournament,” said Negreanu after coming out on top. “This is the one where all the best players show up. The structures are very long. It’s a real grind and to stay, meant to be sharp for five days. When you win this tournament, you earn it and there’s no fluking the $50,000 Poker Players Championship.”

With this win, Negreanu became just the 10th player in poker history to have won seven or more WSOP bracelets.

“I got to be honest, having six was kind of embarrassing for me, really,” Negreanu told Card Player when asked about finally capturing his seventh. “It’s just like I’ve played so many tournaments and I only have six and [Phil] Ivey has 11 and all this stuff, and I’m like, ‘Whoa, I have too many second-place finishes.’ So this feels like it changes things up. Maybe now I’ll just go on a run and win a couple more before the series is over.”

Reflecting on his performance, Negreanu said, “I don’t think I’ve ever played better. I talk about playing above the rim… if you want to be elite, you have to play above the rim. There were some critical razz pots I handled well. I know I played top-notch and executed my strategy really well.”

Before this victory, Negreanu’s last bracelet came at the 2013 WSOP Europe in a €25,000 high roller event. It was 3,899 days between that win and this one. He now has two bracelets in mixed games (this and the 2003 S.H.O.E.) and five in hold’em events. His first bracelet was in the 1998 $2,000 pot-limit Omaha event, followed by the $2,000 limit hold’em in both 2004 and 2008. His first no-limit hold’em bracelet came in the 2013 WSOP Asia Pacific main event, and later that year he won the high roller event.

Negreanu now has $52,972,918 in career tournament earnings, ranking him seventh on poker’s all-time money list. Over $22.5 million of that total has been earned at the WSOP.

This was Negreanu’s third title and 11th final-table finish of 2024. The 816 Card Player Player of the Year points he earned moved him into 13th place in the 2024 POY standings presented by Global Poker. Negreanu is chasing his third POY title, having won in 2004 and 2013.

Negreanu also earned 700 PokerGO Tour points for the win. With 1,645 total points, he is now the top-ranked player on that high-stakes leaderboard.

The 89-entry turnout for this prestigious event created a prize pool of $4,249,750. The top 14 finishers made the money, including notable players like two-time bracelet winner Maxx Coleman (14th), four-time bracelet winner Phil Hui (13th), five-time bracelet winner and three-time champion of this event Michael Mizrachi (12th), two-time bracelet winner James Obst (11th), three-time bracelet winner Joao Vieira (9th), and bracelet winner Johannes Becker (8th).

Phil Ivey was the first to be knocked out at the official final table of seven, earning $158,719. The 11-time bracelet winner was eliminated in no-limit deuce-to-seven single draw. The 47-year-old Poker Hall of Famer now has $45,874,407 in career earnings.

Six-time bracelet winner Jeremy Ausmus soon followed Ivey, earning $200,896 after being eliminated in Omaha eight-or-better by Chris Brewer and David Benyamine.

The final day of play began with Brewer in the lead and Negreanu in second. The first two eliminations came quickly. Benyamine finished fifth, earning $265,054, and Dylan Smith, finishing fourth, took home $363,914.

Three-handed play lasted a few hours, with Brewer eventually being eliminated in third place, earning $519,158. This brought his career earnings to nearly $24.6 million.

Heads-up play began with Yockey holding 15,750,000 to Negreanu’s 10,950,000. The two battled for over three hours with multiple lead changes. Negreanu was all-in and at risk in pot-limit Omaha but managed a crucial double-up with a river deuce giving him trips.

The final hand also came in pot-limit Omaha. Negreanu raised with ADiamond SuitQSpade SuitJClub Suit7Spade Suit and Yockey called with 9Club Suit6Spade Suit3Spade Suit2Club Suit. The flop brought 10Club Suit7Club Suit7Heart Suit. Yockey check-raised to 3,550,000 and Negreanu moved all-in. Yockey called but was drawing dead after the turn brought the QHeart Suit, giving Negreanu sevens full. Yockey finished as runner-up, earning $768,467, the largest score of his career.

WSOP $50K Poker Players Championship Final Table Results

Patrick Moulder is the latest player to win a World Series of Poker bracelet. The Las Vegas resident emerged victorious in the 2024 WSOP $2,500 mixed triple draw lowball event, securing the top prize of $177,045 and a coveted bracelet.

This win marks Moulder’s largest live tournament score to date. Earlier in this year’s series, he also recorded his second and third-largest paydays: $41,281 for finishing eighth in the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. championship event and $35,838 for placing ninth in the $10,000 Omaha eight-or-better championship. With these successes, Moulder’s career tournament earnings now exceed $319,000.

The mixed triple draw lowball event featured a rotation of deuce-to-seven triple draw lowball, ace-to-five triple draw lowball, and badugi. It attracted 371 entries, with the top 56 finishers sharing a prize pool of $825,475.

Moulder began the final day with the chip lead and maintained it heading into the final table, although the stack sizes were close and several players were in strong contention. Shaun Deeb entered the final table as the shortest stack but quickly tripled up to stay in the game. After several double-ups, Anthony Hu became the first final table casualty, his stack decimated by Benny Chan in a hand of 2-7 triple draw.

After Hu’s elimination, Chan took a strong lead, surpassing Moulder. However, Moulder regained ground by making a wheel to knock out Deeb in sixth place. Matthew Smith was the next to go, finishing in fifth.

Chad Eveslage had a roller coaster of a final table, starting mid-pack, climbing near the top, then being whittled down after losing two badugi hands to Yuebin Guo. Despite several double-ups, Eveslage eventually exited in fourth place when Moulder took the last of his chips in a four-bet ace-to-five triple draw hand.

Final Table Results

The poker world watched with bated breath as Phil Hellmuth, the all-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet leader, made it to the final four players in the $1,500 mixed Omaha eight-or-better event at the 2024 WSOP. The Poker Hall of Famer came tantalizingly close to securing his record-extending 18th victory but ultimately finished in fourth place. The player who ended Hellmuth’s run was Magnus Edengren. The Swede earned $196,970 and his first bracelet by winning the final hand in this event, which featured a rotation of limit Omaha eight-or-better, pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better, and Big O (five-card pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better).

This victory marked the largest live tournament score of Edengren’s career, far surpassing the $28,891 he earned for a 12th-place finish in the $10,000 pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better championship event just over a week earlier. In between these two accomplishments, Edengren also made the money in the inaugural $10,000 Big O championship.

Among the 128 players who shared the $1,140,090 prize pool were several notable names, including bracelet winners Michael Rodrigues (21st), Filippos Stavrakis (18th), Derek Raymond (17th), six-time bracelet winner Shaun Deeb (16th), and two-time bracelet winner Nathan Gamble (14th).

As the final table of eight was set, James Juvancic held the lead, with Edengren in second and Hellmuth in the middle of the pack. Stephen Hubbard (8th – $19,009), Ying Chu (7th – $25,100), and Dylan Lambe (6th – $33,748) were the first to be eliminated.

Edengren continued to accumulate chips, winning a significant all-in with A♠ A♦ K♠ 8♠ against the A♣ 7♠ 5♦ 2♠ of Joshua Adcock, who finished 5th for $46,187.

A similar scenario led to Hellmuth’s exit from the final table. Edengren raised to 350,000 on the button with A♥ A♣ K♣ 10♣, and Hellmuth three-bet to 1,160,000 with A♠ 9♦ 2♠ 2♦. Edengren called, and the flop came J♥ J♠ 8♠, giving Hellmuth a nut flush draw and backdoor low possibilities. Hellmuth moved all-in for his last 735,000, and Edengren called with his overpair. The 5♦ on the turn gave Hellmuth a nut low draw and a second flush draw, but the 8♥ on the river bricked all of his outs, sending him home with $64,324 for his fourth-place finish. This marked his 206th cash in a bracelet event, with over $17.9 million of his $26.8 million career tournament earnings coming from WSOP events.

The final three played on until after midnight, with Edengren leading into the unscheduled Day 4. Juvancic was the first to fall when play resumed, getting all-in with the nut straight against Edengren’s same straight in a hand of Big O. Despite holding backdoor flush possibilities, Edengren made his clubs on the river, eliminating Juvancic in third place for $91,132.

Entering heads-up play with a more than 5:1 chip lead, Edengren quickly converted his advantage into a win. After a flop of 10♠ 7♥ 3♠ in Big O, Edengren bet the pot with A♣ K♠ 10♦ 9♠ 9♦ for a pair and a king-high flush draw. Seidensticker re-potted with Q♠ Q♥ 7♣ 3♥ 2♠ for an overpair, bottom two pair, a queen-high flush draw, a backdoor heart draw, and the only low draw. Edengren moved all-in and Seidensticker called. The K♦ on the turn improved Edengren to kings and tens, giving him the best high hand. The river 2♣ locked up the entire pot for Edengren.

Tim Seidensticker earned $131,308 as the runner-up, marking his largest career tournament score.

$1,500 Mixed Omaha Final Table Results

The $10,000 buy-in Big O championship debuted at the 2024 World Series of Poker, attracting 332 entries in its inaugural event. After three days of intense five-card pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better action, John Fauver emerged victorious as the first-ever champion. The West Virginian took home $681,998 and his first gold bracelet.

Before this victory, Fauver’s best performance was a seventh-place finish in a $15,000 buy-in event at this year’s PokerGO Tour PLO Series, earning him $49,800. With his latest win at the WSOP, Fauver’s total tournament earnings now exceed $881,000. Fauver also earned 682 PokerGO Tour points, moving him up to seventh place on the PGT season-long leaderboard.

The event’s third and final day started with 19 players, each guaranteed at least $25,430. Notable players who cashed included four-time bracelet winner Mike Matusow (31st), two-time bracelet winners Yuval Bronshtein (30th) and Justin Saliba (28th), Matt Glantz (24th), five-time bracelet winner Adam Friedman (18th), three-time bracelet winners Ryan Hughes (17th) and Anson Tsang (14th), bracelet winner David Benyamine (9th), Danny Wong (8th), Michael Rocco (7th), and two-time bracelet winner Dylan Weisman (5th).

Farid Jattin, who finished second in the $5,000 pot-limit Omaha event earlier this summer, secured fourth place for $217,783 in this tournament. This result, his fifth final-table finish of 2024, also earned him 600 POY points, boosting him to 16th place in the rankings.

Four-time bracelet winner Calvin Anderson eliminated Nitesh Rawtani (3rd – $311,747) to enter heads-up play with 8,425,000 chips against Fauver’s 11,500,000. Fauver extended his lead before the final hand.

In the decisive hand, Fauver limped from the button with K♥ K♦ Q♠ J♥ 4♣, and Anderson raised to 600,000 with A♥ A♦ A♣ 10♥ 6♦ from the big blind. Fauver called, and the flop came K♠ 9♦ 7♥. Anderson bet the pot, and Fauver moved all-in with his set of kings. Anderson called, improving to a ten-high straight on the 8♥ turn, with additional outs to a flush and a low. However, the river brought the 8♦, giving Fauver kings full of eights and the win.

Anderson, the runner-up, earned $454,668, bringing his lifetime tournament earnings to over $6.7 million.

Final Table Results