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Bin Weng Wins The Return Championship At Borgata For $1 Million

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The first seven-figure poker tournament payday of 2023 has been awarded. Bin Weng defeated a field of 1,142 entries in The Return Championship $5,300 buy-in no-limit hold’em event on Jan. 8 at The Borgata in Atlantic City, NJ. The Philadelphia resident earned a career-high $1,000,000 payday for the victory.

With this marquee victory under his belt, Weng now has more than $2.9 million in recorded tournament scores. This title run also saw Weng awarded 1,920 Card Player Player of the Year points. As a result, he has taken an early lead in the 2023 POY race, which is sponsored by Global Poker.

This event featured two starting flights and three more days of action. The first starting flight saw 562 entries, with another 580 entries on day 1B. The solid turnout saw the $3 million guarantee easily surpassed, with $5,538,700 in prize money ultimately paid out among the top 110 finishers.

Big names that ran deep included World Series of Poker bracelet winner Joey Weissman (85th), bracelet winner Mike Jukich (52nd), bracelet winner Jesse Lonis (48th), bracelet winner and recent WPT World Championship final tablist Frank Funaro (46th), three-time bracelet winner Dan Zack (44th), and Mukul Pahuja (14th). The final day began with eight players remaining and 2015 WSOP main event champion Joe McKeehen in the lead and Weng in the middle of the pack. An early preflop coin flip saw Weng’s A-Q outrun the pocket eights of recent The Return mystery bounty event winner Sam Laskowitz (8th – $144,006). Weng found himself in a similar situation soon after that, with A-Q dueling the pocket hacks of Christopher Ng (7th – $193,855). Weng flopped an ace and held from there to narrow the field to six.

McKeehen added some distance between himself and Weng when his pocket jacks held up against the pocket tens of Lanny Vaysman. McKeehen ended up with jacks full to send Vaysman packing in sixth place ($246,472).

Two-time bracelet winner Justin Saliba’s run in this event concluded in fifth place when he ran A-Q into the pocket aces of McKeehen. Saliba earned $304,629, the second-largest score of his career. He now has more than $2.5 million in recorded earnings.

Weng added to his stack in a major way when he flopped two pair with 6-4 offsuit facing an overpair of pocket kings for Jonathan Borenstein. The chips got in on the flop and Borenstein was unable to improve, earning $368,324 as the fourth-place finisher.

A key preflop coin flip dramatically altered the leaderboard early in three-handed action. Weng raised from the button and then four-bet jammed over McKeehen’s small blind three-bet with AHeart SuitKHeart Suit. McKeehen called with JDiamond SuitJClub Suit. The board ran out ASpade SuitADiamond Suit9Diamond Suit7Heart Suit4Heart Suit and Weng made trips to win the pot and take a commanding lead.

McKeehen’s stack took another his when his pocket kings were cracked by the pocket jacks of Sundiata Devore. He soon found himself all-in and at risk with A-J leading Devore’s A-5, but a five on the river sent the three-time bracelet winner home with $440,327 for his third-place showing.

With that, heads-up play began with Weng leading and Devore not too far behind. On a break the final two hashed out a deal that redistributed the remaining prize money, with the runner-up securing $926,128 and $1,000,000 going to the champion.

The final hand saw Weng raise from the button and call when Devore three-bet shoved. Weng held AClub SuitKDiamond Suit, which had Devore’s ADiamond SuitQHeart Suit dominated. The board came down KClub Suit7Diamond Suit4Club SuitASpade Suit3Spade Suit to lock up the pot and the title for Weng. Devore earned the payout he negotiated for as the runner-up, which was by far the biggest payday yet on his tournament resume.

Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at the final table:

Place Player Earnings POY Points
1 Bin Weng $1,000,000 1920
2 Sundiata Devore $926,128 1600
3 Joe McKeehen $440,327 1280
4 Jonathan Borenstein $368,324 960
5 Justin Saliba $304,629 800
6 Lanny Vaysman $246,472 640
7 Christopher Ng $193,855 480
8 Sam Laskowitz $144,006 320

Alan Mastic Takes Down Card Player Poker Tour Venetian Event In Las Vegas

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The $1,600 buy-in Card Player Poker Tour main event, part of the Deep Stack Extravaganza series at The Venetian on the Las Vegas Strip, attracted a field of 560 entries. The turnout helped the prize pool easily top the $500,000 guarantee, coming in at $798,000.

The greatest piece of that prize pool went to Reno, Nevada’s Alan Mastic, who banked a personal-best $131,746.

“It was just steady playing,” the 69-year-old said. “I got lucky one time at the final table, and it went well from there.”

The computer programmer has actually been playing poker for the last 25 years. This was the 2nd Venetian title for Mastic in the last week. On New Year’s Eve, he defeated 95 players in the $400 buy-in MonsterStack event to make $9,546.

Mastic’s previous best score came in the 2022 World Series of Poker main event when he finished 200th for $53,900.

In order to claim the title, he had to overcome a tough final table that featured accomplished tournament player Khoa Nguyen (8th), three-time bracelet winner Kristen Foxen (7th), WSOP.com Player of the Year Mike Holtz (5th), recent Poker Hall of Fame nominee Kathy Liebert (4th), and WPT champion and bracelet winner Jared Jaffee (3rd).

It was another deep run for Liebert, who has been on a tear recently. This summer she final tabled the WSOP senior’s event, banking $186,541 for fifth place and in November she won a WSOP Circuit ring online. She cashed four times at the WPT World Championship, including a fifth-place finish in the Ladies Championship.

Foxen, nee Bicknell, had a good chance at the win but had her pocket aces cracked by Jaffee’s A-10. It was Jaffee’s second big suckout, having also beaten pocket kings with K-Q to bust Adam Walton in 13th place.

Jaffee’s good fortune finally ran out after running a dominated ace into Mastic during three-handed play.

With that, Mastic took a 4:3 chip lead over Marquis Waters to start heads-up play. After Waters asked for a chop, however, the two decided to pause the clock.

After breaking down the chip stacks and running the numbers, the two agreed to end the tournament with a deal. Waters took home $128,500, with Mastic signing for $131,746.

Final Table Results

Place Player Payout POY
1 Alan Mastic $131,746* 840
2 Marquis Waters $128,500* 700
3 Jared Jaffee $74,104 560
4 Kathy Liebert $52,723 420
5 Michael Holtz $38,185 350
6 Mark Koeln $28,162 280
7 Kristen Foxen $21,157 210
8 Khoa Nguyen $16,196 140
9 Pierce McKellar $12,638 70

14 Players Advance On Day 1A Of Card Player Poker Tour Venetian Main Event

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A total amount of 108 entrances were made on day 1A of the $500,000 ensured Card Player Online poker Scenic tour event at The Venetian, which belongs to the recurring DeepStack Extravaganza online poker festival on the Las Vegas Strip.

The $1,600 buy-in competition includes three starting flights in overall, with 12.5% of the area making the money. That meant that 14 players would certainly advance to day 2, ensured at least a min-cash for surviving the first beginning day.

Each gamer started the event with 40,000 heaps, as well as blind levels were set to 40 minutes. Additionally, those who signed up before the begin of degree 2 were provided a price cut on their competition charges. Gamers can rebuy, nonetheless, till the beginning of degree 13.

Craig Mason, that took second in the partypoker LIVE Caribbean main event for $1.2 million, was chip leader for the majority of the day before hemorrhaging some chips away in the later levels. Mason got a significant boost towards completion of the evening nonetheless when his A-J held versus Sean Banahan’s Q-J on a jack-high flop.

It had not been long after that Thomas Coolidge located himself done in and in jeopardy of bubbling with 8-7 versus the A-6 of Mark Koeln. Coolidge discovered no assistance, and was gotten rid of simply one area timid of the cash.

Mason finished with the largest pile in general, nabbing up 590,000 He was followed by WSOP Circuit champion David Richards (575,000), WSOP arm band champion Ralph Perry (522,000), Koeln (511,000), as well as bracelet victor and WPT champion Dylan Linde (455,000). Other notables still in contention include Venetian casino poker standout and also previous Card Gamer of the Year Eric Baldwin and also WPT champ Jordan Cristos.

Tournament play proceeds Friday at 11:10 a.m. with day 1B. Once again, players that go into prior to degree 2 will get a refund on their tournament rake.

Those who want to win their seat at a discount can do so with a 7:10 p.m. $200 huge satellite on Friday night. There will additionally be a $200 turbo satellite on Saturday early morning.

Right here are the chip counts for day 1A.

Craig Mason– 590,000.
David Richards– 575,000
Ralph Perry– 522,000
Mark Koeln– 511,000
Dylan Linde– 455,000
Adam Walton– 455,000
Jared Strauss– 340,000
Eric Baldwin– 308,000
Simon Taberham– 152,000
Jordan Cristos– 108,000
Hye Park– 98,000
Peter Mugar– 89,000
Ronnie Anderson– 66,000
Jeff Tanouye– 59,000

Jacob Perry Wins Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian Main Event

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The 2022 Mid-States Texas Hold’em Trip Venetian, which was the final large-field no-limit hold ’em tournament for Texas hold’em, concluded on December 30th with Jacob Perry emerging as the champion after a heads-up deal. Jacob Perry won the title and $99,084 in cash prize after outlasting a field of 643 total entries in the $1,100 buy-in tournament. This victory marks his biggest cash advance yet, bringing his total career earnings to over $470,000.

The tournament took place over three days, with only 71 players advancing to day 2 out of the 643 cumulative entries from both starting flights. Notable players who made deep runs include Joao Simao, Barry Shulman, Jeremy Ausmus, Shannon Shorr, and Ryan Laplante, among others.

At the nine-handed final table, Ezequiel Waigel, the 2021 Card Player Texas hold’em Scenic tour Venetian main event winner, was in the lead. The final table saw some quick eliminations, with Peter Mullin, Tamas Lendvai, Richard Alati, and Kenny Huynh all falling in quick succession. Angela Jordison, who made her eighth final-table appearance of the year, was eliminated in fifth place.

Waigel was eventually eliminated in third place after losing a big hand to Abhisek Panda. Panda and Perry then entered into a heads-up battle, with Perry eventually winning the title after making a flush in a big pot. The two players then agreed to a deal, with Perry securing the championship and $99,084 while Panda took home $97,612 as the runner-up.

MSPT Venetian Main Event Final Table Results

RANK NAME HOMETOWN PRIZE
1 Jacob Perry Branchville, New Jersey $99,084*
2 Abhisek Panda Cupertino, California $97,612*
3 Ezequiel Waigel Argentina $58,016
4 Nipun Java Las Vegas, Nevada $41,573
5 Angela Jordison Crooked River Ranch, Oregon $31,335
6 Kenny Huynh Sewell, New Jersey $23,269
7 Richard Alati Phoenix, Arizona $17,064
8 Tamas Lendvai Las Vegas, Nevada $13,341
9 Peter Mullin Cocoa, Florida $10,548

Chad Eveslage Wins 2022 WPT Player of the Year

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Chad Eveslage
WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic S20

Chad Eveslage backed up his breakout 2021 campaign on the live tournament circuit with an even better showing in 2022. In addition to winning his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet as the champion of the $25,000 no-limit hold’em eight max event this summer, Eveslage had another standout season on the World Poker Tour. The 31-year-old poker pro from Indiana secured four cashes, with two final-table finishes and one title won. He cashed for $1,450,825 across those four scores, securing the 2022 WPT Player of the Year honors in the process.

Eveslage’s big win came back in October at the Bellagio. He topped a field of 569 entries in the $10,4000 buy-in WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic no-limit hold’em main event to secure his second WPT title and the top prize of $1,042,300. This was the second-largest payday of Eveslage’s career, behind only the $1.4 million along with his bracelet.

Eveslage’s heads-up opponent in that tournament, Steve ‘Cuz’ Buckner, made Eveslage sweat the POY honors down the final stretch. In the last WPT main tour event of the season, the record-breaking WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas, Eveslage was knocked out before the bubble burst. At that point, he held just a 175-point lead over Buckner, who cashed in five main tour events this year and made two final tables. Buckner made the money but ultimately finished in 319th place for $18,450 and 125 points, leaving him 50 points shy of pulling even with Eveslage. Buckner, who also finished as the runner-up in the WPT Choctaw main event, cashed for $1,056,950 this season.

Eveslage’s other final table finish this season came in the penultimate event, the WPT Seminole Rock’N’Roll Poker Open. He finished third from a field of 1,541 entries in that tournament to earn $390,000 and 850 WPT POY points.

His two other cashes this season were a 79th-place showing in the 2022 WPT Venetian main event, the tournament he won in 2021, and a 239th-place finish in the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open.

Eveslage now has nearly $7.4 million in career tournament earnings, with more than $2.6 million coming from WPT main tour cashes.

Here is a look at the final top ten in the WPT POY standings:

Rank Player WPT POY Points WPT POY Points WPT Cashes WPT Final Tables WPT Titles
1 Chad Eveslage 2,325.00 $1,450,825 4 2 1
2 Steve Buckner 2,275.00 $1,056,950 5 2 0
3 Josh Kay 1,825.00 $824,080 4 2 0
4 Ray Qartomy 1,775.00 $621,300 3 2 0
5 Stephen Song 1,625.00 $747,750 4 0 0
6 Eliot Hudon 1,600.00 $4,136,000 1 0 0
7 Naj Ajez 1,425.00 $316,169 3 1 0
8 Mark Davis 1,400.00 $1,000,300 1 1 1
9 Alexander Yen 1,400.00 $975,240 1 1 1
10 Mike Vanier 1,400.00 $661,800 4 1 0

Eveslage became the 20th player to secure the WPT’s POY honors, as there has never been a repeat winner. Below is a look back at the POY victors of the past two decades:

WPT Season POY Winner
1 Howard Lederer
2 Erick Lindgren
3 Daniel Negreanu
4 Gavin Smith
5 J. C. Tran
6 Jonathan Little
7 Bertrand Grospellier
8 Faraz Jaka
9 Andy Frankenberger
10 Joe Serock
11 Matthew Salsberg
12 Mukul Pahuja
13 Anthony Zinno
14 Mike Shariati
15 Benjamin Zamani
16 Art Papazyan
17 Erkut Yilmaz
18 Brian Altman
19 Jake Ferro
20 Chad Eveslage

Photo credits: Joe Giron / World Poker Tour.

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Thousands In Freerolls On National League Of Poker To End 2022!

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Jason Koon Wins PGT Championship For $500,000

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PGT Championship

The PokerGO Trip was first presented in 2021. The high-stakes-focused tour was a rousing success in its first run and also still handled excellent growth in its 2nd year. The 2022 PGT period featured 175 occasions, with 24,998 total entries made and also greater than $426 million in prize money granted along the road. This period concluded with the first-ever running of the PGT Champion, a $500,000 winner-take-all freeroll.

The event saw the top 21 from the final PGT welcomed to take part in the final showdown. An additional distinct wrinkle for this occasion saw the beginning chip heaps identified by the certifying gamers’ last PGT factor overalls. As an example, top-ranked Stephen Chidwick’s 3,412 points saw him begin with 342,000, while Benny Glaser, that certified thanks to his runner-up surface in the WPT World Champion just a day before this event, started with 165,000 thanks to 1,646 points. A complete listing of the last PGT leaderboard for 2022 can be located on the tour’s website.

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After two days of action, Jason Koon arised victorious, capturing the prize and the top prize of half a million bucks. The 37-year-old poker pro now has greater than $41.9 million in life time event incomes to his name, putting him 7th on Card Player’s all-time cash listing.

This win came just a couple of weeks after Koon defeated all-time Globe Collection of Texas hold’em arm band leader Phil Hellmuth in the largest High Risks Duel match yet, with $1.6 million on the line.

“It’s always beautiful. I somehow run hot towards the end of the year. Do you remember the WPT at Bellagio when they had those two 25Ks and I won them back-to-back in late December? I just kind of run hot in December,” Koon told PGT reporters. “I don’t know if it’s Christmas time or what, but it’s beautiful.”

Koon entered into the PGT Champion with the third-largest stack thanks to an additional solid year on the online money player circuit. Koon paid 18 times in PGT events, with 3 titles won and also more than $6.7 million in qualified profits accrued along the road. This $500,000 win was his fourth-largest cash money of the year. His leading cash advance in 2022 came when he took down the EUR150,000 buy-in brief deck occasion at the Triton Series Madrid event for $1,837,500. That success saw Koon link the document for the most Triton titles, signing up with Mikita Badziakouski with 4 success on the high-stakes tour.

Koon may have begun this occasion in third area, but he completed day 1 as the clear chip leader with almost 57 percent of the total chips in play and also just 6 competitors remaining.

“Almost every time, unless it’s a total dream, you come into a final table and you have all the chips but at some point, generally three-handed, stacks are going to converge and change hands, and you almost always lose the chip lead,” said Koon. “That’s why when I was hearing people say, ‘It’s your tourney to lose,’ I said, ‘Guys, I’ve got 57 percent of the chips and there are six people here and it’s the best players in the world. This is not my tourney to lose. I’m going to win it maybe half the time or whatever.’ I just embraced it, and then looked up and there was basically 100 big blinds in play three-handed. I knew that I’m not the chip leader, so I’ll just do what I can do and go from there. I took some beats and then I made some hands, and there I was.”

Globe Texas Hold’em Tour Player of the Year Chad Eveslage was the very first to fall on day 2, with his tumbled flush facing a higher tumbled flush for Koon. 2022 PGT Gamer of the Year Stephen Chidwick soon followed when his K-10 was unable to defeat the Q-8 of Koon. Chidwick shoved 4 big blinds from the cutoff. Koon called from the big blind, tumbled 2 set, and also held from there to tighten the area to 4.

Glaser’s run wrapped up when his K-Q matched was not able ahead from behind versus the A-4 suited of Sean Winter season Glaser flopped a gutshot straight draw, however Wintertime’s leading set held with the river to see him get in three-handed activity with the second-largest stack.

Koon and also Winter months clashed numerous times during the following stretch of play, with Wintertime primarily coming out on top. Koon after that slid to third location briefly after his AHeart SuitKHeart Suit was defeated by the ASpade Suit3Heart Match of two-time bracelet winner Nick Petrangelo in a preflop all-in.

Koon quickly managed to move back right into 2nd area with his trip threes besting the queens and also 3s of Petrangelo. A preflop coin flip then established heads-up, with Wintertime’s pocket sixes besting the K-10 of Petrangelo.

The last showdown, with the title and $500,000 hanging in the balance, began with Winter holding 2,035,000 to Koon’s 1,185,000. Both took place to battle for nearly two hours. Relatively early, Koon doubled up with a turned 2 pair besting the tumbled leading set of Winter months. His river shove was phoned call to see him take much better than a 3:1 chip lead.

Winter fought completely back into the lead, but his last time on the top was temporary. Koon won a huge pot with aces full besting the busted nut flush draw of Winter, that called the river with king high to go with the two set aboard.

By the time the final hand was dealt, Koon’s lead had actually grown to more than 6:1. Koon raised sufficient on the button to put Winter season all-in. Winter months called with JHeart Suit8Club Match as well as was controling the 10Diamond Suit8Spade Fit of Koon, however a 10Club Suit6Club Suit5Spade Suit3Diamond Suit3Club Suit runout gave Koon 10s and 3s for the win.

Wintertime, who had 20 PGT money and also 3 titles won in 2022, was sent out home empty-handed in this winner-take-all tournament.

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Stephen Song Wins World Poker Tour Prime Championship

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The Globe Poker Trip Prime Champion $1,100 buy-in event attracted an enormous area of 5,430 entrances, greater than increasing the $2 million warranty to create a last reward swimming pool of $5,267,100. Ultimately, Stephen Song arised victorious from that sea of gamers with the title as well as the top prize of $712,650.

” Honestly, it’s just incredible,” Tune told Card Player after coming out on top. “I have actually had a desire year and also this is simply the cherry on top. Words can’t actually describe exactly how I’m really feeling. I’m just so blessed. I undoubtedly ran like a God to, you have to batter 5,400 individuals. I dunno if I’ll ever before be able to repeat a run such as this, yet it really feels actually great.”

This was the biggest rating yet for the 27-year-old Globe Series of Texas hold’em arm band winner from Greenwich, Connecticut, and also it brought his life time live event profits to more than $5.1 million. His previous leading cash advance came when he finished as the runner-up in this year’s WSOP $5,000 six-max occasion for $476,990.

As he noted, this has been a red-hot year for Track. He has actually made 51 cash money to date, with 16 final-table coatings and also 2 titles won along the road. All told, he has cashed for $2,389,405 in 2022.

This latest win saw him make 1,320 Card Player Gamer of the Year points. As a result of his outstanding run, he now beings in second place in the 2022 POY race standings offered by International Texas hold’em.

The last table was set after midnight on Dec. 13, however the last 6 really did not go back to downplay to a victor up until the televised final table on the night of Dec. 19. The activity resumed with fellow bracelet victor Lara Eisenberg as well as Track basically linked for the lead, with the former having less than two big blinds more than the last when cards got in the air.

The initial removal of the last table came on the 14h deal of the day. Giorgii Skhulukhiia limped in from the switch for 600,000 with 10Club Suit7Club Match. Eisenberg increased to 2,400,000 from the little blind with AHeart SuitADiamond Suit and Skhulukhiia made the call. The flop boiled down AClub Suit7Heart Suit2Heart Suit to provide Eisenberg leading collection. She bet 1,200,000 and also Skhulukhiia called with middle set as well as backdoor flush possibilities.

The 9Club Suit on the turn boosted Skhulukhiia to a fully-fledged flush draw. Eisenberg bet 2,400,000 as well as Skhulukhiia made the call. The 2Club Suit on the end improved both gamers, offering Eisenberg aces packed with deuces as well as a flush to Skhulukhiia. Eisenberg shoved, having Skhulukhiia covered. He made the call, only to be revealed a full house. He gained $153,000 as the sixth-place finisher.

Albert Nguyen was the next to be sent packing. He opened up with a min-raise from the switch with ASpade SuitQClub Fit. Alon Messica went along with the ADiamond Suit10Club Match. The flop came down AHeart SuitJHeart Suit5Diamond Suit providing both gamers leading pair. Messica bet 2,000,000 as the initial to act and also Nguyen called in position.

The turn brought the 10Spade Match make aces up for Messica He examined and also Nguyen examined behind. The river brought the instance ace, the AClub Match, giving Messia aces complete while Nguyen grabbed journeys. Messica inspected and also Nguyen discharged 4,500,000. Messica check-raised all-in and also Nguyen called to put his tournament life on the line. Messica revealed his full house and also Nguyen shook his opponents’ hands before heading to the rail. He made $200,000 for his fifth-place proving in this occasion.

A wild hand dropped during four-handed action. Track limped in from the small blind with QSpade Suit8Club Match and Messica inspected his option in the large blind with QHeart Suit9Spade Suit. The action was examined down on the flop as well as turn. The last board read ASpade Suit4Heart Suit2Club Suit7Club Suit6Diamond Fit. Song examined and also Messica wagers 2,000,000 with his queen-nine high. Track made a check-raise bluff with queen-eight high. Messica entered into the container, however he was not just posturing. Eventually taking into consideration the circumstance, he made the gero phone call with the slightly better queen high to win the healthy and balanced pot and relocate into the chip lead. Tune moved towards the bottom of the leaderboard after the hand.

Messica used his big stack to attempt to tax Young Eum, running a multi-street bluff that put Eum to the test for his whole pile. He found the proper call with second set and discolored Messica’s 2 overcards to double up.

Eisenberg won a large pot off of Messica with a rivered two set besting his rivered top pair, top kicker. Her pile then took a big hit when her trip kings encountered the kings filled with tens held by Eum Keeping that, Eum doubled up and also overtook the lead.

Messica had the hero-call tables activated him by Song, who called a ten-high bluff on the river with his jack-high, although in a somewhat smaller pot. Messica’s run soon fittingly concerned an end through a hero phone call. Messica limped in from the small blind for 1,200,000 with KDiamond Suit6Diamond Fit as well as Eum raised to 4,000,000 out of the big blind with AClub Suit6Spade Suit. The flop boiled down ADiamond SuitJClub Suit4Diamond Suit to give Messica the nut flush draw. He checked as well as Eum wager 2,200,000 with his leading pair. Messica called and also the 2Heart Fit hit the turn. Messica check-called once more, this time to the tune of 6,200,000. The 4Heart Suit matched the board on completion and also messica inspected. Eum moved all-in and after a long time in the storage tank, Messica called all-in for 12,600,000 with his king high. Eum revealed his winning aces as well as fours to send out Messica home in fourth place ($ 265,000).

Three-handed play saw the remaining competitors obtain associated with a number of all-in pots, many of which engaged timeless preflop races like a pocket pair against two overs. Each time, the shorter pile won, until just such a coinflip saw Eum’s AHeart SuitQSpade Fit stop working to enhance versus the JHeart SuitJClub Match of Eisenberg.

Eum earned $354,000 as the third-place finisher. This was his third podium surface in a huge-field tournament around this cost factor this year. He ended up second out of 2,663 entries in a $1,000 no-limit hold ’em freezeout at the WSOP for $203,949 in June. Approximately three weeks later on he won his very first bracelet by covering an area of 5,832 entries in the $1,000 mini centerpiece to gain $594,189. Eum was awarded 880 POY factors for this deep run. With 3,240 overall factors as well as greater than $1.1 million in POY revenues, he currently rests inside the top 50 in the POY rankings.

Heads-up play began with Eisenberg holding nearly a 3:1 lead, with 119,600,000 to Tune’s 43,800,000. Track closed the void considerably when he made quad jacks versus the jacks full of fives of Eisenberg as well as had the ability to draw out a substantial worth bet on the river. He quickly pulled ahead thanks to tumbling jacks up versus the top pair of jacks for Eisenberg.

In the last hand, Eisenberg hopped in for 2,000,000 with QDiamond Suit8Spade Match and Tune checked with 6Spade Suit4Diamond Suit. The QSpade Suit8Heart Suit5Spade Suit flop saw Song check. Eisenberg bet 2,000,000 with her leading two set and also Tune called his gutshot straight draw. The 7Heart Fit on the turn finished Song’s draw, offering him an eight-high straight. Track examined once again and also Eisenberg wager 8,000,000. Tune check-raised to 22,000,000. Eisenberg considered her choices before moving all-in for 53,600,000. Track snap-called as well as required to fade a queen or 8 on the river to secure the title.

The 2Spade Suit completed the board, lockup up the victory for Track. Eisenberg gained $481,500 as the runner-up finisher, the biggest money yet for the 2021 WSOP ladies occasion champ. The Radiologist from Silver Springs, Maryland currently has virtually $760,000 in lifetime tournament profits.

Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at the final table:

Place Player Earnings POY Points
1 Stephen Song $712,650 1320
2 Lara Eisenberg $481,500 1100
3 Young Eum $354,000 880
4 Alon Messica $265,000 660
5 Albert Nguyen $200,000 550
6 Giorgii Skhulukhiia $153,000 440
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Lina Niu Wins World Poker Tour Ladies Championship

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WPT Ladies Championship

Lina Niu has won the Globe Online poker Excursion Ladies Champion, earning her very first online competition title and the leading prize of $105,136.

The 38-year-old business owner from Edmonton, Alberta beat afield of 578 access in the $1,100 buy-in occasion to secure the triumph. The strong turnover to the Wynn Las Vegas for this event saw the $200,000 guarantee, the largest ever before in a girls event, more than doubled to last variety of $560,660.

The final table started with Niu in the chip lead and also Olga Iermolcheva in 2nd chip setting. Jamie Kerstetter, a two-time Globe Collection of Online poker Circuit ring winner as well as Innovative Producer for WPT Global, was the first to fall at the last table.

Kerstetter’s final hand saw her push for simply reluctant of ten huge blinds with 10Spade Suit8Spade Fit from the tiny blind. Iermolcheva called from the large blind with KSpade Suit9Club Fit. The board went out KDiamond Suit8Club Suit3Diamond Suit6Diamond Suit4Heart Match and Iermolcheva’s premium set made her the pot. Kerstetter took home $21,934 as the sixth-place finisher, the sixth-largest documented score of her occupation. She currently has $900,237 in lifetime revenues hereafter newest deep run.

Kathy Liebert, the second-highest-earning female competition player of all time, was the beside strike the rail. The WSOP arm band victor as well as six-time WPT last tablist got all-in with ASpade SuitKClub Match dealing with the pocket sixes of Lina Niu. Niether gamer located any help from the board as well as Liebert was removed in fifth area, earning $28,847 for her efforts. This was her 423rd tape-recorded tournament cash money, with greater than $6.8 million in earnings built up along the way. Vanessa Selbst ($ 10,899,027 in earnings) is the only lady player to money for extra in her occupation.

A battle of the blinds saw Dusti Smith push with A-J and also Cindy Spier call with A-6. Neither player improved on a 10-high runout as well as Spier was knocked out in 4th location ($ 38,350).

Dusti Smith got all-in on a queen-high flop with her Q-J leading the Q-7 of Niu. A 7 on the river video game Niu two pair and also the pot, however, sending out Smith home in 3rd location ($ 51,538).

With that said, Niu got in heads-up play with 9,525,000 to Olga Iermolcheva’s 8,325,000. It took simply 11 hands for her to convert that lead into the title. Niu had the ability to prolong his lead in the early going. In the last hand, Niu increased to 450,000 on the button with AClub Suit6Club Suit and Iermolcheva pushed for 3,950,000 with 9Heart Suit9Club Match. Niu made the call as well as the board went out KHeart Suit6Diamond Suit4Spade SuitADiamond Suit5Heart Match to provide Niu a winning set of aces.

Iermolcheva took home $70,008 as the runner-up finisher. She currently has $293,191 in life time event profits to her name.

Here is a look at the payouts awarded at the final table:

Place Player Earnings
1 Lina Niu $105,136
2 Olga Iermolcheva $70,008
3 Dusti Smith $51,538
4 Cindy Spier $38,350
5 Kathy Liebert $28,847
6 Jamie Kerstetter $21,934

 

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