Daniel Dvoress became just the 35th player in poker history to accumulate more than $20 million in recorded tournament earnings. The 33-year-old Canadian poker pro surpassed this huge milestone thanks to a win in the 2022 Super High Roller Series Europe $50,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em event. He outlasted a field of 43 total entries to earn $731,000, which brought his lifetime total to $20,185,994

This was the seventh-largest score of Dvoress’ career, with his biggest payday being the $4,080,000 he earned as the champion of the 2019 Super High Roller Bahamas $250,000 buy-in event. He is also a World Series of Poker bracelet winner, having taken down the 2020 WSOP Online $1,500 buy-in ‘Millionaire Maker’ event for nearly $1.5 million.

Dvoress also earned a bounty of rankings points for this latest victory. This was his fifth final-table showing of the year, with more than $1.7 million in earnings accrued along the way. The 510 Card Player Player of the Year points he secured as the champion saw him move into 44th place in the 2022 POY race, which is sponsored by Global Poker. He also took home 439 PokerGO Tour points, enough to move him into 12th place on that high-roller-focused leaderboard.

The final day of this event began with seven players remaining. The money bubble had burst at the conclusion of day 1, with Cry Katz being the last player eliminated outside of the money. He ran pocket eights into the pocket queens of Timothy Adams, who bagged up the chip lead into day 2.

Tom Vogelsang, who won event no. 1 of this series, was the first to fall at the final table. He got all-in with pocket sixes facing the A-K suited of Dvores, which made an ace-high straight on the turn. Vogelsang earned $86,000 as the seventh-place finisher.

European Poker Tour Sochi champion Artur Martirosian’s run in this event came to an end when his pocket eights lost a race to the A-Q suited of Dvoress, who made the nut flush on the turn to leave Martirosian drawing dead. He was awarded $129,000 for his sixth-place showing.

Viacheslav Buldygin got the last of his short stack in ahead, with pocket queens leading the pocket tens of Jason Koon. A ten in the window gave Koon a set and a big lead. Buldygin picked up a club draw on the turn, but a board pair on the river gave Koon a winning full house to narrow the field to four. Buldygin took home $172,000 for his latest deep run in a high-stakes event.

Timothy Adams, who won the EPT Prague €50,000 buy-in high roller just over a month prior to this event, was the next to be eliminated. He four-bet shoved with KDiamond SuitQDiamond Suit and received a quick call from Dvoress, who had picked up ASpade SuitADiamond Suit. Dvoress flopped a set, while Adams picked up a gutshot draw. He failed to improve on the turn or river and was knocked out in fourth place ($236,500). This was Adams’ fourth final-table finish of the year, with two wins along the way, including a victory in a $25,000 turbo event just a day prior to this tournament for $310,000. He now sits in 58th place in the POY race.

Jason Koon was at his sixth final table of the month, with two fifth-place showings and three consecutive third-place finishes prior to making the top three in this event. The bracelet winner got the last of his stack in on a 7Spade Suit3Diamond Suit2Spade Suit flop with QDiamond Suit3Spade Suit trailing the KHeart Suit7Heart Suit of fellow bracelet winner Sam Greenwood. Koon was awarded $322,500 as the third-place finisher when Greenwood improved to kings up on the river. Koon has now cashed for more than $1.7 million this month, climbing into 14th place in the POY standings and 10th place on the PGT leaderboard.

Heads-up play began with Dvoress holding 3,890,000 to Greenwood’s 2,560,000. The pair of Canadian high-stakes stars went on to battle for roughly three hours. The decisive hand saw Dvoress flop trip sevens in a limped pot with AClub Suit7Diamond Suit on a KDiamond Suit7Heart Suit7Club Suit board. Greenwood checked with QSpade SuitJDiamond Suit and Dvoress bet small. Greenwood came along and the QHeart Suit on the turn gave him queens and sevens. He checked again and Dvoress sized up, firing 625,000 into the pot of 750,000. Greenwood called and the 5Club Suit completed the board. Greenwood checked a third time and Dvoress mode all-in for just over the size of the pot. Greenwood, who had him covered by 300,000 to start the hand, went into the tank before ultimately making the call. The very next hand, Greenwood shoved from the button with 4-3 offsuit and Dvoress called with 7-4. Dvoress made sevens and fours on the turn to leave Greenwood drawing dead. Greenwood earned $473,000 as the runner-up finisher.

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

The 2022 Super High Roller Series Europe festival kicked off at Merit Royal Hotel Casino & Spa in North Cyprus with a $25,000 buy-in pot-limit Omaha event. Tom Vogelsang defeated Laszlo Bujtas in heads-up play to win Event #1: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha and claim the $360,000 top prize as well as the first title of the 2022 Super High Roller Series Europe (SHRS).

The tournament attracted a field of 40 entries, but there could be only one champion. The Dutch player has now cashed for more than $1.75 million this week, having just finished second in the Triton Poker Cyprus $100,000 no-limit hold’em event for nearly $1.4 million a few days earlier. He now has more than $2.3 million in lifetime live earnings to his name.

Vogelsang now has two big results from this trip to North Cyprus. He finished second in Event #2 of Triton Poker Cyprus for $1,390,000. The two scores now have Vogelsang 18th on the 2022 PokerGO Tour (PGT) leaderboard with 616 points.

The final day of this event began with just six players remaining, all of whom were in the money after Chris Brewer was knocked out on the bubble at the conclusion of day 1. World Series of Poker bracelet winner Eelis Parssinen was the first to fall on day 2, with his double suited A-A-K-9 falling to the single-suited A-A-5-4 of Ali Imsirovic, who rivered a six-high straight to take down the pot. Parssinen earned $50,000 as the sixth-place finisher.

Imsirovic was ultimately the next player out despite winning that clash of pocket aces. He got the last of his stack in on a JSpade Suit6Heart Suit4Spade Suit flop after three-betting prefelop with AClub SuitKHeart Suit7Club Suit5Spade Suit. Vogelsang quickly called with ADiamond SuitJDiamond SuitJClub Suit3Club Suit for top set. Imsirovic picked up a second straight draw after the 10Heart Suit turn, but the board paired on the river to give Vogelsang a full house. Imsirovic (5th – $80,000), who is the reigning Card Player and PGT Player of the Year, had already overtaken the PGT top spot earlier this week thanks to a final-table finish in a Triton CPoker Cyprus event. With four titles, 14 final-table finishes and more than $2.3 million in year-to-date POY earnings, Imsirovic now once again sits atop the leaderboard in both points races as he looks to go back-to-back.

Raphael Schreiner’s run in this event came to an end when his pocket kings with 7-5 suited on the side lost an all-in against the double-suited A-Q-9-4 of Laszlo Bujtas, who made trip aces to secure the pot. Schreiner earned $110,000 as the fourth-place finisher.

Rok Gostisa got the last of his short stack in with QHeart SuitQClub Suit8Spade Suit3Heart Suit up against the ASpade SuitAHeart Suit5Club Suit4Club Suit of Bujtas. The pocket aces held up and Gostisa was sent home with $160,000 for his third-place showing. The World Poker Tour main event winner now has more than $3.2 million in recorded tournament earnings.

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With that heads-up play began with Vogelsang holding roughly a 2:1 chip advantage over Bujtas, who had just finished runner-up in a $50,000 buy-in six-max event at the Triton Cyprus series days earlier for $770,000. Vogelsang was able to further extend his lead by the time the final hand was dealt. All of the chips got in preflop with Vogelsang four-bet shoving ADiamond SuitKSpade SuitJClub Suit3Diamond Suit. Bujtas called with KHeart SuitKDiamond Suit7Club Suit2Spade Suit after committing nearly halfof his stack with a three-bet. The board ran out AClub SuitQClub Suit5Diamond Suit6Club Suit3Club Suit to lock up the pot and the title for Vogelsang. Bujtas earned $240,000 for his second runner-up finish in a week’s time. He now has nearly $4.2 million in career live cashes under his belt, including his second-place finish in the 2018 World Series of Poker Europe main event.

2022 SUPER HIGH ROLLER SERIES EUROPE EVENT #1 RESULTS

Triton Poker had established itself as one of the premier tours for high-stakes poker tournament action prior to the live poker shutdown of 2020 that resulted from the COVID-19 outbreak. As a result of the pandemic, it has been more than 2.5 years since the last time a Triton series took place, with the most recent being the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Europe Triton festival held in August of 2019. Finally, in April of 2022, the high roller staple has returned for another nosebleed-stakes tournament festival.

The first event of the 2022 Triton Poker Cyprus series was the $50,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em six-max tournament. A total of 82 entries were made by the time that registration officially closed, building a massive prize pool of $3,936,000 that was paid out among the top 11 finishers. After two long days of action, Hungarian poker pro Andras Nemeth emerged victorious with the title and the top prize of $1,082,000.

This was Nemeth’s first recorded seven-figure live tournament payday. Nemeth now has more than $6.1 million in live earnings to his name, with a sizable amount of online success also under his belt. Nemeth also became the first Hungarian to ever win a Triton event, defeating his friend and fellow countryman Laszlo Bujtas heads-up for the title.

“It was surreal to play for the first time and to then get heads-up against one of my best friends in poker. I had to pinch myself,” he told Triton Poker staff after coming out on top.

In addition to the title and the money, Nemeth also secured 816 Card Player Player of the Year points as the champion of this event. This was his fourth final-table finish and third title of the year, having come out on top in two events at the European Poker Tour Prague festival in March. Nemeth now sits in 35th place in the 2022 POY race standings, which are sponsored by Global Poker.

The second and final day of this event began with 33 players remaining, with eight late registrants joining before cards got in the air. The money bubble burst with the elimination of Mikita Badziakouski running A-5 into the A-8 of Michael Soyza. Badziakouski hit the rail empty-handed in this event, while the remaining 11 players all locked up at least $99,000.

Four-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Michael Addamo (11th -$ 99,000), Eng Siang Ewe (10th – $99,000), Michael Soyza (9th – $113,000), bracelet winner Sam Greenwood (8th – $140,000), and 2019 Card Player POY award winner Stephen Chidwick (7th – $188,000) all made deep runs to the money while falling short of the official final table.

Even without the likes of Chidwick in the mix, the final six sported plenty of highly accomplished players, including 10-time bracelet winner Phil Ivey, bracelet winner and three-time Triton event winner Jason Koon, and 2016 One Drop Invitational €1,000,000 buy-in winner Elton Tsang.

Tsang was the first to fall at the final table, with his A-9 suited running into the A-Q of Nemeth. Neither player improved and Tsang settled for $240,100 as the sixth-pale finisher. Just a handful of minutes later, a short-stacked Koon got all-in with his K-Q trailing the pocket queens of Bujtas. The pocket pair held up and Koon was eliminated in fifth place ($307,000). With $35.5 million in lifetime cashes, Koon is now ranked eighth on poker’s all-time money list.

The knockouts continued at a brisk pace, with two more eliminations in the next 10 minutes. Phil Ivey’s run in this event came to an end when he called a small blind shove from Bujtas holding A-J in the big blind. Bujtas made a flush with his 7Heart Suit5Heart Suit, which found three hearts on the board to secure the pot. Ivey earned $387,100 for his first live tournament score of 2022. He now has more than $32.1 million in career tournament earnings, good for 12th on the leaderboard.

Just moments after Ivey was sent home, Dong Hyun Kim got all-in with his pocket sevens leading the pocket fours of Nemeth. The 5Spade Suit3Spade Suit2Club Suit6Heart Suit10Heart Suit runout gave Nemeth a six-high straight on the turn for the win. Kim was awarded $503,800, the largest payday of the Korean’s career.

Nemeth took roughly a 3:1 chip lead into heads-up play with Bujtas. In the final hand, Nemeth shoved from the button with ADiamond Suit3Heart Suit and Bujtas called with KHeart SuitQHeart Suit for his last 20 or so big blinds. The board came down AClub Suit9Spade Suit4Club Suit2Diamond Suit7Heart Suit to lock up the pot and the title for Nemeth. Bujtas earned $770,000 as the runner-up, the second-largest score of his career behind his runner-up finish in the 2018 WSOP Europe main event for $797,609. He now has more than $3.9 million in recorded tournament earnings.

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

The 2022 World Series of Poker Circuit Bally’s Las Vegas $1,700 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event drew a field of 468 total entries to build a prize pool of $709,956. When all was said and done, Andrea Buonocore emerged victorious with the title and the largest share of the prize money. The Italian player earned $143,229 and his first WSOPC gold ring for the win. Buonocore now has $548,967 in career tournament earnings to his name.

“It feels amazing. I haven’t played tournaments in a long time. I’ve been only playing cash games,” Buonocore told WSOP reporters after his win. “I was playing my regular $100-$200 game in Bobby’s room. It wasn’t really a good game and the game broke, so I wasn’t sure what to do next. I checked online and saw they had this tournament, so I registered very late. I went deep and everything went my way.”

In addition to the title and the money, Buonocore also secured 720 Card Player Player of the Year points as the champion of this event. This was his first POY-qualified score of the year, but it was enough to move him into a six-way tie for 141st place in the 2022 POY race, which is sponsored by Global Poker.

The top 71 finishers made the money in this event, with plenty of accomplished players cashing due to the event taking place in the heart of the Las Vegas strip. Notables who made deep runs include two-time bracelet winner Nipun Java (29th – $3,879), two-time ring winners Eric Blair (25th – $4,407) and Stanley Lee (22nd – $5,086), ring winner Ashley Sleeth (18th – $7,092), bracelet winner and eight-time ring winner Sean Yu (15th – $8,565), two-time Card Player Poker Tour main event winner Jon Turner (13th – $8,565), and World Poker Tour main event winner Jesse Sylvia (8th – $16,463).

The final day of this event began with just five players remaining. Bruce Vandervort was the first to fall, with his pocket tens being cracked by the pocket fours of Buonocore after the chips went in preflop. Buonocore rivered a set of fours to take the pot and narrow the field to four players. Vandervort earned $35,920 as the fifth-place finisher.

Buonocore continued to climb up the leaderboard thanks to winning another key all-in, this time with his pocket queens holding against the pocket sevens of two-time bracelet winner Jim Collopy. The two clashed again in the next crucial all-in showdown. This time, the chips went in on the turn, with the board showing 9Club Suit4Heart Suit3Heart SuitJClub Suit. Collopy shoved with 6Heart Suit5Heart Suit for an open-ended straight flush draw. Buonocore called with AClub Suit2Club Suit for the nut club draw and a gutshot. The 9Diamond Suit on the river improved neither player and Buonocore’s ace high was enough to earn him the pot. Collopy was sent to the rail with $47,875 for his fourth-place showing. He now has $3,561,153 in lifetime tournament earnings.

Timothy Chang was left on fumes when his pocket fives lost an all-in against the pocket tens of two-time bracelet winner Eric Baldwin. Chang shoved from the button with Q-2 and was called by Buonocore’s A-K. neither player improved and Chang was eliminated in third place ($64,664).

With that Buonocore took a healthy lead into heads-up play with Baldwin. He was able to extend his advantage even further before the final hand was dealt. Buonocore opened from the button with 7Club Suit7Diamond Suit and Baldwin three-bet shoved holding KDiamond Suit4Diamond Suit. Buonocore made the call and the board ran out 10Club Suit9Spade Suit4Spade Suit2Spade Suit7Heart Suit, giving him a set of sevens for the win. Baldwin earned $88,498 as the runner-up, growing his career total to more than $7.1 million.

Official Final Table Results:

1st – Andrea Buonocore – $143,229
2nd – Eric Baldwin – $88,498
3rd – Timothy Chang – $64,664
4th – Jim Collopy – $47,875
5th – Bruce Vandervort – $35,920
6th – Daniel Jones – $27,316
7th – David Mowery – $21,060
8th – Jesse Sylvia – $16,463
9th – Kevin Fitzgibbons – $13,052

The 2022 U.S. Poker Open high-stakes tournament series featured three pot-limit Omaha events. Dylan Weisman made the final table in all three, capping off his impressive run by taking down the biggest buy-in PLO event on the schedule. Weisman overcame a field of 49 entries in the USPO $25,000 PLO tournament on Mar. 26 to earn his second career live tournament title and the top prize of $416,500.

This was the largest tournament score of Weisman’s career, blowing away the $166,461 he secured along with his first World Series of Poker bracelet in the 2021 $1,000 PLO event at the series. The 30-year-old poker player, who coaches PLO on an online training site, now has $1,037,292 in career tournament earnings.

This was Weisman’s fourth final table through the first 10 events at the USPO. He kicked things off with a fifth-place showing in the $10,000 buy-in PLO event for $61,600. A couple of days later he finished fifth again for another $42,400. That was his lone cash in a non-PLO-exclusive event. The $10,000 big bet mix event included PLO, ho-limit hold’em, and no-limit deuce-to-seven single draw lowball. The streak continued when Weisman placed sixth in the $15,000 buy-in PLO event for another $60,300. All told, he has cashed for $580,800 so far at the USPO, and is currently in sixth place in the player of the series race.

Weisman earned 420 Card Player Player of the Year points for his latest win. His four POY-qualified scores have moved him into 82nd place in the 2022 POY race, which is sponsored by Global Poker. He also sits in 23rd place in the PokerGO Tour points race thanks to his impressive run at this series.

Day 2 of the $25,0000 buy-in PLO event began with six players remaining and Weisman in the lead. He had nearly twice as many chips as the next largest stack, which belonged to Cary Katz. Weisman had eliminated Chris Brewer in seventh place ($49,000) to bring day 1 to a close.

The first knockout on day 2 saw short stack Isaac Kempton get the majority of his stack in preflop with A-K-5-3 and ace-high hearts, three-betting the small-blind raise of Weisman from the big blind. Weisman called with K-10-9-7 with three clubs and the flop came down A-8-7 rainbow. Weisman bet enough to put Kempton all-in, having flopped a pair and an open-ended straight draw. Kempton called with top pair and had plenty of cards to fade. Weisman picked up a back door flush draw on the turn, giving him 22 outs heading into the river. A third club completed the board and Weisman made a flush to lock up the pot. Kempton, who finished as the runner-up in both the Wynn Millions main event and the $15,000 PLO event at this series, earned $73,500 for his latest deep run. He is the current leader in the PGT points race, and sits in third place in the 2022 POY standings.

2019 WSOP $25,000 pot-limit Omaha event winner Stephen Chidwick. was the next to fall. Chidwick was the clear short stack at one point during six-handed action, and then battled all the way back into second place during five-handed play. He then lost a massive pot against Weisman, who made a backdoor flush again to leave Chidwick with just ten big blinds. Chidwick soon was all-in with top pair on a queen-high flop, only to find himself in rough shape against the queens and sixes of Weisman. The turn and river were of no help to Chidwick and the 2019 POY award winner was eliminated in fifth place ($98,000). He now has more than $38.6 million in career tournament earnings to his name, the sixth most of any player in poker history.

Weisman had nearly four times as many chips as the next-largest stack after Chidwick hit the rail. It took less than an hour to convert that lead into the title, with a pair of player breaks included. Matthew Wantman got all-in with top two pair facing the top pair of Weisman. The turn gave Wantman queens full of sevens, leaving Weisman in need of a nine on the river. The 9Heart Suit rolled off the deck, giving Weisman a higher full house and eliminating Wantman in fourth place. The World Poker Tour Aria Summer Championship main event winner earned $134,750 for his strong showing in this event.

Reigning Card Player and PGT Player of the Year Ali Imsirovic got all-in with top pair on a king-high flop. He was up against the top pair, top kicker of Weisman, which held up through the turn and river. Imsirovic took home $183,750 for his 11th final-table finish of the year. With four titles and nearly $1.7 million in year-to-date POY earnings, Imsirovic has climbed into second place in the 2022 POY standings and third place on the PGT leaderboard, setting him up nicely for a run at back-to-back victories in those points races.

Weisman took more than a 2:1 chip lead into heads-up play with Cary Katz, who had chipped up during three-handed action. The final showdown didn’t last long. On the first hand, Weisman raised from the button with AClub Suit8Club Suit5Heart Suit5Diamond Suit and Katz defended his big blind with QDiamond SuitJSpade Suit3Spade Suit3Diamond Suit. The flop came down JHeart Suit5Spade Suit2Diamond Suit and Katz checked with top pair. Weisman bet small and Katz called. The QClub Suit on the turn gave Katz queens and jacks. He checked again and Weisman bet the pot. Katz re-potted and Weisman got it all in. Katz called and found himself in need of a queen or jack on the river. The AHeart Suit on the end secured the pot and the title for Weisman, while Katz earned $269,500 as the runner-up. This score increased Katz’s lifetime tournament earnings to nearly $34.6 million, good for ninth on the all-time money list. He also earned enough rankings points land inside the top 10 in both the Card Player and PGT points races.

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

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Tamon Nakamura has done it again! Just a few days removed from his first-ever PokerGO Tour victory in the 2022 U.S. Poker Open $10,000 big bet mix champion, the 35-year-old Japanese player defeated Poker Hall of Famer Phil Hellmuth heads-up to take down the USPO $15,000 eight-game mix event for his second title of the series.

Nakamura earned $239,700 for his most recent win. He has now cashed in four of the six events that have wrapped up so far at the USPO, cashing for a total of $460,900 along the way. That means that the majority of the Tokyo resident’s $705,928 in live tournament earnings have been recorded in the past week.

In addition to the title and the money, Nakamura also earned plenty of rankings points for the win. The 360 Card Player Player of the Year points he took home were enough to see him climb within striking distance of the top 100 in the 2022 POY race, which is sponsored by Global Poker. He now sits in 17th place on the PokerGO Tour leaderboard thanks to the 240 points he secured in this event. With 462 total series points, he is now the outright leader in the USPO player of the series race.

Nakamura overcame a field of 47 total entries in this event, which featured a mix of limit hold’em, Omaha eight-or-better, razz, seven-card stud, stud eight-or-better, no-limit hold’em, pot-limit Omaha, and triple draw deuce-to-seven lowball. He entered the second and final day of the tournament as the shortest stack with seven players remaining, all of whom were in the money following the elimination of Maxx Coleman on the money bubble at the conclusion of day 1.

Jeremy Ausmus was the first to hit the rail at the final table, with his last chips going in on the flop with his king-high flush draw and top pair of jacks facing the pocket queens of Ben Yu in limit hold’em. Ausmus was unable to improve on the turn or river and was eliminated in seventh place, earning $28,200 and 90 POY points for his 12th final-table finish of the year. He remains the leader in the POY race with a 592-point lead on second-ranked Tony Sinishtaj. With one win and four cashes during the USPO, he is in second place in the player of the series race behind Nakamura.

Scott Seiver three-bet with A-K from the small blind in limit hold’em. Damjan Radanov, who had raised from the button with A-10, made the call and flopped top pair on a ten-high board. Seiver made a continuation bet with his two overcards and Radanov called. Another ten rolled off on the turn and Seiver bet, leaving himself with less than a full bet behind. Radanov raised and Seiver called all-in only to see that he was drawing dead. He took home $42,300 as the sixth-place finisher, increasing his career earnings to more than $24.3 million. As a result, he is currently ranked 23rd on Card Player’s all-time money list.

Radanov climbed all the way up the leaderboard and into the top spot for a time during five-handed action, but he lost a hefty stud pot with split tens losing to the rivered pair of jacks of Nakamura, who had been drawing at a flush. He ultimately got all-in playing Omaha eight-or-better with A-Q-J-10 with a suited ace. Hellmuth scooped the pot with the nut flush and the second-nut low to send Radanov to the rail in fifth place ($56,400).

Bryan Micon’s run came to an end when he shoved his last few big blinds as the first to act in no-limit hold’em with Q-8. Nakamura re-shoved from the small blind with A-K suited and everyone else got out of the way. Micon found no help from the board and was eliminated in fourth place, earning $77,550 for his first live tournament cash of the year.

A battle of the blinds resulted in the next knockout, Ben Yu moved all-in from the small blind for 9.5 big blinds with JClub Suit9Heart Suit and Nakamura made the call from the big blind with 5Heart Suit5Club Suit. The flop came down KHeart Suit10Diamond Suit2Spade Suit to give Yu a gutshot straight draw to go along with his two overcards. The 9Diamond Suit on the turn gave him a pair of nines to take the lead, but the 5Diamond Suit on the river improved Nakamura to a set of fives. Yu was sent home in third place, earning $105,750 for his latest deep run. The four-time WSOP bracelet winner now has more than $8.6 million in lifetime tournament earnings.

Heads-up play began with Phil Hellmuth holding 3,925,000 to Nakamura’s 3,125,000. Nakamura overtook the lead thanks to a big razz hand that saw him make a seven low on the end to best Hellmuth’s eight-seven low. Hellmuth lost another big razz pot with Nakamura making a jack low to beat his queen low. Nakamura further extended his lead by winning a sizable pot with top pair against Hellmuth’s fourth pair in limit hold’em to leave the 16-time WSOP bracelet winner on fumes. In the final hand, Nakamura raised with AClub Suit3Club Suit and Hellmuth raised all-in with KSpade Suit7Club Suit. The board ran out QDiamond Suit10Spade Suit10Heart SuitQSpade Suit9Heart Suit to lock up the pot and the title for Nakamura.

Hellmuth was awarded $155,100 as the runner-up finisher. He now has more than $24.2 million in lifetime tournament earnings, good for 24th place on poker’s all-time money list.

Here is a look at the payouts and rankings points awarded in this event:

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Grzegorz Glowny won his way into the 2022 European Poker Prague €5,300 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event via a €530 online satellite on PokerStars. The native of Poland was one of 1,190 total entries in this massive tournament. After seven full days of tournament action, Glowny managed to emerge victorious with the title and the top payout of €692,252 ($754,555 USD).

This was Glowny’s largest recorded live tournament score by nearly $750,000. His previous top cash was $5,221, made earlier at this same series.

In addition to the money, Glowny also became the fifth Polish player to win an EPT main event title. As this year’s EPT Prague main event champion, Glowny was awarded 1,920 Card Player Player of the Year points. This was his first POY-qualified score ever, but it alone was enough to move him into sixth place in the 2022 POY race, which is sponsored by Global Poker.

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The final day of this event began with just six players remaining, with Gab Yong Kim in the chip lead and an average stack of roughly 50 big blinds. Armin Rezaei was the first to fall, getting all-in with a three-bet squeeze from the big blind after Glowny raised from the cutoff and Kim called from the button. Glowny called with ADiamond SuitKDiamond Suit, which had Rezaei’s AHeart SuitQHeart Suit in rough shape. The board improved neither player and Rezaei was eliminated in sixth place ($198,162 USD).

Demetrio Caminita’s run in this event came to an end thanks to a preflop battle of the blinds. He shoved for just shy of 2 million with 8Diamond Suit6Diamond Suit when it folded to him in the small blind. Glowny called from the big blind with 5Heart Suit5Diamond Suit. The pocket fives held up and Caminita was sent to the rail with $267,998 USD for his fifth-place showing.

The final four players battled on for more than four hours after Caminita left the table, with a few pauses in play to discuss a deal. Eventually, the quartet came to an agreement that saw them readjust the remaining payouts based on ICM numbers. The deal left $120,768 USD in prize money remaining for the eventual champion. Here is a look at what each player locked up (in USD):

Gab Yong Kim (46 big blinds) – $678,645 USD
Andrea Cortellazzi (37 big blinds) – $631,568 USD
Grzegorz Glowny (37 big blinds) – $633,787 USD
Symeon Alexandridis (23 big blinds) – $542,033 USD

Kim secured the largest guaranteed payout thanks to the deal, but shortly after agreeing to it began to slide down the leaderboard. In his final hand he got all-in on a 10Diamond Suit6Diamond Suit4Club Suit3Diamond SuitQSpade Suit board with 6Spade Suit3Club Suit. His two pair was no good against the 8Diamond Suit7Diamond Suit of Cortellazzi, who turned a flush to take the lead and held from there. Kim went home in fourth place with the payout he negotiated for in the four-way deal.

Symeon Alexandridis got the last of his stack into the middle with his AHeart Suit9Spade Suit leading the AClub Suit8Spade Suit of Glowny. The KSpade Suit3Diamond Suit2Spade Suit8Heart Suit2Heart Suit runout gave Glowny eights and deuces for the win, though, and Alexandridis settled for third place.

With that, heads-up play began with Cortellazzi holding 19,425,000 to Glowny’s 16,300,000. The lead changed hands a couple times, but Glowny managed to win a huge all-in with pocket queens against Cortellazzi’s A-9 to take a decisive lead in time for the final hand of the tournament. Cortellazzi shoved his last eight big blinds with 8Club SuitClub Suit from the button. Glowny called with KClub SuitQClub Suit out of the big blind. The board ran out 10Club Suit7Spade Suit2Heart SuitKSpade Suit4Spade Suit, giving Glowny aa winning pair of kings and the pot. Cortellazzi took home $631,568 USD as the runner-up, while also securing 1,600 POY points. The Italian now sits in a tie for 11th place in the overall POY standings.

Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded during the final day of action:

Winner photo credit: Danny Maxwell / Rational Intellectual Holdings Ltd.

The 27-year-old poker pro’s incredible run from 2021 has carried over to the new year, as he currently leads all poker tournament players in both titles won and final-table finishes. Imsirovic claimed sole possession of the top spot in those categories thanks to victory in the latest $10,500 buy-in high roller held during the 2022 Wynn Millions series. He overcame a field of 60 entries to earn $180,000 and his fourth title of 2022.

In addition to the money and the hardware, Imsirovic also earned a bounty of rankings points for his latest title run. The 360 Card Player Player of the Year points he secured were enough to see him squeak past Jeremy Ausmus to overtake the lead in the 2022 POY race, which is sponsored by Global Poker.

Imsirovic also scored 180 PokerGO Tour points for the win. He now sits in second place on that leaderboard. He is off to an impressive start in his quest to defend both the Card Player and PokerGO Tour Player of the Year awards.

Imsirovic set the record for the most POY-qualified titles in a calendar year with 14 in 2021. He is currently on pace to blow that record out of the water, with one title earned every 16.5 days so far this year. If he somehow maintained his current pace, he would end up with a fitting 22 titles in 2022.

Imsirovic eliminated John Krpan on the money bubble to take a sizable lead into the final table. Cary Katz knocked out short stack Sylvain Loosli (9th – $18,000) to narrow the field to eight. Imsirovic then picked up pocket tens against the pocket eights of 2021 World Series of Poker Europe main event runner-up Johan Guilbert (8th – $24,000) to take another step closer to the title.

Actress, singer, and model Arden Cho’s run in this event came to an end when her A-6 was unable to beat out the pocket queens of bracelet winner and high-stakes tournament regular Sam Soverel. The Teen Wolf star flopped an ace to take the lead, but Soveel rivered a set of queens to take down the pot. Cho earned $30,000 as the seventh-place finisher.

Sergio Aido (6th – $36,000) was the next to fall, with his pocket nines from the small blind failing to hold against the 10-7 that Imsirovic shoved out of the cutoff.

Katz’ got the last of his stack in with K-Q in a three-way pot. Severe short stack Sean Winter flopped a straight with 6-5 to win the main pot, while Matas Cimbolas’ A-9 was good for the side pot. Katz locked up $48,000 for his latest strong showing in a high roller event, increasing his lifetime earnings to just shy of $34.2 million. He currently sits in 15th place in the POY standings.

Not too long after tripling up, Winter ran A-2 suited into the pocket aces of Cimbolas to finish fourth for $60,000. This was his eighth POY-qualified final-table finish of the year. As a result, he moved into 11th on the overall leaderboard.

Sam Soverel committed the majority of his stack preflop with K-10 suited, with the rest going in after a 6Spade Suit2Spade Suit2Club Suit flop. Imsirovic held 5Spade Suit5Club Suit, which remained ahead through a blank turn and river. Soverel hit the rail with $84,000.

With that Imsirovic took roughly a 4:1 chip lead into heads-up play with Cimbolas, a Lithuanian player with a World Poker Tour title to his name. Cimbolas won an early preflop coinflip to close the gap considerably, but Imsirovic was still in the lead when the final hand of the tournament was dealt.

Cimbolas raised to 175,000 from the button with 6Spade Suit5Spade Suit and Imsirovic called with 10Heart Suit6Club Suit from the big blind. The 10Diamond Suit2Spade Suit2Diamond Suit flop drew a check-call from Imsirovic, with Cimbolas’s continuation bet being for 100,000. The 4Spade Suit on the turn saw Imsirovic check again. This time CImbolas fired 450,000. Imsirovic called and the KDiamond Suit hit the river. Imsirovic checked a third time. Cimboolas moved all-in for 1,425,000. Imsirovic thought it over before making the call with his tens and deuces. Cimbolas showed his missed draws and the pot and the title were sent to Imsirovic. Cimbolas earned $120,000 as the runner-up.

Here is a look at the payouts and rankings points awarded in this event: