Aleksejs Ponakovs Wins Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open $25,500 Event For $682,238

Aleksejs Ponakovs has received the 2023 Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open $25,500 buy-in no-limit maintain’em excessive curler occasion on the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood. The two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner from Latvia navigated his method by a tricky discipline of 93 entries to safe the title and the highest prize of $682,238.

This was the eighth-largest rating of Ponakovs’ profession. It introduced his lifetime earnings to greater than $16.6 million, extending his already huge lead on Latvia’s all-time cash checklist. His nearest competitors on that leaderboard is Mihails Morozovs, who has simply shy of $2.1 million in whole scores to his identify.

In addition to the title and the cash, Ponakovs was additionally awarded 756 Card Player Player of the Year factors for this victory. This was his second title of 2023, having additionally taken down a $25,000 buy-in event on the European Poker Tour Cyprus cease for an additional $216,810. With 15 closing tables, greater than $5.1 million in to-date POY earnings, and 4,579 whole factors, Ponakovs now sits in twenty second place within the 2023 POY race standing introduced by Global Poker.

This occasion featured a $1 million assure which was greater than doubled due to the 93-entry turnout. The closing prize pool of $2,297,100 was cut up up among the many high 12 finishers, with loads of massive names operating deep, together with Ethan ‘Rampage’ Yau (twelfth), Justin Zaki (ninth), Adam Hendrix (sixth), three-time bracelet winner and 2015 WSOP fundamental occasion champion Joe McKeehen (fifth), EPT champion Anton Wigg (4th), and three-time World Poker Tour champion and bracelet winner Brian Altman (third).

Timur Vardanian completed second for $459,420. This was the most important dwell rating by far for the Russian participant.

Here is a have a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the closing desk:

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