Asher Conniff Wins First Open Bracelet Event Of 2024 World Series of Poker

The 2024 World Series of Poker kicked off with a model new occasion: the $5,000 buy-in no-limit maintain’em champions reunion bounty eight-max. The match awarded a $10,000 seat on this 12 months’s most important occasion to anybody who knocked out a earlier most important occasion winner. A complete of 22 earlier world champions turned out, from 1983 winner Tom McEvoy via reigning most important occasion winner Daniel Weinman.

The occasion attracted 493 entries in complete, making a prize pool of $2,047,800. In the tip, Asher Conniff got here away together with his first bracelet and the most important chunk of that cash after overcoming an enormous deficit heads-up. Conniff’s payout of $408,468 was the third-largest rating but for the poker professional from Brooklyn, New York. The 2022 WSOP most important occasion tenth-place finisher and World Poker Tour champion now has greater than $4.4 million in lifetime match earnings to his identify.

This was Conniff’s first final-table end of 2024. The 1,440 Card Player Player of the Year factors he earned for the deep run have been sufficient to catapult him up the standings and into 113th place on the POY leaderboard introduced by Global Poker.

A complete of 493 entries have been made, making a $2,267,800 prize pool that was paid out among the many prime 76. The 22 earlier WSOP most important occasion winners have been granted free seats within the match, with 4 of them happening to make the cash in 2012 champion Greg Merson (67th), 2023 champion Daniel Weinman (52nd), 1995 champion Dan Harrington (thirty seventh), and and 2016 champion Qui Nguyen (twenty first).

The closing day started with ten gamers remaining and Conniff within the center of the pack. By the time the sector was narrowed to seven for the PokerGO final-table broadcast, he remained on the center of the leaderboard.

A basic race result in the primary knockout of the live-stream. Halil Tasyurek bought all-in preflop with A-Ok suited going through the pocket queens of Nenad Dukic. Tasyurek flopped aces and kings and held from there to go away Dukic on fumes. Dukic was quickly all-in for his previous few massive blinds with Ok-J going through the pocket nines of Terry Fleischer, who guess David Coleman off of A-10 suited after a seven-high flop. Fleischer turned a nine-high straight to ship Dukic to the rail in seventh place ($51,416).

Coleman was the clear brief stack after that hand. He quickly dedicated the bulk of his remaining seven or so blinds with A-9. He was appeared up by Conniff, who held A-J suited within the cutoff. Neither participant linked with a six-high flop, however Conniff guess sufficient to place Coleman all-in for his final 2.7 massive blinds and Coleman made the decision. Both gamers hit a pair of aces on the flip, however Conniff’s kicker performed by the tip to earn him the knockout. Coleman was awarded $69,231 for his sixth-place displaying. This was the 14th POY-qualified final-table end of the 12 months for Coleman, with 4 victories recorded throughout these occasions. The 480 POY factors he secured for this newest deep run moved him into third place within the total standings. He additionally elevated his lifetime match earnings to almost $5.7 million.

The subsequent massive hand started with Fleischer elevating from the cutoff with A9. Tasyurek defended his massive blind with Ok5 and the flop got here down 1085. It went check-check and the 5 flip enhance Tasyurek to rips. He guess 600,000 and Fleischer raised all-in as a bluff and Tasyurek rapidly referred to as. Fleischer was drawing lifeless. He cashed for $94,936 because the fifth-place finisher, rising his profession earnings to greater than $2.6 thousands and thousands within the course of.

Bracelet winner Jonathan Pastore bought all-in for his final 12 massive blinds with pocket fours going through the Q-J suited of Tasyurek. A jack-high flop gave Tasyurek an enormous lead, which he maintained via the flip and river. Pastore, the 2022 WSOP $5,000 six-max occasion champion with roughly $2.2 million in prior earnings to his identify, added one other $132,545 together with his sturdy displaying on this occasion.

Yuzhou Yin had slid to the underside of the counts throughout brief handed play, getting a multi-street bluff picked off by Conniff that left him properly behind the remainder of the pack. He managed one double up via Tasyurek, however moments later was all-in agains with A-2 trailing A-9. Neither participant linked with the board and Yin was eradicated in third place ($188,342). This was the most important rating but for Yin, topping the $50,800 he had earned because the third-place finisher within the $800 Flip & Go occasion on the 2023 WSOP Paradise final December.

Heads-up play started with Tasyurek holding 20,900,000 to Conniff’s 3,750,000. It took greater than two hours for a champion to be determined. Conniff closed the hole a number of occasions within the early going, solely to have Tasyurek bounce again out to massive leads. Conniff was near even once more when the following key pot arose. Tasyurek had flush and straight attracts going into the river, however missed every part. He fired a bluff on the tip and Conniff discovered a hero name with ace excessive to take a 3:2 lead of his personal.

Conniff had prolonged his benefit to roughly 4:1 by the point the ultimate hand of the match arose. Tasyurek shoved for 12.5 massive blinds with J9 from the button and Conniff referred to as with 1010. The board ran out Ok7458 to lock up the pot and the bracelet for Conniff.

Tasyurek earned $272,305 because the runner-up. This was the second-largest rating of his profession, trailing solely the $358,075 he earned because the fourth-place finisher in final 12 months’s European Poker Tour Cyprus most important occasion.

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

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