Ben Tollerene Takes Down 2024 PokerGO Tour Pot-Limit Omaha Series II $25,000 Finale

Benjamin Tollerene is making a behavior of swooping in on the finish of PokerGO Tour festivals to win the most important buy-in occasion on the schedule. In September he closed out the Poker Masters with a victory within the $25,200 finale, and he has performed the identical within the $25,200 buy-in pot-limit Omaha championship that capped off the 2024 PGT PLO Series II. The newest triumph noticed Tollerene beat out a subject of 62 entries to safe the trophy and the highest prize of $496,000.

This was the twelfth recorded title for the 37-year-old poker professional from initially hailing from Lubbock, Texas. Despite spending a lot of his profession targeted on high-stakes on-line money video games, he now has greater than $16.6 million in event earnings to his title.

Nearly $5.6 million of that complete haul has come from eight cashes this 12 months. He has made six remaining tables and earned the beforehand talked about pair of PGT titles alongside the way in which. The 504 Card Player Player of the Year factors he secured along with his newest win moved him into ninety fifth place within the 2024 POY standings introduced by Global Poker.

Tollerene additionally climbed to eighth place within the collection factors race with this one rating with 298 PGT factors. With 1,268 complete factors, he now sits in twenty first place on the season-long PGT leaderboard as effectively.

The $1,550,000 prize pool that resulted from the 62 entries on this event was the most important of the pageant. The prime 9 finishers earned a reduce, with Billy Tarango (ninth – $46,500) and two-time bracelet winner Jesse Lonis (eighth – $62,000) making the cash however falling wanting the official remaining desk.

Fernando ‘JNandezPoker’ Habegger (seventh – $62,000) was the primary to fall among the many remaining seven, along with his two pair dealing with a pair, flush draw, and open-ended straight draw for 2024 PGT PLO Series I pageant champion Samuli Sipila. The river gave Sipila a profitable flush to slim the sphere to 6.

Six-time bracelet winner Josh Arieh additionally acquired the final of his chips towards Sipila. Arieh known as all-in for round ten massive blinds with AOkQ6 dealing with a three-bet from Sipila, who had AOk87. The board got here down 86435 to 5 Sipila a profitable eight-high straight. Arieh settled for $85,250 because the sixth-place finisher. He is now approaching $13.1 million in profession earnings after including this rating to his tally.

Tollerene overtook the lead throughout five-handed play, however was quickly surpassed by Finnish bracelet winner Joni Jouhkimainen, who flopped prime set of jacks towards the pocket aces of two-time bracelet winner Ben Lamb and acquired all the chips in. Lamb earned $116,000 because the fifth-place finisher. The two-time WSOP foremost occasion remaining desk finisher now has almost $16.9 million in profession cashes.

The subsequent massive showdown pitted the OkOk108 of 2022 WSOP foremost occasion third-place finisher Michael Duek towards the AOkJ9 of Tollerene. A ten625 begin gave Tollerene two flush attracts for the win. The diamonds got here in on a 7 river, giving him the nuts and the knockout. Duek earned $155,000 for his fourth-place displaying. This was his fourth money of the collection, with $238,050 in complete earnings accrued alongside the way in which.

With that, Tollerene moved again into the lead, whereas Sipila turned the quick stack. He managed to outlive to heads-up play, although, as a result of the 2 bigger stacks squared off in an enormous pot that led to the elimination of Jouhkimainen. After limp-calling a elevate from the small-blind with AQ95, Jouhkimainen checked the 973 flop. Tollerene guess 250,000 with the OkOkJ10 and compelled out Sipila, who had come alongside from the button. Jouhkimainen then check-raised to 1,790,000. Tollerene shoved and Jouhkimainen known as all-in for 3,750,000 complete. The 2 flip gave Jouhkimainen a wheel draw to go along with his nut coronary heart outs and overcard to Tollerene’s pocket kings. The 8 on the tip was of no assist, although, and Jouhkimainen was despatched packing in third place. The $217,000 he secured grew his lifetime haul to over $7.5 million.

Heads-up play started with Tollerene holding 9,525,000 to Sipila’s 2,870,000. He pulled even additional forward earlier than the ultimate hand was dealt. Sipila limped on the button with Q1074 and Tollerene raised to 300,000 from the massive blind with Ok987. Sipila known as and the flop got here down 753. Tollerene guess pot then known as Sipila’s shove for 825,000. Both gamers had prime pair with reside kickers and straight attracts. The 9 improved Tollerene to prime two pair, which held by means of the J river. Sipila walked away with $310,000 because the runner-up, the fourth-largest rating of his profession.

Sipila completed fifth within the remaining series-long factors race thanks to 3 remaining desk finishes totaling $471,000 in earnings.

Here is a take a look at the payouts and rankings factors awarded on the remaining desk:

Here is a take a look at the highest ten within the remaining standings within the PGT PLO Series II factors race:

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