Ben Tollerene has received the ultimate occasion of the 2024 Poker Masters. The longtime high-stakes participant, identified to many by his display identify ‘Ben86’, topped a subject of 68 entries within the $25,200 buy-in excessive curler to earn $510,000 and his tenth recorded event title.
Tollerene now has greater than $16.1 million in profession earnings accrued throughout 126 in-the-money finishes. This was his fourth final-table end of the yr, together with a runner-up end within the $250,000 buy-in occasion on the World Series of Poker this summer time for a career-best rating of $3.5 million.
This newest victory conveyed 504 Card Player Player of the Year factors upon Tollerene. He now sits in a hundred and fortieth place within the 2024 POY standings introduced by Global Poker.
Tollerene additionally earned 306 PGT factors, sufficient to complete in sixth place within the series-long standings regardless of no prior cashes throughout this eight-event competition. Jim Collopy had already locked up the 2024 Poker Masters Purple Jacket earlier than the final day of this closing occasion started.
The closing day started with seven gamers remaining and bracelet winner Andrew Licthenberger atop the leaderboard. Victoria Livschitz was the primary to fall. She received her final 7 large blinds in preflop with Okay-Q trailing the A-Q suited of World Poker Tour champion Taylor von Kriegenbergh. Both gamers ended up with a pair of queens on the river, however von Kriegenbergh’s kciker performed to earn him the pot. Livschitz secured $68,000 because the seventh-place finisher. She now has practically $2.1 million in recorded stay earnings.
Filipp Khavin received his previous few large blinds in with pocket fours racing in opposition to the Okay-Q suited of fellow quick stack Sam Soverel. The board introduced each overcards for Soverel, giving him two pair for the win. Khavin headed house with $93,500 for his sixth-place displaying.
Soverel, who was adorned within the Purple Jacket he received in 2019, was nonetheless the shortest stack heading into five-handed regardless of scoring that knockout. The two-time bracelet winner was not the following to fall, although. Bracelet winner Aram Zobian’s pocket tens had been cracked by the pocket nines of von Kriegenbergh, who flopped a set and held from there.
Zobian managed to get his final 14 large blinds in with pocket aces main the pocket kings of von Kriegenbergh, however as soon as once more the higher pair failed to carry up. A king-high runout ended Zobian’s run in fifth place ($127,500). The 2018 WSOP primary occasion sixth-place finisher now has greater than $7.2 million in lifetime earnings. He additionally climbed to 18th place within the POY standings because of this, his thirteenth final-table end of the yr.
Soverel quickly adopted, getting his final 8 large blinds in with 108
going through the A
J
of von Kriegenbergh. Soverel had an opportunity to triple up, as he had raised for all however one 5,000 chip and acquired a name from Tolleren’s Okay
earlier than von Kriegenbergh shoved to isolate. The board got here down 9
4
2
5
Okay
and ace excessive was sufficient to get rid of Soverel in fourth place ($170,000). Soverel’s profession earnings now sit at $23.7 million.
Lichtenberger slid all the way down to the underside of the chip counts as three-handed play continued. He received all-in with AA
on a Okay
10
9
flop. He was main the Q
Q
of Tollerene, however the Q
rolled off on the flip to go away Lichtenberger in want of assistance on the river. The 7
accomplished the board and Lichtenberger settled for $229,500 because the third-place finisher. He now has greater than $21.9 million in lifetime cashes to his identify.
Heads-up play started with Tollerene holding 6,415,000 to the three,790,000 of von Kriegenbergh. The hole was narrowed within the early going, and the 2 hung round even for a bit earlier than von Kriegenbergh picked off an enormous bluff to offer himself a wholesome lead. A traditional preflop race turned issues round but once more. von Kriegenbergh raised to 250,000 from the button with A
Okay
. Tollerene three-bet shoved for 3,975,000 (simply shy of 40 large blinds) with 7
7
. A fast name was made by von Kriegenbergh and the board ran out 9
6
6
4
5
to offer Tollerene the double-up right into a 3:1 lead.
That conflict left von Kriegenbergh with simply over 23 large blinds. He was capable of chip up a bit, however quickly all-in with OkayJ
trailing the A
6
of Tollerene, who three-bet shoved over a button open for 26.5 large blinds efficient. After von Kriegenbergh made the decision, the flop got here down Q
8
3
to offer von Kriegenbergh a king-high flush draw to go along with his two stay playing cards. The 5
flip improved neither participant, although, leaving von Kriegenbergh in want of assist heading into the final card. The 10
modified nothing, although, and von Kriegenbergh was eradicated in second place ($331,500). This payday elevated his lifetime earnings to almost $6.8 million.
Here is a have a look at the payouts and rankings factors awarded on the closing desk:
Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points | PGT Points |
1 | Benjamin Tollerene | $510,000 | 504 | 306 |
2 | Taylor von Kriegenbergh | $331,500 | 420 | 199 |
3 | Andrew Lichtenberger | $229,500 | 336 | 138 |
4 | Sam Soverel | $170,000 | 252 | 102 |
5 | Aram Zobian | $127,500 | 210 | 77 |
6 | Filipp Khavin | $93,500 | 168 | 56 |
7 | Victoria Livschitz | $68,000 | 126 | 41 |
Here is a have a look at the ultimate high 10 within the collection factors race:
Rank | Player | Points | Wins | Cashes | Winnings |
1st | Jim Collopy | 522 | 0 | 4 | $521,600 |
2nd | Isaac Haxton | 458 | 1 | 4 | $457,000 |
third | Jeremy Becker | 449 | 1 | 3 | $448,800 |
4th | Michael Moncek | 382 | 0 | 2 | $381,600 |
fifth | Brock Wilson | 355 | 1 | 2 | $354,900 |
sixth | Ben Tollerene | 306 | 1 | 1 | $510,000 |
seventh | Justin Zaki | 285 | 1 | 2 | $312,400 |
eighth | Jonathan Little | 227 | 1 | 1 | $226,800 |
ninth | Aram Zobian | 225 | 0 | 3 | $275,400 |
tenth | David Chen | 218 | 1 | 1 | $217,500 |
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