Colin Robinson Wins 2024 WSOP $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em Event

In June of 2023, Colin Robinson navigated his approach by means of a subject of 1000’s all the way down to the ultimate two within the World Series of Poker $1,500 buy-in no-limit maintain’em Monster Stack occasion. He ended up falling simply wanting the gold, ending second for $718,649. Just over a 12 months later, Robinson managed to make it again all the way down to heads-up play on the WSOP, this time within the $2,500 no-limit maintain’em occasion. The Anthem, Arizona resident was capable of come out on prime in his second go-round, incomes $667,963 and his first bracelet for the win.

Robinson now has $2,215,711 in lifetime match earnings, with the bulk ($1,737,103) coming from his 33 in-the-money finishes on the WSOP.

In addition to the cash and the {hardware}, Robinson additionally scored 1,620 Card Player Player of the Year factors because the champion of this occasion. This was sufficient to catapult him inside the highest 150 within the 2024 POY rankings introduced by Global Poker regardless of no prior certified scores this 12 months.

The 2,229-entry turnout for this occasion resulted in a prize pool of $4,959,525 which was paid out among the many prime 335 finishers. Several bracelet winners had been among the many 21 gamers that made it all the way down to the third and remaining day. Those that fell wanting the ultimate desk, together with Jin Hoon Lee (twenty first), Rui Ferreira (twentieth), Mike Holtz (seventeenth), Andre Akkari (twelfth), and Jose ‘Nacho’ Barbero (eleventh).

2023 World Poker Tour Gardens Poker Championship winner Ky Nguyen hit the rail in tenth place to set the official remaining desk. Ivan Stankov then misplaced an enormous preflop race with pocket queens in opposition to the A-Ok suited of bracelet winner Carl Shaw to complete ninth ($61,906).

Gonzalo Almada was left on fumes when his Ok-J misplaced to the Q-9 suited of Shaw. He quickly received all-in with 10-7 suited trailing the A-10 of Shaw. Almada picked up an open-ended straight draw on the flip, however bricked on the river to complete eighth ($79,537).

Robinson’s first knockout on the remaining desk noticed his A-Ok greatest the 10-9 of latest $1,500 tremendous turbo bounty freezeout bracelet winner Peter Park (seventh – $103,279). He adopted that up by drawing out on the A-Ok of Akshat Bajaj with A-Q, flopping a queen and holding to slender the sector to 5. Bajaj earned $135,522 because the sixth-place finisher.

Two-time bracelet winner and Card Player Publisher Barry Shulman’s run on this occasion concluded in fifth place. He received all-in with A8 dealing with the OkQ of Robinson. The board ran out Ok106Q2to offer Robinson two pair and the pot. Shulman earned $179,687 for his sixty fourth money on the WSOP, rising his general match earnings to just about $6.2 million within the course of.

Vitalijs Zavorotnijs was the following to sq. off in all-in fight in opposition to Robinson. His Ok-Q suited was dominated by A-Ok. Zavorotnijs turned an open-ended straight draw, however a deuce on the top noticed him knocked out in fourth place ($240,707). The 2019 WPT Barcelona champion now has greater than $2.2 million in profession cashes.

The surge continued for Robinson when his A5 held in opposition to the OkQ of John Reiter. Neither participant related with the board and Reiter was despatched to the rail with $325,744 for his third-place exhibiting.

Heads-up play started with Robinson holding roughly a 6:1 chip lead over Shaw. Just a number of palms into their match, Robinson shoved from the button and Shaw referred to as with Q10. Robinson’s Q7 was dominated, however the Ok985A runout noticed him nail working golf equipment to make a successful flush for the win.

Shaw earned $445,285 because the runner-up. The 2019 WSOP $5,000 no-limit maintain’em occasion winner grew his lifetime earnings to just about $3.7 million with this sturdy exhibiting.

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

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Winner photograph credit score: WSOP / Rachel Kay Winter.