Eric Afriat has added a PokerGO Tour title to his lengthy record of poker accomplishments. The three-time World Poker Tour important occasion champion from Canada bested a area of 64 entries in occasion no. 7 on the 2024 U.S. Poker Open, incomes $288,000 for the win.
This was the thirteenth six-figure rating on Afriat’s resume, bringing his profession earnings complete to greater than $5.3 million.
Afriat additionally completed because the runner-up within the kickoff occasion of this pageant. With 378 PGT factors and $377,900 accrued throughout these two cashes, he’s now the second-ranked participant within the USPO factors race with only one occasion but to complete. He additionally climbed to twenty second on the season-long PGT leaderboard and fiftieth within the Card Player Player of the Year race standings after this victory.
This occasion performed out over the course of two days contained in the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino Las Vegas. The high 10 finishers earned a share of the $960,000 prize pool, with David Peters (tenth), Victoria Livschitz (ninth), Brock Wilson (eighth), and Darren Elias (seventh) busting inside the cash late on day 1.
Two-time POY award winner Stephen Chidwick started the ultimate day within the lead, with Afriat sitting in the midst of the pack when playing cards received again within the air. Chidwick remained atop the chip counts even after Bill Klein (sixth – $52,800) and Sean Winter (fifth – $72,000) have been despatched packing.
Afriat doubled by way of Chidwick throughout early four-handed motion, with a rivered flush besting a rivered straight. That knocked Chidwick out of the highest spot, however he quickly eradicated Sam Laskowitz in fourth place ($96,000) to maneuver again in entrance. Chidwick shoved the river with journeys and Laskowitz hero referred to as with ace excessive. This was the fourth money of the collection for Laskowitz, bringing his complete haul to $353,710.
Afriat ramped up the aggression throughout short-handed play, and was in a position to take the lead after which draw back from the remainder of the pack. Chidwick was whittled all the way down to round seven large blinds by the point his ultimate hand arose. He referred to as all-in from the large blind with Okay-8 dealing with a small blind shove from Joey Weissman, who held 9-6. Chidwick flopped journey eights to take a giant lead, however Weissman picked up a gutshot straight draw that got here in on the river to ship Chidwick to the rail with $129,600. He now has greater than $57.2 million in profession earnings after this newest deep run.
Heads-up play started with Afriat up 5,860,000 to 2,140,000. It didn’t take too lengthy for Afriat to transform his chip benefit into the title. In the ultimate hand of the event he min-raised to 160,000 on the button with Okay
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and Weissman three-bet to 400,000 with AQ. Afriat referred to as and the flop got here down Q
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. Weissman guess 220,000 and Afriat referred to as. The A on the flip noticed Weissman verify along with his aces and queens. Afriat moved all-in along with his newly-found straight and Weissman referred to as for round 500,000. The 10 on the river locked up the pot and the title for Afriat.
Weissman earned $187,200 because the runner-up. This was the third money of the USPO for the bracelet winner, with $344,550 earned to date at this pageant.
Here is a have a look at the payouts and rankings factors awarded on the ultimate desk:
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points | PGT Points |
| 1 | Eric Afriat | $288,000 | 432 | 288 |
| 2 | Joey Weissman | $187,200 | 360 | 187 |
| 3 | Stephen Chidwick | $129,600 | 288 | 130 |
| 4 | Sam Laskowitz | $96,000 | 216 | 96 |
| 5 | Sean Winter | $72,000 | 180 | 72 |
| 6 | Bill Klein | $52,800 | 144 | 53 |
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