Francis Anderson captured the ultimate multi-flight match title of the yr lower than 24 hours earlier than the beginning of 2025. The bracelet winner from Wappinger Falls, New York topped a subject of 515 entries within the 2024 Venetian New Year’s Extravaganza $250,000 assured $800 no-limit maintain’em UltimateStack occasion, incomes $61,551 within the early morning hours of Dec. 31.
This was the sixth recorded match title for Anderson, who secured his first World Series of Poker victory this summer season by taking down the $800 buy-in Independence Day Celebration Event for a career-best rating of $501,040. Given his penchant for taking down holiday-centered occasions, Anderson is perhaps a great accomplice if a Valentine’s Day tag-team occasion is working subsequent yr.
Anderson now has greater than $3.6 million in lifetime cashes after his large win on the ultimate day of 2024.
This triumph additionally gave Anderson 420 Card Player Player of the Year factors. This was his third title and ninth final-table end of the yr. With 2,772 whole factors, he’ll end 2024 inside the highest 130 within the POY standings introduced by Global Poker.
The high 66 finishers made the cash, incomes a share of the $355,350 ultimate prize pool. There was lots of stiff competitors down the stretch, together with 2024 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian Poker Bowl champion Terry Fleischer (eighth), Aaron Massey (sixth), and bracelet winner Ryan Laplante (4th). This was the second final-table end of the month for Laplante, who positioned second within the $1,600 thriller bounty in the course of the ultimate days of the WPT World Championship for $185,500. He is now knocking on the door of $4 million in recorded match earnings.
After a participant who requested to stay nameless was eradicated in third place, Lokesh Garg took roughly a 3:2 chip lead into heads-up play with Anderson. The tables turned when Anderson made a flush towards the jack-high straight of Garg. The ultimate hand noticed all of the chips go in after a A
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9J runout. Garg held 108 for an additional straight, and it was once more second greatest. Anderson revealed J9 for nines full of jacks to take the pot and the title. Garg earned $44,245 because the runner-up.
Here is a have a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the ultimate desk:
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Francis Anderson | $61,551 | 420 |
| 2 | Lokesh Garg | $44,245 | 350 |
| 4 | Ryan Laplante | $23,785 | 280 |
| 5 | James Agate | $17,790 | 210 |
| 6 | Aaron Massey | $13,486 | 175 |
| 7 | Michael Klayman | $10,364 | 140 |
| 8 | Terry Fleischer | $8,007 | 105 |
| 9 | David Sommer | $6,383 | 70 |
Photos supplied by Venetian Poker Room.
