Jamie Walden Wins 2024 WSOP $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty Event

The 2024 World Series of Poker $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame no-limit maintain’em bounty occasion drew 1,119 entries, constructing a complete prize pool of $1,970,906. After three days of poker motion it was British poker participant Jaime Walden who emerged victorious with the bracelet and the highest prize of $313,370.

This was the fifteenth profession money and second recorded title for Walden, who hails from Tisbury, England. He now has $417,532 in complete earnings to his identify.

This event was first launched in 2021, making this the fourth annual working. The uncommon buy-in value level stems from the founding date of Poker’s Hall of Fame, which was established in 1979. Hall of Fame members who performed every sported a bounty that corresponded to the yr they have been inducted. For the sake of instance, 2024 inductee Patrik Antonius would have been price $2,024 to eradicate.

The high 167 finishers made the cash on this occasion, with massive names like 2014 WSOP primary occasion winner Martin Jacobson (nineteenth), 10-time bracelet winner and Hall of Famer Erik Seidel (seventeenth), Poker Hall of Fam member Jack McClelland (fifteenth), bracelet winner Martin Finger (sixth), Ankit Ahuja (fifth), and Adam Hendrix (4th).

Frequent high-stakes event participant David Stamm completed third for $148,183, leaving Walden heads-up with Naseem Salem for the bracelet. Salem held roughly a 6:5 chip result in begin, however the two traded the lead earlier than Walden pulled forward for the ultimate time. In the final hand of the even, Salem raised to 2,500,000 on the button with 97 and Walden known as from the massive blind with 103. The flop got here down Okay97 and Walden checked along with his flush draw. Salem guess 2,000,000 and Walden check-raised all-in Salem known as along with his nines and sevens. The 8 on the flip accomplished Walden’s flush, leaving Salem in want of a 9 or seven on the river. The Q appeared as a substitute and Salem was despatched dwelling in second place ($208,919).

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

Winner photograph credit score: WSOP / Alicia Skillman.