John Hennigan Wins Seventh World Series of Poker Bracelet

John Hennigan has carried out it once more.

The 53-year-old Poker Hall of Fame member has received his seventh World Series of Poker gold bracelet, taking down the 2024 WSOP $1,500 vendor’s alternative six-max occasion to turn out to be simply the ninth participant to have received as many titles on the sequence.

“Very happy to win the tournament. I mean to me, the best thing about winning the tournament is not losing it. Not getting second, or knowing they’re still playing and wandering around after you go broke,” Hennigan informed WSOP reporters after closing out the victory. “It’s just very satisfying to come out on top.”

All seven of Hennigan’s wins have are available non-no-limit maintain’em occasions. His first two victories had been the 2002 $2,000 H.O.R.S.E. and the 2004 $5,000 restrict maintain’em. A decade faraway from that later triumph, Hennigan took down the king of all blended recreation tournaments, the 2014 $50,000 Poker Player’s Championship. His subsequent three bracelets all got here in $10,000 championship occasions, with wins within the 2016 triple draw deuce-to-seven lowball championship, the 2018 H.O.R.S.E. championship, and the 2019 stud championship.

Hennigan now has practically $9.6 million in profession match earnings, with roughly $6.1 million of that coming from his 50 cashes in WSOP occasions. He additionally has a World Poker Tour title to his identify, having received the WPT Winter Poker Open for $1.6 million again in 2007.

In addition to the cash and the {hardware}, this newest victory additionally conveyed 840 Card Player Player of the Year factors upon the person identified to many by his nickname, ‘Johnny World’. This was his second title and sixth final-table end of the 12 months. His 1,744 whole factors are good for 78th place within the 2024 POY standings introduced by Global Poker.

This occasion drew a discipline of 530 entries, leading to a $707,550 prize pool that was paid out among the many prime 80 finishers. As one may count on from a match that features over 20 poker variants to select from, lots of essentially the most completed gamers within the recreation made deep runs. Among these to make the ultimate few tables had been three-time bracelet winner Phil Hui (twenty fifth), five-time bracelet winner Benny Glaser (twenty fourth), four-time bracelet winner Jeff Madsen (twelfth), and six-time bracelet winner Shaun Deeb (eighth).

Clint Wolcyn was the primary to be knocked out on the official last desk, together with his prime pair and low draw unable to win any piece of the pot dealing with three pair for Brayden Gazlay throughout a spherical of pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better. The river improved Gazlay to nines full of aces to ship Wolcyn to the rail with $20,665 for his sixth-place end.

Despite scoring that knockout, Gazlay was in the end the following to fall. He bought all-in by the river throughout a spherical of restrict Omaha eight-or-better with a flopped full home, eights full over aces. Hennigan referred to as him down with kings full, having turned the next boat. Hennigan scooped the pot to enter four-handed play with greater than three quarters of the overall chips in play in his stack, whereas Gazlay earned $28,845 because the fifth-place finisher.

Viktor Blom, identified to many poker followers by his on-line display identify ‘Isildur1’, recorded his first dwell match money of 2024 by making it to the ultimate 4 on this occasion. He was knocked out whereas enjoying badacey, as he was unable to prime the monster 5432A of Hungarian bracelet winner Peter Gelencser. The Swedish poker professional earned $41,237 for his fourth-place displaying.

Gelencser quickly discovered himself squaring off in opposition to Hennigan, who remained the runaway chief. The two bought all-in enjoying pot-limit Omaha after a flop of J52. Gelencser held OkayJ93, whereas Hennigan confirmed AQJ9. The Q flip improved Hennigan to queens and jacks, which remained finest after the 6 accomplished the board. Gelencser walked away with $60,343.

Heads-up play started with Hennigan holding 11,300,000 to Robert Wells’ 1,950,000. It didn’t take lengthy for Hennigan to transform that sizable lead into the title. He shoved from the button in a spherical of no-limit deuce-to-seven single draw lowball. Wells referred to as and each gamers stood pat. Wells had J-10-7-3-2, nevertheless it was second finest to Hennigan’s J-9-8-7-5. Wells earned a career-best dwell rating of $90,339 because the runner-up.

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

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