John Monnette Wins PGT Mixed Games Eight-Game Event For $211,200

It took a couple of extra days than was initially scheduled, however John Monnette finally emerged victorious within the 2023 PGT Mixed Games $10,300 buy-in eight-game combine occasion. The four-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner earned $211,200 for the win. He now has greater than $3.6 million in profession match earnings regardless of primarily specializing in money sport play for a lot of the yr.

Monnette entered the occasion on Sunday, Feb. 5, with the match scheduled to complete the next night. Monnette made it right down to heads-up play towards Albert Daher on Monday, when the 2 agreed to pause the heads-up match to ensure that them to each take part in occasion no. 3, the $10,300 triple stud combined occasion, which was about to shut the late registration window.

Monnette ended up making that last desk, additional pushing again his delayed showdown with Daher from the initially agreed-upon resumption time of 11:00 AM on Tuesday to the identical time on Wednesday. Monnette completed fourth in occasion no. 3 incomes $60,000 for his efforts earlier than he returned to complete off occasion no. 2. The two large scores noticed Monnette safe 271 whole PokerGO Tour rankings factors, sufficient to maneuver him into the lead within the participant of the sequence race. He additionally now sits inside the highest 10 on the PGT leaderboard.

The eight-game combine occasion featured the commonest choice of video games performed underneath this moniker: no-limit maintain’em, pot-limit Omaha, stud, Omaha eight-or-better, razz, restrict maintain’em, stud hi-lo, and restrict deuce-to-seven triple draw. Day 1 got here to an in depth within the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas with the elimination of Michael Noori in eighth place ($35,200).

Five-time bracelet winner Brian Rast held the chip lead among the many last seven, with Daher being his nearest competitors. Daher quickly edged forward of Rast, then prolonged his benefit by busting two-time bracelet winner Chris Vitch in seventh place ($44,000) with a king low besting a pair for Vitch in a hand of triple draw.

Mike Thorpe (sixth Place – $52,800) was the following to fall, along with his 8-5 suited unable to beat the A-4 of Rast in no-limit maintain’em. Damjan Radanov acquired all-in in a hand of Omaha eight-or-better with the second nut low draw dealing with the identical low draw and a pair of queens for Daher. The flip and river have been no assist and Radanov was eradicated in fifth place ($70,400).

Monnette gained a giant hand throughout the identical spherical, scooping Rast to shut the hole between the 2 significantly. Rast made some chips again in a hand of pot-limit Omaha. Craig Chait acquired all-in preflop and ended up flopping jacks and fives with an ace kicker. Rast had made the identical hand, however every had stay aspect playing cards, and one among Rast’s got here in on the top. He made jacks and eights to slender the sphere to a few, whereas Chait was awarded $88,000 for his fourth-place exhibiting.

Despite profitable that hand, Rast was finally the following to be knocked out. He and Daher performed a large PLO pot. The two noticed a flop of 1062 and Daher checked. Rast wager 325,000 and Daher check-raised the pot to 1,725,000. Rast moved all-in for round 3,700,000 whole and Daher known as with OkayOkay55 for an overpair and a flush draw. Rast revealed the A1096 for high two pair and backdoor spade potentialities. The J on the flip accomplished Daher’s flush and the 7 saved him forward. Rast completed third for $105,600, growing his profession earnings to $23.2 million within the course of.

Daher took greater than a 4.5:1 chip lead into heads-up play with Monnette. After about 90 minutes of play, Monnette had battled his approach into the lead. The two swapped the lead forwards and backwards once more, with Monnette being the one on high once they two agreed to pause the occasion to be able to every enter occasion no. 3.

When play did lastly resume on Wednesday, Feb. 8, Daher rapidly gained a bit triple draw deuce-to-seven lowball pot with a 9-6 beating a queen low for Monnette to all however even issues up.

Monnette was capable of re-establish a lead, although, and finally prolonged his benefit to roughly 10:1 in time for the ultimate hand of the occasion. Monnette raised on the button taking part in PLO with A875 and Daher three-bet all in for 1,200,000 with Q10108. Monnette known as and the board ran out Q6324, giving Monnnette a straight to safe the pot and the title. Daher cashed for $149,600 because the runner-up finisher. He now has greater than $3.7 million in recorded match cashes to his title.

Here is a take a look at the payouts and rankings factors awarded on the last desk:

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