Lorenz Schöllhorn Wins WPT Prime Gold Coast Championship

The 2024 World Poker Tour Prime Gold Coast Championship $2,000 AUD ($1,300 USD) buy-in no-limit maintain’em occasion 1,395 entries to the The Star throughout three beginning flights. After 5 whole days of play, Switzerland’s Lorenz Schöllhorn emerged victorious with the title and the highest prize of $257,729.

This was the primary recorded dwell event title for Schöllhorn, whose earlier prime rating was a Thirty first-place displaying in a $1,100 pot-limit Omaha occasion on the 2023 WPT World Championship competition at Wynn Las Vegas for $2,913.

Schöllhorn was awarded 960 Card Player Player of the Year factors because the champion of this occasion, sufficient to maneuver him inside attain of the highest 150 within the 2024 POY standings offered by Global Poker.

The prime 175 finishers earned a share of the greater than $1.6 million in prize cash, with six-figure USD payouts for the highest three finishers. Schöllhorn held the chip lead when the ultimate 9 gamers mixed onto a single desk. He added to that benefit by busting Martin Ward (ninth) within the first hand on the last desk.

Schöllhorn’s subsequent knockout didn’t come till he picked up pocket tens in opposition to the Q-10 of Michael Fraser, who had shoved from underneath the gun with 4 remaining. Schöllhorn’s pair held as much as ship Fraser packing with $95,069 for his efforts.

Travis Endersby’s run got here to an finish when his kings and nines with an eight kicker bumped into the fives filled with nines held by Schöllhorn. Endersby earned $127,173 because the third-place finisher.

With that, heads-up play was set. Schöllhorn held higher than a 2:1 chip lead over Andres Vasquez to begin. He remained solidly forward by the point the ultimate hand of the event was dealt. With blinds of 250,000-500,000 and an enormous blind ante of 500,000, Vasquez raised to 1,250,000 on the button with JJ. Schöllhorn defended his massive blind with OkayJ and the flop got here down 1085. Schöllhorn checked and Vasquez guess 1,650,000. Schöllhorn check-raised to 4,800,000, prompting Vasquez to maneuver all-in along with his overpair to the board. Schöllhorn referred to as along with his flush draw and overcard to Vasquez’s pair of jacks. The 9 flip modified nothing, however the 9 river gave Schöllhorn a profitable flush and the title.

Vasquez was awarded $171,782 because the runner-up finisher, his largest event rating but.

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

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