Maksim Pisarenko Triumphs In World Series of Poker $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship

It took 5 days of play, however lastly a champion was determined within the 2024 World Series of Poker $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. championship occasion. Russia’s Maksim Pisarenko emerged victorious from a discipline of 181 entries to safe his first gold bracelet and the highest prize of $399,988.

This marked a brand new career-best payday for Pisarenko, surpassing the $189,840 he secured because the third-place finisher in a $2,900 buy-in occasion on the 2019 European Poker Tour Sochi competition. He now has greater than $1.2 million in recorded match earnings to his title.

This was the second title and sixth final-table end of the yr for Pisarenko, along with his earlier win coming in a $5,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. occasion on the PokerGO Tour Mixed Games competition in February. This newest victory noticed him earn 840 Card Player Player of the Year factors, sufficient to maneuver him into 132nd place within the 2024 POY standings introduced by Global Poker. He has additionally accrued 572 PGT factors, sufficient to maneuver him inside the highest 25 in that high-stakes-centric race.

The high 28 finishers all earned a bit of the $1,683,300 prize pool on this occasion, with massive names like four-time bracelet winner Jeff Madsen (twenty first), four-time bracelet winner Brad Ruben (18th), bracelet winner Dario Alioto (sixteenth), bracelet winner Nacho Barbero (14th), two-time bracelet winner Brandon Shack-Harris (twelfth), and Maria Ho (sixth) all operating deep.

This occasion was anticipated to wrap up on day 4. Five-time bracelet winner Benny Glaser held the lead among the many 5 contenders who bagged up after day 3, with Pisarenko sitting in second chip place.

It took 5 hours earlier than the primary elimination befell. It was in the end Glaser that was the primary to fall. He obtained the final of his stack in with high pair towards the flush and gutshot straight attracts of bracelet winner and World Poker Tour champion Mike Leah. The flush got here in on the flip to depart Glaser drawing lifeless. He earned $93,094 for his third final-table displaying of the sequence. All three have are available in $10,000 buy-in championship occasions.

Card Player columnist and two-time bracelet win Steve Zolotow’s run resulted in fourth place. He was left brief after clashing with Leah in a stud eight-or-better hand. Leah then made aces up in the identical recreation to scoop when Zolotow’s low bricked out. Zolotow earned $128,863 because the fourth-place finisher, bringing his profession match earnings to greater than $4 million.

Two-time bracelet winner Lawrence Brandt quickly adopted. Pisarenko gained an enormous pot off of him in restrict maintain’em, however it was Leah that landed the ultimate blow. All of the chips obtained in preflop in a spherical of Omaha eight-or-better with Leah holding A943 towards the AOkQ5 of Brandt. Leah made the nut low and a pair of nines to scoop on a ten7295 runout. Brandt cashed for $183,049 because the third place finisher.

The closing two agreed to halt play for the evening at roughly 8:20 PM native time, with Pisarenko holding 5,720,000 to Leah’s 5,145,000. They in the end determined to renew motion the next morning at 10:00 AM.

The closing two went on to battle for a number of hours. It was a backwards and forwards affair, however ultimately Pisarenko was capable of take the lead and stretch it. In the ultimate hand Leah obtained all-in with break up kings in stud on third avenue, solely to run into break up aces for Pisarenko. Leah improved to kings up on sixth avenue to take the lead, however Pisarenko made aces up on the tip to convey the match to a detailed.

Leah earned $266,658 because the runner-up. The Canadian now has $8,983,581 in profession earnings after this newest deep run, which was his 359th recorded match money.

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

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