Maksim Pisarenko Wins PGT Mixed Games Kickoff H.O.R.S.E. Title

The 2024 PokerGO Tour Mixed Games collection kicked off this week with the primary of 10 occasions. A complete of 87 entries have been made within the $5,100 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. kickoff match, making a prize pool of $435,000 that was paid out among the many prime 13 finishers. Among that baker’s dozen, Russia’s Maksim Pisarenko took house the most important slice of the pie. Pisarenko defeated five-time bracelet winner Benny Glaser heads-up to safe the trophy and the highest prize of $117,450.

This was the second-largest rating but for Pisarenko, trailing solely the $189,840 payday he was awarded because the third-place finisher within the 2019 European Poker Tour Sochi predominant occasion. He now has almost $740,000 in complete lifetime earnings.

The 384 Card Player Player of the Year factors that Pisarenko took house because the champion have been sufficient to maneuver him inside the highest 400 within the 2024 POY standings introduced by Global Poker, whereas 117 PGT factors moved him contained in the top 30 on that leaderboard.

This occasion performed out over the course of two days contained in the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Five-time bracelet winner John Monnette was knocked out in seventh place to convey day 1 to a detailed. Dennis Maschke lead the ultimate six, with six-time bracelet winner and two-time World Poker Tour champion Daniel Negreanu in second chip place to begin day 2.

Three-time bracelet winner Mike Gorodinsky was the primary to fall, getting scooped by Negreanu in an Omaha eight-or-better pot to complete sixth for $21,750. Despite scoring that knockout, Negreanu was in the end the following to hit the rail. He misplaced a giant chunk of his stack in a razz conflict with Glaser to fall to the underside of the counts.

Those two squared off in the identical sport in Negreanu’s last hand, with Glaser’s jack low being sufficient to tug the pot and slender the sphere to 4. Negreanu cashed for $30,450 because the fifth-place finisher. With $51.1 million in lifetime earnings, he stays the seventh-ranked participant on poker’s all-time cash record.

Pisarenko despatched Andrew Kelsall house in fourth place ($39,150), profitable a giant stud pot with a pair jacks to maneuver into second place within the chip counts. He then scooped a three-way showdown in stud eight-or-better with a nine-high straight and an 8-7-6-5-A low, eliminating Dennis Maschke in third place ($54,375) within the course of.

With that, Pisarenko entered heads-up play holding 7,725,000 to Glaser’s 5,475,000. Glaser misplaced a giant pot early when his flopped flush draw didn’t materialize in maintain’em and Pisarenko confirmed down a straight. Glaser doubled up twice after that, however was quickly all-in and in danger once more. The last hand noticed his final chips go in on fourth road in stud along with his ace excessive main Pisarenko’s king excessive. Both gamers ended up making straights, with Pisarenko’s king-high straight besting a six-high one for Glaser. The UK poker professional took house $76,125 because the runner-up. He now has almost $7.5 million in profession earnings after this newest deep run.

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

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