Venom, ACR Poker’s flagship occasion, drew an enormous area of three,522 entries who have been all vying for the largest share of the $10 million prize pool.
The $2,650 buy-in on-line event had 5 beginning flights and took 4 days of play to find out a champion. When the mud settled, it was New York poker professional Brandon Lulov, taking part in underneath the identify ‘S3L3NAGOMEZZ,’ who got here out on prime.
Lulov earned a profession greatest $1,577,970, posting on Twitter that he was “at a loss for words,” following the victory.
Lulov’s earlier greatest rating was the $246,125 he earned because the winner of the $5,000 occasion on the Hard Rock Poker Showdown in Florida in April of 2022. In the summer season, he would add a deep run within the WSOP predominant occasion for $53,900 and a runner-up end within the $10,000 Hard Rock Poker Open for an additional $201,000.
This summer season, Lulov completed ninth within the $5,000 six-max occasion on the WSOP for $86,281. He now has simply over $2.3 million in recorded event earnings.
The remaining day, which was streamed on ACR Poker’s Twitch channel, featured commentary by ACR professional Chris Moneymaker, in addition to Justin Kelly and Michael Loncar. You can watch a replay of the final table here.
At a loss for phrases https://t.co/5zxnCqn5OX
— brandon (@brandonlulov98) August 2, 2023
Lulov defeated Brazilian professional Felipe Ketzer heads-up for the title. Ketzer is having a breakout yr on the event circuit, having already completed second within the €25,000 excessive curler at EPT Paris for $249,096 and fifth within the €25,000 excessive curler at EPT Monte Carlo for $302,489.
Michael Miller, a WSOP Circuit ring winner, took eighth for $177,920, and Michael ‘YoungHoodie’ Perrone, a former psychologist turned poker professional, completed seventh for $238,250.
The remaining desk additionally featured ACR professional Jon ‘apestyles’ Van Fleet, who was already sitting in sixth place on the PokerStake all-time online tournament earnings leaderboard with greater than $22 million in cashes.
Van Fleet added one other $326,370 to his totals with a sixth-place end. The on-line crusher disclosed that he was truly down $200,000 on this event lifetime, or almost 40 buy-ins, earlier than making this remaining desk.
Another notable participant was high-stakes professional Chris Hunichen, who completed third taking part in underneath the identify ‘2Rich2Care.’ The North Carolina native banked $838,960 for his deep run.
Final Table Results
1. Brandon ‘S3L3NAGOMEZZ’ Lulov – $1,577,970
2. Felipe ‘Ketzerfelipe’ Ketzer – $1,149,260
3. Chris ‘2rich2care’ Hunichen – $838,960
4. CHAMPAIGNE – $612,440
5. BurnZeByeBell – $447,080
6. Jon ‘Apestyles’ Van Fleet – $326,370
7. Michael ‘YoungHoodie’ Perrone – $238,250
8. Michael ‘mpmiller0906’ Miller – $177,920
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