Santhosh Suvarna Wins World Series of Poker $250,000 Buy-In Event For $5.4 Million

Santhosh Suvarna first picked up poker seven years in the past, and solely started to attempt his hand at tournaments up to now few years. The 43-year-old businessman from India has already gathered greater than $13.1 million in profession earnings regardless of solely recording his first money in 2020. His most up-to-date payday was additionally his largest, as Suvarna took down the 2024 World Series of Poker $250,000 buy-in no-limit maintain’em occasion for $5,415,152 and his second profession gold bracelet.

“I’m really so happy,” Suvarna instructed Card Player after popping out on high. “My dream has come true.”

“This is a very big tournament,” he continued. “I played a million dollar buy-in tournament, but this had bigger numbers. The main thing is that this is WSOP.”

This bracelet victory got here simply over seven months after Suvarna’s first, which noticed him take down the €50,000 buy-in excessive curler on the 2023 WSOP Europe for $689,000. That title run was scorching off of Suvarna recording his then-highest rating of $1.7 million for a third-place end within the 2023 Triton Monte Carlo most important occasion.

Suvarna credit his quick studying cave on the event scene to throwing himself into the deep finish, taking part in tremendous excessive curler occasions in opposition to the most important stars within the sport.

“I started with Triton only, big tournament only,” he mentioned. “In those events, all of the players are the best in the world. So, daily, I am learning.”

In addition to the cash and the {hardware}, this newest victory additionally noticed Suvarna rating loads of rankings factors. He was awarded 840 Card Player Player of the Year factors, bringing his whole to 1,404 throughout three final-table finishes this yr. As a consequence, he now sits in one hundred and seventieth place within the 2024 POY standings introduced by Global Poker.

Suvarna additionally earned 800 PokerGO Tour factors, sufficient to catapult him into fifteenth place in that season-long points race.

This occasion drew a complete of 75 entries, making a prize pool of $18,675,000 that was cut up up amongst the highest 12 finishers. Bracelet winner Brian Kim was knocked out on the $506,757 cash bubble. He was quickly joined on the rail by World Poker Tour champion Jonathan Jaffe (twelfth), 11-time bracelet winner Phil Ivey (eleventh), and four-time bracelet winner Adrian Mateos (tenth).

High-stakes on-line money sport crusher Ben Tollerene was the chip chief when the ultimate desk was set, whereas Suvarna sat in third chip place. Sean Winter was despatched packing in ninth place when his pocket kings had been cracked by the pocket queens of WPT champion Taylor von Kriegenbergh. Winter earned $550,878 because the ninth-place finisher. This pushed him over $30 million in profession event earnings.

Bracelet winner Mikita Badziakouski Badziakouski was the following to fall. The Belarusian acquired all-in with A-8 dealing with the pocket jacks of Matthias Eibinger and was unable to return from behind. The $629,407 he earned because the eighth-place finisher was sufficient to develop his lifetime haul to almost $57.8 million.

Six-time bracelet winner Jeremy Ausmus acquired all-in with Okay-Q dealing with the A-10 of Tollerene, who was already properly out in entrance of the pack. Tolleren flopped a ten and held from there to ship Ausmus to the rail with $754,052. The 2012 WSOP most important occasion fifth-place finisher now has greater than $21 million in whole scores to his identify.

The subsequent knockout noticed Tollerene river a straight in opposition to an under-represented high set for von Kriegenbergh, who had simply flat-called Tollerene’s under-the-gun preflop elevate with pocket kings from the button after which referred to as the flop in place after spiking a king. Tollerene fired one other barrel on the flip after bettering to a gutshot straight draw together with his J-10 offsuit. The river introduced a queen, giving Tollerene an unbeatable king-high straight. He fired once more and von Kriegenbergh raised. Tollerene moved all-in and von Kriegenbergh made the decision to complete sixth for $945,219.

Tollerene then gained a race with A-Okay in opposition to the pocket tens of Charles Hook, with the board bringing quad deuces to see Tollerene win together with his ace kicker. Hook walked away with a career-best event rating of $1,237,296 for his fifth-place end.

Matthias Eibinger acquired the final of his stack in preflop with pocket deuces in opposition to the Okay-9 suited of Tollerene, who had actually upped the aggression as he continued to drag away from the pack. Tollerene turned a straight to finish Eibinger’s run in fourth place. This was the second-largest rating of the Austrian professional’s profession.

Just three days after he took down the $100,000 buy-in for his first bracelet and greater than $2.8 million, Chris Hunichen managed to complete third on this occasion for one more $2,397,312. Hunichen acquired all-in with a flush draw dealing with the flopped two pair of Suvarna and was unable to enhance from there. He now has practically $18.4 million in profession earnings after his unimaginable week on the WSOP.

Heads-up play started with Tollerene holding 64,000,000 to Suvarna’s 48,500,000. Suvarna labored his method into the lead, just for Tollerene to grab it again. Then Suvarna flopped a straight in opposition to Tollerene’s high pair. Both gamers checked on the flop and Tollerene improved to tens and fours on the flip. He led out and referred to as a elevate from Suvarna. The river introduced a brick and Tollerene checked. Suvarna moved all-in and Tollerene referred to as, giving Suvarna a large double-up.

Suvarna held roughly a ten:1 chip lead after that large pot. Tollerene managed one double up, however was quickly all-in once more with Q4 (shoved from the button for six massive blinds) dealing with the ten7 of Suvarna, who referred to as from the massive blind. The board ran out AJ5A10 and Suvarna rivered a ten to win the pot and the title.

Tollerene earned a career-best payday of $3,537,135 because the runner-up. He now has practically $15.6 million in lifetime event earnings.

Here is a take a look at the payouts and rankings factors awarded on this occasion:

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