The 2024 PokerAtlas Tour cease at Resorts World Las Vegas is now within the books, with greater than $865,000 in complete prize cash paid out throughout the ten-event sequence that ran from Mar. 7-18. The competition concluded with the completion of the $300,000 assured $800 buy-in no-limit maintain’em most important occasion. The subject of 459 entries constructed a closing prize pool of $321,300, with the most important share going to eventual champion Tim Krauskopf.
“It’s wonderful, the trophy is one of the big parts of it,” Krauskopf advised PokerAtlas reporters after popping out on high. “It’s hard to take too much credit for it. You play a big stack, and then you play a little bit [of the] bully. You limp in, because you can afford the limp, and then if you hit you can really do some damage, and inflict some pain. And then once you get a couple they’re afraid of your bets. So I was able to get a couple of bluffs through too.”
Krauskopf relies out of the Chicago space and often performs money video games on the $3-$5 and $5-$10 ranges. This foray into the match streets ended up fairly fruitful, as he was awarded $45,968 because the chip chief on the time of a five-way deal that introduced this occasion to an in depth.
In addition to the spectacular trophy and the prize cash, Krauskopf additionally earned 360 Card Player Player of the Year factors for the win.
This occasion performed out over the course of 5 days, with 4 beginning flights and a closing day to play right down to a champion. Just 38 gamers remained in rivalry when that closing day started, with Krauskopf main the pack. He was nonetheless out in entrance by the point the ultimate desk was set due to the elimination of two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner David Jackson in tenth place.
Armen Minasyan’s A-Ok was outrun by the Ok-Q suited of Graham Mathews to slim the sphere to eight. Krauskopf then received an all-in with J-6 suited in opposition to the J-5 of quick stack Jimmy Svardhagen (eighth) to additional develop his stack.
Brian Kim (seventh) was the subsequent to fall, together with his 7
4 unable to beat the 9
3 of David Wade in an all-in confrontation.
A basic preflop race led to the ultimate knockout of the occasion, with Mathews’ 7-7 going through the AQ
of Krauskopf. The board got here down QQ
6104 and Krauskopf made journey queens to win the pot and ship Mathews to the rail in sixth place ($11,630).
The closing 5 then hashed out a deal that introduced the occasion to an finish. The payouts they agreed to are mirrored within the outcomes beneath.
Here is a take a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the closing desk:
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Tim Krauskopf | $45,968 | 360 |
| 2 | Danny Chen | $35,833 | 300 |
| 3 | Ross Miller | $33,844 | 240 |
| 4 | Thanh Duong | $28,990 | 180 |
| 5 | David Wade | $25,465 | 150 |
| 6 | Graham Mathews | $11,630 | 120 |
| 7 | Brian Kim | $9,770 | 90 |
| 8 | Jimmy Svardhagen | $8,030 | 60 |
| 9 | Armen Minasyan | $6,430 | 30 |
Photo credit: PokerAtlas Tour.
