John Hennigan has accomplished it once more.
The 53-year-old Poker Corridor of Fame member has received his seventh World Collection of Poker gold bracelet, taking down the 2024 WSOP $1,500 vendor’s selection six-max occasion to turn into simply the ninth participant to have received as many titles on the collection.
“Very completely happy to win the event. I imply to me, one of the best factor about successful the event shouldn’t be dropping it. Not getting second, or understanding they’re nonetheless enjoying and wandering round after you go broke,” Hennigan advised WSOP reporters after closing out the victory. “It’s simply very satisfying to come back out on high.”
All seven of Hennigan’s wins have are available non-no-limit maintain’em occasions. His first two victories have been the 2002 $2,000 H.O.R.S.E. and the 2004 $5,000 restrict maintain’em. A decade faraway from that later triumph, Hennigan took down the king of all blended recreation tournaments, the 2014 $50,000 Poker Participant’s Championship. His subsequent three bracelets all got here in $10,000 championship occasions, with wins within the 2016 triple draw deuce-to-seven lowball championship, the 2018 H.O.R.S.E. championship, and the 2019 stud championship.
Hennigan now has almost $9.6 million in profession event earnings, with roughly $6.1 million of that coming from his 50 cashes in WSOP occasions. He additionally has a World Poker Tour title to his identify, having received the WPT Winter Poker Open for $1.6 million again in 2007.
Along with the cash and the {hardware}, this newest victory additionally conveyed 840 Card Participant Participant of the 12 months factors upon the person recognized to many by his nickname, ‘Johnny World’. This was his second title and sixth final-table end of the 12 months. His 1,744 whole factors are good for 79th place within the 2024 POY standings introduced by World Poker.
This occasion drew a area of 530 entries, leading to a $707,550 prize pool that was paid out among the many high 80 finishers. As one may anticipate from a event that features over 20 poker variants to select from, loads of probably the most completed gamers within the recreation made deep runs. Amongst these to make the ultimate few tables have been three-time bracelet winner Phil Hui (twenty fifth), five-time bracelet winner Benny Glaser (twenty fourth), four-time bracelet winner Jeff Madsen (twelfth), and six-time bracelet winner Shaun Deeb (eighth).
Clint Wolcyn was the primary to be knocked out on the official closing desk, along with his high pair and low draw unable to win any piece of the pot dealing with three pair for Brayden Gazlay throughout a spherical of pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better. The river improved Gazlay to nines stuffed with aces to ship Wolcyn to the rail with $20,665 for his sixth-place end.
Regardless of scoring that knockout, Gazlay was finally the subsequent to fall. He obtained all-in by the river throughout a spherical of restrict Omaha eight-or-better with a flopped full home, eights full over aces. Hennigan referred to as him down with kings full, having turned a better boat. Hennigan scooped the pot to enter four-handed play with greater than three quarters of the full chips in play in his stack, whereas Gazlay earned $28,845 because the fifth-place finisher.
Viktor Blom, recognized to many poker followers by his on-line display identify ‘Isildur1’, recorded his first reside event money of 2024 by making it to the ultimate 4 on this occasion. He was knocked out whereas enjoying badacey, as he was unable to high the monster 5
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A of Hungarian bracelet winner Peter Gelencser. The Swedish poker professional earned $41,237 for his fourth-place exhibiting.
Gelencser quickly discovered himself squaring off in opposition to Hennigan, who remained the runaway chief. The 2 obtained all-in enjoying pot-limit Omaha after a flop of J52. Gelencser held OkJ93, whereas Hennigan confirmed AQJ9. The Q flip improved Hennigan to queens and jacks, which remained finest after the 6 accomplished the board. Gelencser walked away with $60,343.
Heads-up play started with Hennigan holding 11,300,000 to Robert Wells’ 1,950,000. It didn’t take lengthy for Hennigan to transform that sizable lead into the title. He shoved from the button in a spherical of no-limit deuce-to-seven single draw lowball. Wells referred to as and each gamers stood pat. Wells had J-10-7-3-2, nevertheless it was second finest to Hennigan’s J-9-8-7-5. Wells earned a career-best reside rating of $90,339 because the runner-up.
Here’s a have a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the closing desk:
Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors
1
John Hennigan
$138,296
840
2
Robert Wells
$90,339
700
3
Peter Gelencser
$60,343
560
4
Viktor Blom
$41,237
420
5
Brayden Gazlay
$28,845
350
6
Clinton Wolcyn
$20,665
280
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Photograph credit: WSOP / Hayley Hochstetler.
