There has already been greater than $81 million in prize cash paid out up to now on the 2024 World Collection of Poker throughout the 29 accomplished stay bracelet occasions. Under is a have a look at the 2 most up-to-date occasions that wrapped up at this 12 months’s collection.
2024 WSOP $1,500 No-Restrict Maintain’em Freezeout
Evan Benton was one among 2,317 gamers to sit within the $1,500 buy-in no-limit maintain’em freezeout. The Louisiana resident had simply $24,000 in prior event earnings to his identify, with all seven of his earlier cashes coming for the reason that begin of this 12 months. Whereas he started this occasion as a event newcomer, Benton got here away as a WSOP champion.
“I used to play again then after I was like 12 years outdated, however I didn’t know something. A few 12 months and some months in the past, I simply performed with some buddies and I used to be like, ‘man, that is form of enjoyable,’ and I simply ran with it. I’m obsessive about it now. I play daily and examine,” Benton advised WSOP reporters.
Benton beat out a tricky closing desk that included bracelet winner Nick Maimone (seventh), three-time WSOP Circuit ring winner Mukul Pahuja (fifth), and World Poker Tour champion Balakrishna Patur (2nd) to earn his first bracelet and the highest prize of $412,484.
Benton additionally scored 1,080 Card Participant Participant of the Yr factors for the win. He now sits in 161st place within the 2024 POY standings introduced by World Poker.
Here’s a have a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the closing desk:
Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors
1
Evan Benton
$412,484
1080
2
Balakrishna Patur
$274,972
900
3
Andres Gonzalez
$201,518
720
4
Haiyang Yang
$149,145
540
5
Mukul Pahuja
$111,485
450
6
Guofeng Wang
$84,175
360
7
Nick Maimone
$64,202
270
8
George Tomescu
$49,472
180
9
Nicolas Vayssieres
$38,517
90
2024 WSOP $600 Blended No-Restrict Maintain’em / Pot-Restrict Omaha
The $600 buy-in blended no-limit maintain’em and pot-limit Omaha occasion attracted a large subject of three,351 entries, leading to a $1,709,010 prize pool. The biggest share of that cash was in the end awarded to Canada’s Alen Bakovic, who walked away with $207,064 and his first bracelet.
This was the biggest rating but for the WSOP Circuit ring winner, topping the $34,783 he earned because the 127th-place finisher within the 2023 WSOP On-line $5,000 principal occasion.
A number of notable gamers had been among the many 429 finishers that cashed on this occasion. Amongst those that made it right down to the ultimate handful of tables had been 2014 European Poker Tour Prague champion Stephan Graner (forty third), Fernando Brito (41sT0, and bracelet winner Joseph Couden (seventh).
Here’s a have a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the closing desk:
Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors
1
Alen Bakovic
$207,064
600
2
Brian Etheridge
$138,051
500
3
Olegs Buiko
$101,682
400
4
Sergio Benso
$75,518
300
5
Quan Tran
$56,557
250
6
Marcus Ruiz
$42,715
200
7
Joseph Couden
$32,537
150
8
Daniel Goldberg
$24,997
100
9
Jianqiang Yu
$19,371
50
Go to the Card Participant 2024 World Collection of Poker web page for schedules, information, interviews, and the newest occasion outcomes. WSOP protection sponsored by World Poker.
Photograph credit: WSOP / Rachel Kay Winter, Regina Cortina.
