Santhosh Suvarna first picked up poker seven years in the past, and solely started to strive his hand at tournaments up to now few years. The 43-year-old businessman from India has already collected 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 Collection of Poker $250,000 buy-in no-limit maintain’em occasion for $5,415,152 and his second profession gold bracelet.
“I’m actually so joyful,” Suvarna informed Card Participant after popping out on prime. “My dream has come true.”
“It is a very massive match,” he continued. “I performed 1,000,000 greenback buy-in match, however this had larger numbers. The primary factor is that that 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 fundamental occasion.
Suvarna credit his quick studying cave on the match scene to throwing himself into the deep finish, taking part in tremendous excessive curler occasions in opposition to the largest stars within the recreation.
“I began with Triton solely, massive match solely,” he stated. “In these occasions, all the gamers are the most effective on the earth. So, day by day, I’m studying.”
Along with the cash and the {hardware}, this newest victory additionally noticed Suvarna rating loads of rankings factors. He was awarded 840 Card Participant Participant of the Yr factors, bringing his whole to 1,404 throughout three final-table finishes this 12 months. In consequence, he now sits in one hundred and seventieth place within the 2024 POY standings introduced by International Poker.
Suvarna additionally earned 800 PokerGO Tour factors, sufficient to catapult him into fifteenth place in that season-long factors 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).
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Excessive-stakes on-line money recreation 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 match earnings.
Bracelet winner Mikita Badziakouski Badziakouski was the subsequent to fall. The Belarusian obtained all-in with A-8 dealing with the pocket jacks of Matthias Eibinger and was unable to come back 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 obtained all-in with Ok-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 fundamental occasion fifth-place finisher now has greater than $21 million in whole scores to his title.
The subsequent knockout noticed Tollerene river a straight in opposition to an under-represented prime 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 along 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 received a race with A-Ok in opposition to the pocket tens of Charles Hook, with the board bringing quad deuces to see Tollerene win along with his ace kicker. Hook walked away with a career-best match rating of $1,237,296 for his fifth-place end.
Matthias Eibinger obtained the final of his stack in preflop with pocket deuces in opposition to the Ok-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.
Simply 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 an additional $2,397,312. Hunichen obtained all-in with a flush draw dealing with the flopped two pair of Suvarna and was unable to enhance from there. He now has almost $18.4 million in profession earnings after his unbelievable week on the WSOP.
Heads-up play started with Tollerene holding 64,000,000 to Suvarna’s 48,500,000. Suvarna labored his approach into the lead, just for Tollerene to grab it again. Then Suvarna flopped a straight in opposition to Tollerene’s prime pair. Each 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 an enormous double-up.
Suvarna held roughly a ten:1 chip lead after that huge pot. Tollerene managed one double up, however was quickly all-in once more with Q
4
(shoved from the button for six massive blinds) dealing with the ten
7 of Suvarna, who referred to as from the massive blind. The board ran out AJ
5A10 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 almost $15.6 million in lifetime match earnings.
Here’s a have a look at the payouts and rankings factors awarded on this occasion:
Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors
PGT Factors
1
Santhosh Suvarna
$5,415,152
840
800
2
Benjamin Tollerene
$3,537,135
700
600
3
Christopher Hunichen
$2,397,312
560
500
4
Matthias Eibinger
$1,688,278
420
450
5
Charles Hook
$1,237,296
350
400
6
Taylor von Kriegenbergh
$945,219
280
284
7
Jeremy Ausmus
$754,052
210
226
8
Mikita Badziakouski
$629,407
140
189
9
Sean Winter
$550,878
70
165
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