Bryn Kenney Wins 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open High Roller

The wealthy acquired richer within the 2024 Seminole Onerous Rock Poker Showdown $25,500 buy-in excessive curler occasion that simply wrapped up on the Seminole Onerous Rock Resort & On line casino Hollywood in South Florida.

Bryn Kenney, the highest ranked participant on poker’s all-time cash record, topped the sphere of 67 entries so as to add one other $487,990 to his profession haul. The 37-year-old bracelet winner now has almost $67.3 million in profession match earnings accrued throughout 297 recorded in-the-money finishes. He now has a $1,019,873 lead over second-ranked Justin Bonomo ($66,248,460).

This was Kenney’s thirty first title, and his first win since taking down the $262,500 buy-in invitational occasion on the 2023 Triton London for a staggering $6,860,000. Extremely, that was simply the second-largest payday on Kenney’s resume, as he made a heads-up deal within the 2019 Triton Hundreds of thousands charity invitational that noticed him stroll away with greater than $20.6 million.

Along with the title and the cash, Kenney’s most up-to-date victory additionally earned him 504 Card Participant Participant of the Yr factors. This was his third final-table end of the yr. His 890 complete factors put him inside attain of the highest 600 within the 2024 POY standings offered by World Poker.

This occasion featured a $1,000,000 assure. The stable turnout of 67 entries resulted in a closing prize pool of $1,654,900 that was paid out among the many high 10 finishers. Justin Zaki was knocked out in tenth place ($52,900) late on day 1, leaving bracelet winner Alex Foxen to guide the ultimate 9 contenders into day 2.

Foxen added to that benefit early, choosing up pocket aces and holding towards the Okay-J of Brock Wilson (ninth – $52,900) to slender the sphere to eight. Daniel Rezaei quickly adopted Wilson to the rail (seventh – $54,600), busting by the hands of World Poker Tour champion Jonathan Jaffe. Regardless of incomes that knockout, Jaffe was finally the following to fall. He misplaced most of his stack with A-Okay towards the pocket aces of Kenney, who took his remaining couple of blinds within the subsequent hand. Jaffe earned $62,900 for his seventh-place exhibiting.

Darren Elias quickly acquired all-in with A-4 suited trailing the A-10 of Kenney. Elias flopped a pair of fours to take the lead, however Kenney rivered a ten to earn the pot and the knockout. Elias, a four-time WPT principal occasion winner, settled for $77,800 because the sixth-place finisher on this occasion.

Reigning WPT World Championship winner Daniel Sepiol gained a preflop coin flip with 8-6 outracing the pocket fives of two-time bracelet winner Brandon Wittmeyer in a battle of the blinds. Sepiol spiked an eight on the tip to ship Wittmeyer packing in fifth place ($102,600).

Brandon Wilson’s high pair of kings was bested by the turned jacks and sixes of Foxen to go away simply three contenders remaining. Wilson, who gained each the $25,500 and a $50,000 buy-in occasion on the SHR Poker Showdown earlier this yr, earned $152,300 for his fourth-place end.

The ultimate massive all-in confrontation of this occasion noticed Foxen get in a elevating struggle with Kenney. Foxen opened to 65,000 from the button with AQ and Kenney three-bet to 300,000 out of the large blindwith AOkay. Foxen four-bet to 535,000, leaving 965,000 behind. Kenney five-bet shoved and Foxen made the decision. The board ran out 776105 and Foxen was eradicated in third place ($220,100). He now has almost $33.5 million in lifetime earnings. This was additionally his thirteenth final-table end of the yr. The 336 factors he earned have been sufficient to maneuver him into thirtieth place on the POY leaderboard.

Kenney held 5,400,000 to Sepiol’s 1,300,000 heading into heads-up. The pair halted play and hashed out a deal to convey the occasion to an in depth. Kenney earned $487,990 and the title whereas Sepiol secured $390,810 because the runner-up. This was the seventh final-table end of the yr for Sepiol, who earned his first bracelet earlier this summer season by taking down the $1,500 shootout on the World Collection of Poker. He now sits in twenty ninth place within the POY standings.

Here’s a take a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the closing desk:

Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors

1
Bryn Kenney
$487,990
504

2
Daniel Sepiol
$390,810
420

3
Alex Foxen
$220,100
336

4
Brandon Wilson
$152,300
252

5
Brandon Wittmeyer
$102,600
210

6
Darren Elias
$77,800
168

7
Jonathan Jaffe
$62,900
126

8
Daniel Rezaei
$54,600
84

9
Brock Wilson
$52,900
42

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