Jeremy Becker had collected greater than $1.5 million in profession event earnings throughout greater than 234 in-the-money finishes earlier than ever recording a six-figure rating. The rising event star, who first caught the poker world’s consideration with a spree of victories in nightly occasions round Las Vegas in early 2023, secured his first six-figure payday by taking down occasion no. 2 on the 2024 Poker Masters, a $10,100 buy-in no-limit maintain’em event.
Becker overcame a discipline of 100 entries to earn $255,000 and his first PokerGO Tour title. This career-best rating grew his lifetime earnings to greater than $1.8 million. The triumph additionally awarded Becker 600 Card Participant Participant of the 12 months factors. This was his second certified title and twenty first final-table end of 2024. That places Becker in a tie with David Coleman for essentially the most closing tables made on the 12 months to this point. With 3,901 complete factors, Becker now sits in twenty third place within the POY standings introduced by World Poker.
This win additionally added 255 PokerGO Tour factors to Becker’s totals, sufficient to maneuver him into eightieth place on that high-stakes-centric leaderboard.
This two-day occasion was held contained in the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & On line casino in Las Vegas. The prize pool swelled to $1,000,000, with the highest 15 finishers incomes a share. Amongst those who cashed have been bracelet winners Chris Hunichen (14th), Andrew Lichtenberger (eleventh), and Dan Smith (tenth). Occasion no. 1 champion Spencer Champlin completed ninth, whereas World Poker Tour champion and five-time bracelet winner Nick Schulman positioned eighth. Day 1 ended with the elimination of WPT champion and bracelet winner Dylan Linde in seventh place.
Becker entered the second day with the chip lead, with bracelet winner and 2023 WPT World Championship title holder Daniel Sepiol scorching on his heels. Ren Lin was the primary to fall, along with his A-7 operating into the pocket kings of Sepiol. Lin earned $50,000 for his twelfth final-table end of the 12 months, and is now ranked fifteenth on the 2024 POY leaderboard.
Bracelet winner Nicholas Seward, recent off of a sixth-place exhibiting in occasion no. 1, was eradicated in fifth place this time round when his A-8 suited was unable to come back from behind towards the A-9 of two-time bracelet winner Michael ‘Texas Mike’ Moncek. Seward flopped an eight, however the flip and river each introduced nines to present Moncek journeys by the top. Seward earned $65,000 for his efforts.
Sepiol’s run resulted in fourth place when his Q
9 was outraced by Moncek’s 6
6, which made a straight on the flip and held from there. Sepiol now has almost $9 million in profession earnings after including $90,000 to his totals on this occasion.
Moncek held a slight lead when the subsequent key conflict arose. He raised from the button with Ok9 and high-stakes event common Sean Winter three-bet from the large blind with OkOk
. Moncek four-bet shoved and, after all, acquired a snap name from Winter. The board ran out Q
J1058 and Moncek flopped a straight to crack Winter’s pocket kings. Winter earned $115,000 because the third-place finisher, rising his lifetime haul to just about $31.7 million.
Heads-up play started with Moncek holding roughly a 4:1 chip lead, however a sequence of double-ups for Becker quickly resulted in a virtually even enjoying discipline. Becker then picked off an enormous bluff with king excessive to take a wholesome lead of his personal.
Within the closing hand, Moncek shoved from the button for ten massive blinds with A7 and Becker known as with Q10. The board got here down 632103 and Becker made tens and threes to lock up the title.
Moncek walked away with $165,000 because the runner-up. He now sports activities roughly $2.6 million in lifetime event earnings.
Here’s a take a look at the payouts and rankings factors awarded on the closing desk:
Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors
PGT Factors
1
Jeremy Becker
$255,000
600
255
2
Michael Moncek
$165,000
500
165
3
Sean Winter
$115,000
400
115
4
Daniel Sepiol
$90,000
300
90
5
Nicholas Seward
$65,000
250
65
6
Ren Lin
$50,000
200
50
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