Ben Tollerene Wins 2024 Poker Masters $25,200 Finale

Ben Tollerene has received the ultimate occasion of the 2024 Poker Masters. The longtime high-stakes participant, identified to many by his display screen identify ‘Ben86’, topped a area of 68 entries within the $25,200 buy-in excessive curler to earn $510,000 and his tenth recorded event title.

Tollerene now has greater than $16.1 million in profession earnings accrued throughout 126 in-the-money finishes. This was his fourth final-table end of the yr, together with a runner-up end within the $250,000 buy-in occasion on the World Collection of Poker this summer season for a career-best rating of $3.5 million.

This newest victory conveyed 504 Card Participant Participant of the Yr factors upon Tollerene. He now sits in one hundred and fortieth place within the 2024 POY standings introduced by World Poker.

Tollerene additionally earned 306 PGT factors, sufficient to complete in sixth place within the series-long standings regardless of no prior cashes throughout this eight-event competition. Jim Collopy had already locked up the 2024 Poker Masters Purple Jacket earlier than the final day of this ultimate occasion started.

The ultimate day started with seven gamers remaining and bracelet winner Andrew Licthenberger atop the leaderboard. Victoria Livschitz was the primary to fall. She acquired her final 7 huge blinds in preflop with Ok-Q trailing the A-Q suited of World Poker Tour champion Taylor von Kriegenbergh. Each gamers ended up with a pair of queens on the river, however von Kriegenbergh’s kciker performed to earn him the pot. Livschitz secured $68,000 because the seventh-place finisher. She now has practically $2.1 million in recorded dwell earnings.

Filipp Khavin acquired his previous few huge blinds in with pocket fours racing towards the Ok-Q suited of fellow brief stack Sam Soverel. The board introduced each overcards for Soverel, giving him two pair for the win. Khavin headed house with $93,500 for his sixth-place exhibiting.

Soverel, who was adorned within the Purple Jacket he received in 2019, was nonetheless the shortest stack heading into five-handed regardless of scoring that knockout. The 2-time bracelet winner was not the following to fall, although. Bracelet winner Aram Zobian’s pocket tens had been cracked by the pocket nines of von Kriegenbergh, who flopped a set and held from there.

Zobian managed to get his final 14 huge blinds in with pocket aces main the pocket kings of von Kriegenbergh, however as soon as once more the higher pair failed to carry up. A king-high runout ended Zobian’s run in fifth place ($127,500). The 2018 WSOP fundamental occasion sixth-place finisher now has greater than $7.2 million in lifetime earnings. He additionally climbed to 18th place within the POY standings due to this, his thirteenth final-table end of the yr.

Soverel quickly adopted, getting his final 8 huge blinds in with 108 going through the AJ of von Kriegenbergh. Soverel had an opportunity to triple up, as he had raised for all however one 5,000 chip and acquired a name from Tolleren’s Ok earlier than von Kriegenbergh shoved to isolate. The board got here down 9425Ok and ace excessive was sufficient to eradicate Soverel in fourth place ($170,000). Soverel’s profession earnings now sit at $23.7 million.

Lichtenberger slid all the way down to the underside of the chip counts as three-handed play continued. He acquired all-in with AA on a Ok109 flop. He was main the QQ of Tollerene, however the Q rolled off on the flip to depart Lichtenberger in want of assistance on the river. The 7 accomplished the board and Lichtenberger settled for $229,500 because the third-place finisher. He now has greater than $21.9 million in lifetime cashes to his identify.

Heads-up play started with Tollerene holding 6,415,000 to the three,790,000 of von Kriegenbergh. The hole was narrowed within the early going, and the 2 hung round even for a bit earlier than von Kriegenbergh picked off a giant bluff to provide himself a wholesome lead. A basic preflop race turned issues round but once more. von Kriegenbergh raised to 250,000 from the button with AOk. Tollerene three-bet shoved for 3,975,000 (simply shy of 40 huge blinds) with 77. A fast name was made by von Kriegenbergh and the board ran out 96645 to provide Tollerene the double-up right into a 3:1 lead.

That conflict left von Kriegenbergh with simply over 23 huge blinds. He was in a position to chip up a bit, however quickly all-in with OkJ trailing the A6 of Tollerene, who three-bet shoved over a button open for 26.5 huge blinds efficient. After von Kriegenbergh made the decision, the flop got here down Q83 to provide von Kriegenbergh a king-high flush draw to go together with his two dwell playing cards. The 5 flip improved neither participant, although, leaving von Kriegenbergh in want of assist heading into the final card. The ten modified nothing, although, and von Kriegenbergh was eradicated in second place ($331,500). This payday elevated his lifetime earnings to just about $6.8 million.

Here’s a take a look at the payouts and rankings factors awarded on the ultimate desk:

Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors
PGT Factors

1
Benjamin Tollerene
$510,000
504
306

2
Taylor von Kriegenbergh
$331,500
420
199

3
Andrew Lichtenberger
$229,500
336
138

4
Sam Soverel
$170,000
252
102

5
Aram Zobian
$127,500
210
77

6
Filipp Khavin
$93,500
168
56

7
Victoria Livschitz
$68,000
126
41

Here’s a take a look at the ultimate prime 10 within the collection factors race:

Rank
Participant
Factors
Wins
Cashes
Winnings

1st
Jim Collopy
522
0
4
$521,600