Many PokerGO Tour sequence factors races come all the way down to the wire. That was not the case within the 2024 Poker Masters, although. Jim Collopy had formally secured this yr’s Purple Jacket earlier than the ultimate day of the festival-closing $25,000 excessive curler started.
“This run was unimaginable, no-limit maintain’em is unquestionably a sport I’ve performed quite a lot of, however I play quite a lot of video games, so it’s good to carry out effectively on an enormous stage towards quite a lot of guys who concentrate on particularly this format,” Collopy informed PokerGO’s Jeff Platt after locking up the win.
“Purple will swimsuit me very well,” the three-time World Sequence of Poker bracelet winner provided when requested concerning the sartorial spoils of his victory at this pageant.
Along with the majestic velvet coat, Collopy was additionally awarded a $25,000 PGT Passport, and the PokerStars Gold Cross for the upcoming North American Poker Tour Las Vegas cease at Resorts World.
Collopy made 4 consecutive closing tables from occasions 3-6, closing his run with back-to-back runner-up showings. All informed, Collopy cashed for $521,600 throughout these 4 scores, essentially the most of any participant who participated on this pageant.
His 522 whole PGT factors alongside the best way gave him a closing margin of 64 factors over second-ranked Isaac Haxton, who had 4 cashes and one win.
Collopy kicked off his spree with a sixth-place displaying from a discipline of 94 entries in occasion no. 3, a $10,100 buy-in event. He earned $47,000 and 47 PGT factors for that preliminary rating.
The very subsequent day, Collopy navigated his manner by a discipline of 81 entries in occasion no. 4, which was one other no-limit maintain’em affair on the identical worth level. Collopy secured one other $105,300 and 105 factors after hitting the rail in third place.
The ultimate $10,100 buy-in of the sequence attracted 75 entries. Collopy made it all the way down to heads-up play, solely to fall one spot wanting the title. He added $142,500 and 146 factors after dropping the ultimate hand towards David Chen.
The ending blow for Collopy was one other runner-up end, this time within the first of two $15,100 buy-in no-limit maintain’em occasions on the schedule. There have been 84 entries, which resulted in a $226,800 payday for Collopy, who added one other 227 factors to carry his whole to 522.
Collopy now sits in seventh place on the season-long PGT leaderboard, with 1,574 factors accrued throughout 15 whole cashes. He additionally sits in sixth place within the 2024 Card Participant Participant of the Yr standings, that are offered by International Poker.
Here’s a take a look at the ultimate prime 10 within the sequence factors race:
Rank
Participant
Factors
Wins
Cashes
Winnings
1st
Jim Collopy
522
0
4
$521,600
2nd
Isaac Haxton
458
1
4
$457,000
third
Jeremy Becker
449
1
3
$448,800
4th
Michael Moncek
382
0
2
$381,600
fifth
Brock Wilson
355
1
2
$354,900
sixth
Ben Tollerene
306
1
1
$510,000
seventh
Justin Zaki
285
1
2
$312,400
eighth
Jonathan Little
227
1
1
$226,800
ninth
Aram Zobian
225
0
3
$275,400
tenth
David Chen
218
1
1
$217,500
Photograph credit score: PokerGO / Antonio Abrego.
