Ben Tollerene Takes Down 2024 PokerGO Tour Pot-Limit Omaha Series II $25,000 Finale

Benjamin Tollerene is making a behavior of swooping in on the finish of PokerGO Tour festivals to win the biggest buy-in occasion on the schedule. In September he closed out the Poker Masters with a victory within the $25,200 finale, and he has executed the identical within the $25,200 buy-in pot-limit Omaha championship that capped off the 2024 PGT PLO Sequence II. The most recent triumph noticed Tollerene beat out a subject of 62 entries to safe the trophy and the highest prize of $496,000.

This was the twelfth recorded title for the 37-year-old poker professional from initially hailing from Lubbock, Texas. Regardless of spending a lot of his profession targeted on high-stakes on-line money video games, he now has greater than $16.6 million in match earnings to his identify.

Almost $5.6 million of that whole haul has come from eight cashes this yr. He has made six remaining tables and earned the beforehand talked about pair of PGT titles alongside the way in which. The 504 Card Participant Participant of the 12 months factors he secured together with his newest win moved him into ninety fifth place within the 2024 POY standings introduced by World Poker.

Tollerene additionally climbed to eighth place within the collection factors race with this one rating with 298 PGT factors. With 1,268 whole factors, he now sits in twenty first place on the season-long PGT leaderboard as properly.

The $1,550,000 prize pool that resulted from the 62 entries on this match was the biggest of the competition. The highest 9 finishers earned a reduce, with Billy Tarango (ninth – $46,500) and two-time bracelet winner Jesse Lonis (eighth – $62,000) making the cash however falling wanting the official remaining desk.

Fernando ‘JNandezPoker’ Habegger (seventh – $62,000) was the primary to fall among the many remaining seven, together with his two pair going through a pair, flush draw, and open-ended straight draw for 2024 PGT PLO Sequence I competition champion Samuli Sipila. The river gave Sipila a profitable flush to slim the sphere to 6.

Six-time bracelet winner Josh Arieh additionally acquired the final of his chips in opposition to Sipila. Arieh known as all-in for round ten huge blinds with AOkayQ6 going through a three-bet from Sipila, who had AOkay87. The board got here down 86435 to 5 Sipila a profitable eight-high straight. Arieh settled for $85,250 because the sixth-place finisher. He’s now approaching $13.1 million in profession earnings after including this rating to his tally.

Tollerene overtook the lead throughout five-handed play, however was quickly surpassed by Finnish bracelet winner Joni Jouhkimainen, who flopped high set of jacks in opposition to the pocket aces of two-time bracelet winner Ben Lamb and acquired all the chips in. Lamb earned $116,000 because the fifth-place finisher. The 2-time WSOP major occasion remaining desk finisher now has practically $16.9 million in profession cashes.

The following huge showdown pitted the OkayOkay108 of 2022 WSOP major occasion third-place finisher Michael Duek in opposition to the AOkayJ9 of Tollerene. A ten625 begin gave Tollerene two flush attracts for the win. The diamonds got here in on a 7 river, giving him the nuts and the knockout. Duek earned $155,000 for his fourth-place displaying. This was his fourth money of the collection, with $238,050 in whole earnings accrued alongside the way in which.

With that, Tollerene moved again into the lead, whereas Sipila turned the quick stack. He managed to outlive to heads-up play, although, as a result of the 2 bigger stacks squared off in a large pot that led to the elimination of Jouhkimainen. After limp-calling a increase from the small-blind with AQ95, Jouhkimainen checked the 973 flop. Tollerene guess 250,000 with the OkayOkayJ10 and compelled out Sipila, who had come alongside from the button. Jouhkimainen then check-raised to 1,790,000. Tollerene shoved and Jouhkimainen known as all-in for 3,750,000 whole. The two flip gave Jouhkimainen a wheel draw to go together with his nut coronary heart outs and overcard to Tollerene’s pocket kings. The 8 on the top was of no assist, although, and Jouhkimainen was despatched packing in third place. The $217,000 he secured grew his lifetime haul to over $7.5 million.

Heads-up play started with Tollerene holding 9,525,000 to Sipila’s 2,870,000. He pulled even additional forward earlier than the ultimate hand was dealt. Sipila limped on the button with Q1074 and Tollerene raised to 300,000 from the massive blind with Okay987. Sipila known as and the flop got here down 753. Tollerene guess pot then known as Sipila’s shove for 825,000. Each gamers had high pair with reside kickers and straight attracts. The 9 improved Tollerene to high two pair, which held by means of the J river. Sipila walked away with $310,000 because the runner-up, the fourth-largest rating of his profession.

Sipila completed fifth within the remaining series-long factors race thanks to a few remaining desk finishes totaling $471,000 in earnings.

Here’s a have a look at the payouts and rankings factors awarded on the remaining desk:

Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors
PGT Factors

1
Benjamin Tollerene
$496,000
504
298

2
Samuli Sipila
$310,000
420
186

3
Joni Jouhkimainen
$217,000
336
130

4
Michael Duek
$155,000
252
93

5
Ben Lamb
$116,250
210
70

6
Josh Arieh
$85,250
168
51

7
Fernando Habegger
$62,000
126
37

Here’s a have a look at the highest ten within the remaining standings within the PGT PLO Sequence II factors race:

Rank
Participant
Factors
Wins
Cashes
Winnings