Coming into 2024, Seth Davies’ two largest excessive curler scores each got here in occasions by which he fell simply wanting securing the title. Previously two months, although, Davies has emerged victorious in two Tremendous Excessive Curler Bowl occasions to set two new private data.
In late August he took down the SHRB IX $300,000 buy-in no-limit maintain’em occasion for a career-best payday of $3,206,000. He backed up that marquee win by popping out on high on this yr’s SHRB: Pot-Restrict Omaha $100,000 buy-in, besting a area of 42 entries to earn $1,500,000.
This newest victory is now the second-largest rating on Davies’ spectacular resume. The World Poker Tour champion’s profession earnings now sit at greater than $32.2 million.
Davies has made the cash 27 occasions thus far in 2024, accumulating almost $8.7 million alongside the way in which. From these cashes, he has gone on to make 15 ultimate tables and win three titles. This newest win got here with 600 Card Participant Participant of the 12 months factors, bringing his whole to 4,774. He now sits in 14th place within the POY standings introduced by World Poker.
Davies additionally picked up 450 PokerGO Tour factors because the champion, growing his whole to 1,855. Consequently, he now sits in third place within the season-long standings for that high-stakes-centric factors race. He trails solely six-time World Sequence of Poker bracelet winner Jeremy Ausmus (2,789 factors) and seven-time bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu (2,054 factors) on the leaderboard.
The $4,200,000 prize pool for this occasion was cut up up amongst the highest eight finishers. The cash bubble burst on day 2 when none aside from Ausmus was despatched packing by Artem Maksimov’s queen-high flush. Current PGT PLO Sequence II finale champion Ben Tollerene then bowed out in seventh place ($170,000), whereas two-time bracelet winner Sam Soverel completed sixth ($250,000) to deliver day 2 to an in depth.
The ultimate day started with 5 gamers remaining and defending champion Jared Bleznick within the lead. Sean Winter surged up the leaderboard early because of taking down a giant pot with quad fives.
Winter overtook the lead by eliminating six-time bracelet winner Josh Arieh in fifth place. Arieh acquired the final of his brief stack in after the flop with backside pair going through the highest pair, flush draw, and open-ended straight draw of Winter, who made sixes and fives by the top to attain the knockout. Arieh earned $330,000 for his efforts, rising his lifetime event earnings to over $13.4 within the course of.
Davies was brief for a lot of the early four-handed motion, even falling to only a few massive blinds after one failed bluff try. He was capable of maintain his composure, although, and chipped up a bit forward of the following knockout. The elimination was arrange by one other hand, which noticed Bleznick lose a giant all-in towards Maksimov after calling a flip shove with three pair, the nut flush draw and a gutshot to broadway. He was up towards the made ace-high straight for Maksimov, who additionally had a gutshot straight flush draw. The river modified nothing and Bleznick was left brief.
He quickly acquired all-in wafter a A
9
8
flop with AQ77
trailing the QJ99 of Davies. The Okay flip made issues fascinating, however the 4 on the top meant that Davies’ set of nines would earn the pot. Bleznick walked away with $450,000 after his spectacular try at a title protection.
Davies pulled right into a digital tie with Maksimov for the lead forward of the following massive showdown. Davies raised from the button with Q1087 and Winter three-bet to 700,000 out of the large blind with AA93. Davies known as and made two pair on the Okay107 flop. Winter led out for 400,000 and Davies known as. The ten flip improved him to a full home. Winter fired one other 575,000 and Davies known as. The ten on the top noticed Winter hearth 2,495,000, leaving himself simply 5,000. Davies moved all-in together with his quads and Winter known as together with his tens stuffed with aces to complete third ($600,000). Winter now has greater than $32.4 million in profession earnings after his robust displaying on this occasion.
Heads-up play started with Davies holding 8,695,000 to the three,905,000 of Maksimov. The hole between the 2 contenders was narrowed within the early going, however Davies finally received a giant pot with a set of sixes to tug away once more.
Within the ultimate hand of the event, Davies raised to 300,000 on the button with AJ64 and Maksimov three-bet to 900,000 from the large blind with AOkay87. The flop got here down Q43 and Maksimov moved all-in for 1,500,000. Davies thought it over earlier than making the decision with center pair, which was finest on the time. The 5 flip gave Maksimov a gutshot to go together with his stay pair outs, however the 4 on the top improved Davies to journeys to safe him the pot and the title.
Maksimov was awarded $900,000 because the runner-up, his largest recorded event rating to this point.
Here’s a have a look at the payouts and rankings factors awarded the ultimate desk:
Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors
PGT Factors
1
Seth Davies
$1,500,000
600
450
2
Artem Maksimov
$900,000
500
270
3
Sean Winter
$600,000
400
180
4
Jared Bleznick
$450,000
300
135
5
Josh Arieh
$330,000
250
99
6
Sam Soverel
$250,000
200
75
7
Benjamin Tollerene
$170,000
150
51
Picture credit: PokerGO / Antonio Abrego.
