All eyes had been on all-time World Collection of Poker title chief Phil Hellmuth as he entered the ultimate desk of the 2024 WSOP Paradise $10,000 GGMillion$ no-limit maintain’em championship with a shot at capturing his record-extending 18th gold bracelet. Ultimately the Poker Corridor of Famer was eradicated in eighth place, incomes $130,830 however falling in need of including to his {hardware} assortment.
The bracelet for this occasion was in the end awarded to Johannes Straver of the Netherlands. It was the primary for the Dutch participant, who additionally walked away with a career-best rating of $807,430 because the champion.
This victory got here roughly two-and-a-half years after Straver fell one spot in need of a bracelet on the 2022 WSOP in Las Vegas. That deep run got here in a $5,000 eight-max NLH freezeout, with Straver incomes $411,279 because the runner-up. With this newest massive payday, his profession earnings now sit at greater than $4.3 million.
Straver additionally earned 2,100 Card Participant Participant of the Yr factors for taking down this match. This was his first title and fifth final-table end of the 12 months. With 2,929 factors in complete, he now sits in a hundred and fifteenth place within the 2024 POY standings offered by World Poker.
This match attracted 532 entries, constructing a prize pool of $5,320,000 which was paid out among the many prime 75 finishers. Loads of massive names ran deep, together with two-time bracelet winner Jesse Lonis (twenty sixth), World Poker Tour champion Taylor von Kriegenbergh (twenty fourth), bracelet winner Joey Weissman (twenty third), 2020 WSOP On-line important occasion winner Stoyan Madanzhiev (twentieth), bracelet winner Noah Schwartz (18th), bracelet winner Younger Eum (twelfth), MMA fighter Colby Covington (tenth), and, after all, Hellmuth (eighth).
Hellmuth’s remaining hand noticed him defend his massive blind with J
10 dealing with a min-raise from Fabian Niederreiter within the hijack and a name from Jon Vallinas within the cutoff. The flop got here down 9
82
and Hellmuth checked darkish. The opposite two checked behind and the 9
hit the flip. Hellmuth led out for 800,000 and Niederreiter folded. Vallinas known as and the A accomplished the board. Hellmuth’s straight draw had bricked out. He elected to shove for two,500,000 and Vallinas went into the tank earlier than calling with AJ for aces and nines with a jack kicker. Hellmuth now has greater than $27.1 million in recorded earnings to his identify, with the bulk ($18.3 million) coming from his success in WSOP occasions.
It’s the top of the street for Phil Hellmuth in Occasion #12: $10K GGMillion$ NLH Championship. He cashes $130,830! #GG #wsopPARADISE #Poker pic.twitter.com/eSnhiaAEza
— WSOP – World Collection of Poker (@WSOP) December 19, 2024
Vallinas then proceeded to eradicate Rui Neves (seventh – $169,660) and Abdelhakim Zoufri (sixth – $220,030) to slim the sphere to 5. France’s Arthur Conan outflopped the pocket kings of Wookuk Lee with A-9 suited, flopping two pair and holding to ship Lee residence in fifth place ($285,340).
Conan was the subsequent to hit the rail, along with his A7 unable to beat the A8 of Vallinas regardless of flopping the nut flush draw. Neither participant improved any additional on the flip or river and Vallinas’ superior facet card performed. Conan earned $370,040 for his fourth-place exhibiting.
Niederreiter slid to the underside of the chip counts as three-handed motion continued. He ultimately acquired his previous few massive blinds in with 103 dealing with Okay9 for Straver. Niederreiter flopped center pair after J102 rolled off, however the Q flip gave Straver a straight and a lock on the hand. The A was a mere formality. Niederreiter was awarded $479,890 because the third-place finisher.
With that, Straver took greater than a 2:1 chip lead into heads-up play. Within the remaining hand, Vallinas limped in for 1,000,000 complete with 98 on the button. Straver raised to 4,000,000 from the massive blind with OkayJ and Vallinas known as. The flop got here down 832 and Straver wager 3,500,000 along with his overcards and flush draw. Vallinas shoved for 19,000,000 along with his prime pair and Straver known as. The flip was the Q, leaving Vallinas drawing lifeless. After the 4 got here on the top, the Spanish participant headed to the payout desk to gather his career-best rating of $622,340.
Here’s a take a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the remaining desk:
Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors
1
Johannes Straver
$807,430
2100
2
Jon Vallinas
$622,340
1750
3
Fabian Niederreiter
$479,890
1400
4
Arthur Conan
$370,040
1050
5
Wookuk Lee
$285,340
875
6
Abdelhakim Zoufri
$220,030
700
7
Rui Neves
$169,660
525
8
Phil Hellmuth
$130,830
350
9
Marc Rivera
$100,880
175
