Francis Anderson Wins Final Multi-Flight Poker Tournament of 2024

Francis Anderson captured the ultimate multi-flight event title of the yr lower than 24 hours earlier than the beginning of 2025. The bracelet winner from Wappinger Falls, New York topped a area of 515 entries within the 2024 Venetian New 12 months’s Extravaganza $250,000 assured $800 no-limit maintain’em UltimateStack occasion, incomes $61,551 within the early morning hours of Dec. 31.

This was the sixth recorded event title for Anderson, who secured his first World Collection of Poker victory this summer time by taking down the $800 buy-in Independence Day Celebration Occasion for a career-best rating of $501,040. Given his penchant for taking down holiday-centered occasions, Anderson could be a super companion if a Valentine’s Day tag-team occasion is working subsequent yr.

Anderson now has greater than $3.6 million in lifetime cashes after his massive win on the ultimate day of 2024.

This triumph additionally gave Anderson 420 Card Participant Participant of the 12 months factors. This was his third title and ninth final-table end of the yr. With 2,772 whole factors, he’ll end 2024 inside the highest 130 within the POY standings introduced by International Poker.

The highest 66 finishers made the cash, incomes a share of the $355,350 closing prize pool. There was loads of stiff competitors down the stretch, together with 2024 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian Poker Bowl champion Terry Fleischer (eighth), Aaron Massey (sixth), and bracelet winner Ryan Laplante (4th). This was the second final-table end of the month for Laplante, who positioned second within the $1,600 thriller bounty throughout the closing days of the WPT World Championship for $185,500. He’s now knocking on the door of $4 million in recorded event earnings.

After a participant who requested to stay nameless was eradicated in third place, Lokesh Garg took roughly a 3:2 chip lead into heads-up play with Anderson. The tables turned when Anderson made a flush in opposition to the jack-high straight of Garg. The ultimate hand noticed all of the chips go in after a AQ99J runout. Garg held 108 for one more straight, and it was once more second finest. Anderson revealed J9 for nines stuffed with jacks to take the pot and the title. Garg earned $44,245 because the runner-up.