The primary-ever $100,000 Tremendous Excessive Curler Bowl Blended Video games attracted 29 entrants to PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas. Solely the ultimate 5 gamers that made it to Day 3 obtained a bit of the $2.9 million prize pool.
“Texas” Mike Moncek had completed each Days 1 and a couple of atop the chip counts, and he was perennial favourite to assert the title. Issues seemed good for Moncek all through the ultimate desk, together with a hero name throughout three-handed play that grew to become an immediate basic (see it beneath), however the wheels fell off in heads-up play.
That’s when Chad Eveslage got here out swinging and closed issues out in a hand of no-limit maintain’em after flopping a Broadway straight. In line with PGT reporters, it was Eveslage’s sixth profession PGT victory and moved him right into a nine-way tie for fifteenth most in PGT historical past.
$100,000 SHRB Blended Video games Last Outcomes
The event put a cap on greater than per week of combined recreation festivities that included the PokerGO Tour Blended Video games Sequence wherein Chino Rheem completed atop the leaderboard for the second time in three years.
Regardless of beginning the ultimate desk second in chips, the UK’s Benny Glaser was the primary to fall. In line with dwell updates from the occasion, Glaser busted in a spherical of No-Restrict 2-7 Single Draw transferring all in and drawing one to an eight-five. Yuri Dzivielevski had referred to as and stood pat with a ten-nine, which held when Glaser drew a jack.
Seven-time WSOP bracelet winner and reigning $50,000 Poker Participant’s Champion Daniel Negreanu started the day because the brief stack and noticed his run come to an finish in a hand of Badugi. Negreanu obtained his chips in in opposition to Moncek and proceeded to face pat with a nine-five Badugi. Sadly for him, Moncek had a 4♦3♠A♥ and was drawing to a membership. He drew two, then one and one earlier than catching the 6♣ on the finish to bust “Child Poker.”
Three-handed play lasted for some time earlier than Dzivielevski, who fired two bullets into the event, bowed out in third place in a hand of No-Restrict 2-7 Single Draw. After he three-bet preflop, Dzivielevski stood pat and Moncek drew one. Dzivielevski moved all in and Moncek hit the tank earlier than calling with a pair of fours, and his learn was spot on as Dzivielevski had been bluffing with two pair.
Mocek started heads-up play with 5.5 million to the three.1 million of Eveslage, however the latter quickly doubled and took over the lead. The duo jostled for a bit earlier than issues got here to a head in a hand of no-limit maintain’em when Eveslage limped and Moncek checked to see an A♥10♦Q♠ flop.
Moncek check-called a wager of 100,000 after which check-called certainly one of 400,000 after the Q♣ paired the board on the flip. When the two♥ accomplished the board on the river, Moncek checked for a 3rd time and Eveslage moved all in. Moncek had 1.1 million remaining and went for an additional hero name with the J♠8♣. It was no good nonetheless as Eveslage had flopped the joint with the Ok♠J♦.
Previous to the win, Eveslage had $8.2 million in lifetime earnings in keeping with The Hendon Mob. The $1.2 million prize grew to become the third seven-figure rating of Eveslage’s profession behind solely the $1,415,610 he took for successful the 2022 World Sequence of Poker (WSOP) Occasion #8: $25,000 NLH Excessive Curler. It was his first WSOP gold bracelet, although he’d add two extra in 2023.
As for Moncek, he fell one spot shy of the winner’s highlight, however he had $725,000 to assist soothe the ache, which was additionally his second-largest profession money.
The PGT continues with the PGT PLO Sequence from March 25-April 5 adopted by the U.S. Poker Open: April 8-17.
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Chad Holloway
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