It was Jonathan Little’s flip to shine on the Poker Masters in Vegas final evening, the favored coach and YouTuber taking down occasion 4 of the highstakes collection for $226,800 after dispatching all of his remaining desk rivals.
The third $10k buy-in to this point of the eight-tournament collection sponsored by PokerStars NAPT introduced in 81 entries. That meant a prizepool of $810,000 and the highest 3 taking down 6-figure scores.
Ike Haxton, Daniel Negreanu, Cary Katz, Sam Soverel and poker’s main couple, the Foxens, have been all within the combine early on day one, although solely two amongst them would make it to the cash.
Kings on the Bubble
The cash bubble burst at 12 gamers, the unfortunate thirteenth participant being Lucas Foster by the hands of Clemen Deng…
Deng: Okay♥ Okay♣
Foster: A♦ J♥
Foster 3-bet jammed on Deng and shortly obtained the unhealthy information…
Flop: 10♠ 6♥ 2♠
Flip: Q♦
River: 10♦
That gave the remaining dozen a assured $20,250, with Alex Foxen falling quickly afterwards in eleventh spot ($24,300) and Ren Lin’s third money of the collection, although the affable Chinese language professional is heading within the ‘mistaken route’ with sixth, seventh and now and eighth place value $32,400.
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Main the ultimate desk was Jonathan Little, who had spun up lower than one massive blind to a commanding stack, with Jim Collopy and Ike Haxton rounding out the highest three.
It was Little who took the primary scalp, ousting Deng in an enormous ace over ace battle after which did the exact same to Haxton…
Haxton: A♠ 10♠
Little: A♥ J♦
Flop: 10♦ 7♣ 4♦
Flip: J♥
River: 7♦
Little stored making use of strain and likewise had the playing cards to again it up, sending Wayne Nowak to the rail in fifth spot when all of the chips went in on an ace-high flop, Little’s A♦ Q♣ holding up towards Nowak’s A♠ 2♣ .
Extremely, Little then dismissed Soverel by flopping prime pair and flush draw, turning a straight, after which rivering the (unneeded) flush and proceeded to take out Jim Collopy in third place, flopping prime two in a race towards Collopy’s pocket deuces.
Heads-up for the Win
Kicking off heads-up, Little’s rampant play had ensured a 6:1 chip lead towards relative newcomer to the highstakes area, Harvey Castro. The youthful man fought again however in the end Little prevailed, the ultimate hand slightly missing in pleasure with ace-high getting the job finished for Little.
2024 Poker Masters Occasion #4 Closing Desk Payouts
PlaceNameCountryPayoutsPGT Points1stJonathan LittleUSA$226,8002272nd Harvey CastroUSA$145,8001463rdJim CollopyUSA$105,3001054thSam SoverelUSA$76,950775thWayne NowakUSA$56,700576thIsaac Haxton USA$40,500417thClemen DengUSA$32,40032
Little’s victory jumps him straight into third spot, simply behind Justin Zaki with whom he had such an enthralling battle within the PokerGO Cup earlier this yr. Justin Becker continues to be out entrance, however with 4 occasions nonetheless to go a lot can change.
Poker Masters Purple Jacket Leaderboard
RankPlayerPointsWinsCashesWinnings1stJeremy Becker25511$255,0002ndJustin Zaki 24411$244,4003rdJonathan Little22711$226,8004thSpencer Champlin19012$190,4755thMichael Moncek16501$165,0006thJeremy Ausmus 15501$155,1007thJim Collopy 15202$152,3008thHarvey Castro 14601$145,8009thMichael Brinkenhoff12302$122,62510thNicholas Seward12203$121,250
