Ben Tollerene wins Poker Masters 2024 final for $25,200

Ben Tollerene won the last event of 2024 Poker masters. The seasoned high-stakes player, known to many by his nickname “Ben86,” has won 68 $25,200 buy-in high roller tournaments, earning $510,000 and earning his tenth tournament title.

Tollerene now has more than $16.1 million in career earnings from 126 in-the-money finishes. This was his fourth final table finish this year, including a second-place finish in a $250,000 buy-in event at World Series of Poker This summer, he earned the most money of his career, reaching $3.5 million.

This last victory brought 504 Card Player Player of the Year points to Tollerene. He is currently ranked 140th in 2024. POY classification presented by Global Poker.

Tollerene also scored 306 PGT points, enough to finish sixth overall in the series, despite no previous prize money at the eight-event festival. Jim Collopy has already secured the title of 2024 champion Poker Masters Purple Jacket before the start of the final day of this final event.

The final day began with seven players in play and bracelet winner Andrew Licthenberger atop the leaderboard. Victoria Livschitz was the first to go, posting her last seven big blinds pre-flop with KQ for AQ suited World Poker Tour champion Taylor von Kriegenbergh. Both players finished with pocket queens on the river, but von Kriegenbergh’s kciker bet to take the pot. Livschitz secured $68,000 as the seventh-place finisher. She now has almost $2.1 million in live earnings.

Filipp Khavin entered his final big blinds with pocket fours, racing against KQ suited by fellow short stack Sam Soverel. The board brought both overcards for Soverel, giving him a two pair to win. Khavin took home $93,500 for sixth place.

Soverel, who was adorned with the Purple Jacket he won in 2019, was still the shortest stack ahead of five players despite earning a knockout. The two-time bracelet winner wasn’t the next to go, though. Bracelet winner Aram Zobian’s tens were broken by von Kriegenbergh’s nines, who hit a set and held on from there.

Zobian managed to post his last 14 big blinds with aces in his pocket ahead of von Kriegenbergh’s kings, but once again the better pair didn’t hold up. A win with a king ended Zobian’s run in fifth place ($127,500). WSOP The sixth main eventer now has more than $7.2 million in lifetime earnings. He also climbed to 18th place in POY place in the table, thanks to which he reached the final for the 13th time this year.

Soverel followed suit shortly after, posting his last 8 big blinds from 108 looking towards AJ von Kriegenbergha. Soverel had a chance to triple the stake, as he raised all but one of his chips to 5,000 and was called by Tolleren K before von Kriegenbergh pushed to isolate himself. The board fell 9425K and an ace-high were enough to eliminate Soverel in fourth place ($170,000). Soverel’s career earnings now stand at $23.7 million.

Lichtenberger moved down the stack as the three-handed game continued. He moved all-in with AAND on K109 flap. Led by QQ from Tollerene, but Q went down the turn, leaving Lichtenberger needing help on the river. 7 finished the board, and Lichtenberger settled for $229,500 as the third-place finisher. He now has more than $21.9 million in cash.

Heads-up play began with Tollerene holding 6,415,000 to von Kriegenbergh’s 3,790,000. The gap narrowed early on, and the two were tied for a while before von Kriegenbergh pulled off a big bluff to secure a solid lead. A classic pre-flop race turned the tables once more, with von Kriegenbergh raising to 250,000 from the A buttonK. Tollerene made a three-bet all-in for 3,975,000 (just under 40 big blinds) with 77Von Kriegenbergh reacted quickly and 9 were missing on the board6645 giving Tollerene a double lead of 3-1.

This clash left von Kriegenbergh with just over 23 big blinds. He managed to raise a bit, but soon moved all-in with KJ following A6 Tollerene, who 3-bet shoved the open button for 26.5 big blinds. After von Kriegenbergh called, the flop came Q83 give von Kriegenbergh the highest king to the flush to two live cards. 5 turn did not improve either player, leaving von Kriegenbergh in need of help before the last card. 10 nothing changed, and von Kriegenbergh was eliminated in second place ($331,500). This payout increased his lifetime earnings to almost $6.8 million.

Here are the payouts and ranking points awarded at the final table:

Place	Player	Profits	POY Steering	PGT Steering
1	Benjamin Tollerene	$510,000	504	306
2	Taylor von Kriegenbergh	$331,500	420	199
3	Andrew Lichtenberger	$229,500	336	138
4	Soverel himself	$170,000	252	102
5	Aram Zobian	$127,500	210	77
6	Philipp Khavin	$93,500	168	56
7	Victoria Liwszczyc	$68,000	126	41

Here are the top ten overall standings in the points race series:

Degree	Player	Steering	Winnings	Cash	Win
1.	Jim Collopy	522	0	4	521,600 dollars
2.	Isaac Haxton	458	1	4	$457,000
3.	Jeremy Becker	449	1	3	$448,800
4.	Michal Moncek	382	0	2	$381,600
5.	Brock Wilson	355	1	2	$354,900
6.	Ben Tollerene	306	1	1	$510,000
7.	Justin Zaki	285	1	2	$312,400
8.	Jonathan Little	227	1	1	$226,800
9.	Aram Zobian	225	0	3	275,400 dollars
10.	David Chen	218	1	1	$217,500

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