Andrew Lichtenberger Wins Poker Masters $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller

The stakes are raised in 2022 poker masters High roller championship series. With six events completed at the $10,000 price point, the sign-up increased to $25,000 for event number one. 7. A total of 69 No-Limit Hold’em entries were made, creating a prize pool of $1,725,000. After two full days of intense excitement, Andrew Lichtenberger won the title and first prize of $465,750.

The 35-year-old professional poker player from East Northport, New York now has approximately $14.1 million in professional tournament earnings. This was among his top ten points, and his 15th title on record.

This victory also saw Lichtenberger secure a range of rating points. 504 card player His Player of the Year points were enough to take him to 52nd place in 2022 POY Race arrangement, which is presented by Global Poker. He’s made eight final tables this year, won twice and grossed nearly $1.7 million in POY Earnings along the way.

Lichtenberger also got 279 PokerGO . Tour points. He climbed to 37th place on this year’s leaderboard as a result, overtaking first place in the race for the Poker Masters Purple Jacket and a $50,000 reward that will go to the player with the most points at the end of the series.

The top ten made money in this event, but only six of them advanced to day two. Bill Klein (10th), Isaac Kempton (ninth), nine-time bracelet winner Eric Seidel (8th), five-time bracelet winner Brian Rast (6) all fell into the money late on the first day.

Day two started with Kazuhiko Yotsushika in the lead and Lichtenberger second in the chips. Billy and Raj were the first to hit the rails, running his AK rifles into aces pockets. US Poker Open Champion Shawn Winter. Wragg was drawing dead after the role. Wrag, a former professional esports player known by the nickname ‘Nutri’, earned $103,500 for his biggest poker score ever recorded.

Three-time bracelet winner Chance Kornuth was sent home via a classic cash flap, where the pocket queens failed to outdo Lichtenberger’s AK. King at the turn left Cornoth underdog at a 19:1 ratio with one card coming in, and Empty River made him fifth ($138,000). Cornuth has now reached eight final tables in 2022, winning four titles including this year Choctaw World Series of Poker The main event. He now sits in the fourteenth position in the POY sweat as a result.

Carrie Katz also lost a race to end his career in this event. Katz had it all with a fitting AQ facing Yotsushika’s pockets. Katz found no help and was eliminated in fourth place, earning $172,500 for his thirteenth place at this year’s final table. It’s now just two places out of the top 30 in 2022 POY a race.

Winter was the short stack for a lot of triple action, but he doubled up with a five-pocket Yotsushika for a decent 10-9 swapping positions with the Japanese player. Yotsushika dwindled to 12 big blinds by the time his last hand appeared. He moved everything from the small canopy using a J-9 and got a call from Winter, who had six pockets in the large canopy. Yotsushika fumbled hard to go with his overcharging, but didn’t get any better and lost in third place ($224,250). He has increased his life earnings to over $1.9 million with such a deep run.

The head-to-head game started with Lichtenberger owning 5,850,000 versus Winter’s 4,500,000. He was able to steadily increase his lead as the match went on, his advantage being more than 5:1 when the last hand of the course was dealt. Winter came out of the button number 88 Lichtenberger checked with 94. The flip came down52. Lichtenberger checked and bet Winter 225,000 with his pocket pair. Lichtenberger called with his tone of courage and overcard, which rose at 9 turn or turn. Lichtenberger checked again and Winter’s 450,000 bet. Lichtenberger and J . called Complete the painting. Lichtenberger checked for the third time. Winter moved it all and Lichtenberger made the call to secure the bet and the title.

Winter earned $345,000 and 420 POY Points as a runner-up position. This was his 15th finish on the final table of the year, winning two titles and grossing nearly $3 million POY Profits are recorded. With this last deep run, Winter moved up to third in the POY a race. This result also saw him climb to ninth in the PGT Leaderboard.

Here is a look at the payments and rating points awarded in the final table:

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