Justin Zaki has over $5 million in recorded poker tournament winnings, with a total of 245 cashes registered to his name. On Wednesday, January 31, he captured his third career live tournament title, topping a field of 83 entries to win the 2024 $10,500 No Limit Hold’em event. Poker Joe Cup.
Zaki earned $232,400 as champion of event no. 5, the fourth largest payday for his caregiver. He also took home 480 Card player He was named Player of the Year for the win, putting him close to the top 100 in 2024. Boy Ranking provided by World poker.
With 232 Go poker tour points, and Zaki now sits in fourth place in the race for Poker Joe Cup Series Championship. Card player Columnist Jonathan Little, who has taken home one title and three cash prizes so far during the series, sits in first place with 277 points heading into the festival’s final few events.
This tournament took two days to complete, with the top 12 contestants receiving cash. Only the top six returned for the second day’s events inside Bookergo studio in ARIA Las Vegas Resort and Casino, with Stephen Chidwick in lead and Zaki in third to start.
Chidwick added to his lead early by eliminating Joris Reus (6th place – $41,500). Zaki scored a key double early through Sam Soverell, then took down two-time bracelet winner Justin Saliba with a pair of jacks against the highest pair of nines on the flop. The jacks held out across the river and Saliba settled for $58,100 to take fifth place.
Soverel was left in a rage when his flight was collided with dozens of smashes from bracelet winner Joey Wiseman. Soverel quickly reached No. 4, earning $78,850 to bring his career total to over $22.9 million.
Zaki worked his way to the lead during the triple play, and stayed in front even when Wiseman unseated Chidwick for third. Chidwick earned $107,900 after his KQ failed to come from behind against Weissman’s AQ. Chidwick, a two-time bracelet winner Boynow has approximately $55.2 million in career earnings, which is good for third place on the all-time poker money list.
Zaki entered the head-to-head game with a lead of better than 2:1. He gave up the advantage for a while, but was able to pull back forward in time for the pre-cooler that ended this tournament. He raised the button with a K
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Weissman with a three-bet paid from the big blind versus a 12-bet big blind with As. Call Zaki quickly and number 107
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Title imprisonment runs out. Weisman increased his lifetime earnings to more than $6.1 million with a second-place finish of $149,400.
Here’s a look at the payouts and ranking points awarded in the final table:
| place | player | Profits | Boy points | Bgt points |
| 1 | Justin Zaki | $232,400 | 480 | 232 |
| 2 | Joey Wiseman | $149,400 | 400 | 149 |
| 3 | Stephen Chidwick | $107,900 | 320 | 108 |
| 4 | Sam Souvrell | $78,850 | 240 | 79 |
| 5 | Justin Saliba | $58,100 | 200 | 58 |
| 6 | Joris Reus | $41,500 | 160 | 42 |
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