In 2023, Dan Zack was crowned player of the series at the opening ceremony PokerGO Mixed Games Tour Festival, with five cash prizes across the eight-event schedule. The three-time bracelet winner, 31, is now well placed to challenge for the Series Two title thanks to his big win in the $10,200 eight-match buy-in event in 2024. Bgt Mixed games.
Zack beat a field of 61 entries to earn $195,200 and several ranking points. 195 Bgt The points he obtained moved him to second place in the series standings and 22nd place on Leaderboard throughout the season. 360 Card player His Player of the Year points move him into the top 450 in 2024 Boy The race is presented by World poker.
The second and final day of the event began with bracelet winner Dylan Wiseman at the top of the leaderboard and Zach in second place among the seven remaining competitors. Six-time bracelet winner and recent $5,100 eight-leg event champion John Hennigan dropped out of seventh place ($24,400), while two-time bracelet winner Chris Fitch dropped to sixth ($33,550).
Three-time bracelet winner Mike Gorodinsky took his last chips with a pair of queens and a low tie at pin eight or better. He was up against a pair of Kings and a low draw to fellow three-time bracelet winner Jim Collopy. Collopy improved to two pairs and Gorodinsky bricked to narrow the field to four. Gorodinsky received $45,750 for his efforts.
Joshua Rhodes soon followed Gorodinsky to the railway. His final chips entered during a round of tie-to-seven three-way draw for the low ball. He finished with Q-8-7-5-4 which was edged out by Wiseman’s 9-5-4-3-2. Rhodes earned a career-best pay of $61,000 as the fourth-place finisher.
Zach lost a big hand of No Limit Hold’em while playing three hands which left him short, but he was able to double up to give himself breathing room. He then took down Wiseman in a pot-limit Omaha pot, with the chips coming in after A108 flop. Weisman held a865 For the best duo, but he was in trouble against Aa106 Zach. 7 Turn and J The river meant that the first group was the best hand in the end. Wiseman earned $85,400 as third place finisher.
Collopy entered the heads-up game with 5,825,000 versus Zack’s 3,325,000. Limp pot in Palestine’s libiration organisation He saw Zach turn the eights in his hand into a bluff, forcing Colopy off the straight to win the pot and take the chip lead. Check out replay that hand from Poker Joe Coverage below:
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The final hand of the tournament saw all the chips placed pre-flop in a designated hold’em game. It was a classic race, with 66 For Collopy and A9 For Zack. The council came down to8779 Zach collected nines to secure the pot and the title. Collopy earned $122,000 for second place. He now has more than $6.8 million in lifetime earnings.
Zach increased his lifetime tournament earnings to nearly $3.9 million thanks to this victory.
Here’s a look at the payouts and ranking points awarded in the final table:
place | player | Profits | Boy points | Bgt points |
1 | Daniel Zack | $195,200 | 360 | 195 |
2 | Jim Collopy | $122,000 | 300 | 122 |
3 | Dylan Weisman | $85,400 | 240 | 85 |
4 | Joshua Rhodes | $61,000 | 180 | 61 |
5 | Mike Gorodinsky | $45,750 | 150 | 46 |
6 | Christopher Fitch | $33,550 | 120 | 34 |
7 | John Hennigan | $24,400 | 90 | 24 |
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