The ARIA Resort & Casino has hosted several high stakes poker tournaments over the past few days, including a $25,000 sign-up. Heads up for the Poker Go Round Invitational event won by Cheno Rahim. Prior to this event, Ali Emserovic won a $10,000 buyout event for $149,600 and his fifth title of the year.
The 27-year-old professional poker player was one of several stars of high stakes tournaments accused of cheating in the past week. Emserovic has yet to issue a public statement in response to the allegations. He’s been playing and winning a lot since then. Just two days after the aforementioned victory in ARIAImsirovic passed a field of 32 entries in another $10,000 buying reel to take his sixth title of 2022, along with the jackpot of $101,903 and $240 card player overall player points.
This was Emserovic’s 18th finish on this year’s final table, and it made him arrive on time POY Profits of over $3.1 million. He was already the leader in 2022 POY race, but now that win has given him an even greater advantage over second seed Jeremy Osmos in the 2022 points race, which he sponsors Global Poker.
Chris Brewer finished second in the event, earning $91,011 and 200 points. Brewer and Imserovich did not finish the series. The pair finished off the podium at the $15,000 buy-out event that took place the next day. That tournament saw 23 entries, with Brewer winning the title and first prize of $126,519. It was the second and eleventh title in the 2022 final table for Burr. The 216 points he earned as champion were enough to see him move up to eighth in the POY arrangement.
Emserovic finished third for $84,995 and another 144 points, bringing his total score to 4,383 and his earnings for the year to more than $3.2 million. He also earned a total of 187 PokerGO جولة Tour points from his two scores in these events, bringing his race score to 2,176 to continue his lead. Brewer added 218 points to his tally, as a result of which he climbed to 23rd place.
Here is a look at the payments and rating points awarded in both final tables:
ARIA $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller
| place | player | profits (American dollar) | POY points | PGT points |
| 1 | Ali Emserovic | 101903 dollars | 240 | 102 |
| 2 | Chris Brewer | $91,011 | 200 | 91 |
| 3 | you can fight | $69,486 | 160 | 69 |
| 4 | Tamon Nakamura | $35,200 | 120 | 35 |
| 5 | John Andres | $22,400 | 100 | 22 |
ARIA Unlimited Holdem Game worth $15,000
| place | player | profits (American dollar) | POY points | PGT points |
| 1 | Chris Brewer | $126,519 | 216 | 127 |
| 2 | Justin Saliba | $98,986 | 180 | 99 |
| 3 | Ali Emserovic | $84,995 | 144 | 85 |
| 4 | Stanley Tang | $34,500 | 108 | 35 |
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