John Hennigan has been a mixed game poker player for decades. the World Poker Tour Six-time champion World Series of Poker The bracelet winner has won 13 career titles over the years, with more than $9.3 million in tournament winnings accumulated across 86 finishes.
The 53-year-old’s latest result sees him better than 89 starts to emerge victorious in 2024. PokerGO Mixed Games Tour An eight-game mixed event worth $5,100. Hennigan earned $120,150 for his win, the 20th six-figure score or higher on his resume.
It was second place at the final table of the year for Heneghan, who also finished eighth in the $10,000 No Limit Hold’em event in January during Poker Joe Cup. He now has 464 Card player He won Player of the Year honors thanks to those two deep runs, enough to put him in the top 300 players in 2024. Boy Ranking provided by Global Poker.
Hennigan also got a 120 Bgt Global rankings points for the win, which moved him to 26th on the leaderboard.
The top 13 finishers made money in the event, with the bubble bursting late on the first day. The second and final day saw only six competitors return to second place. Poker Go Studio inside ARIA Las vegas resort and casino. Hennigan started driving. He sat with about half the chips in play when the cards came back into the air.
This event featured a mix of six limit games (Hold’em, Eight-or-Better Omaha, Raze, Stud, Eight-or-better Stud, and Seven-to-Seven Lowball Triple Draw) and two high-stakes games (No-Limit Hold’em and Pot-Limit Omaha).
The first knockout of the day came during a round of Palestine’s libiration organisation. Christopher Klaassen achieved it all for the Pocket Kings against pocket hitting Max Hofmann. The larger pair held out and Klassen was eliminated in sixth place ($22,250). Despite this win, Hoffman was the next to fall. He took it all in with a low par in Omaha at eight or better, only to find himself facing a low par and a pair higher for bracelet winner Ken Aldridge. Hoffman couldn’t come from behind and hit the rail in fifth ($31,150).
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Aldridge doubled several times during the triple play, but was ultimately the next to be sent home. Aldridge got it all on Fifth Street playing for the A.J6)436 Facing (73)72C From Hennigan. Aldridge caught K In VI and S In the seventh to finish with a pair of sixes. 5 And 9 A Hennigan stretch means a pair of sevens will win the total. Aldridge earned $55,625 for placing third.
Hennigan led significantly in one-on-one play with Friedman, going from 12,125,000 to his opponent’s 1,325,000. It didn’t take long for him to turn that feature into a nickname. The final round of the tournament saw all the chips in 3rd Street at Stud. The final panels were as follows:
Hennigan: (43)4sK4(8)
Friedman: (KKc)1039(9)
Hennigan’s drive edged out Friedman’s kings and nines to end the event. Friedman earned $77,875 as runner-up, eclipsing $4.4 million in tournament earnings in the process.
Here’s a look at the payouts and ranking points awarded in the final table:
| place | player | Profits | Boy points | Bgt points |
| 1 | John Hennigan | $120,150 | 384 | 120 |
| 2 | Adam Friedman | $77,875 | 320 | 78 |
| 3 | Ken Aldridge | $55,625 | 256 | 56 |
| 4 | Nick Guagenti | $40,050 | 192 | 40 |
| 5 | Max Hoffman | $31,150 | 160 | 31 |
| 6 | Christopher Klassen | $22,250 | 128 | 22 |
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