Sean Perry has a breakthrough year in a live tournament. The 10-year-old poker player won in 2021 Venetian High Roller $25,000 buy-in no-limit hold'em tournament, securing a second title on their ninth final table in 2021.
Perry topped box 43 of all entries in the high-stakes tournament to take the top prize of $365,500. He has now earned a $1,618,618 in a live tournament so far this year, accounting for the bulk of his career earnings of $ 2.6 million.
As a result of his amazing run, Perry found himself at the forefront of the race Card player Player of the Year. His recent victory added 420 points to his yearly total, putting him in fourth place for a total of 2021
POY Global Poker sponsored races standings.
This event was part of a trio of high-stakes tournaments held at The Venetian Poker Room during the Memorial Day weekend, all three of which were part of the PokerGO Tour's inaugural season. Perry added 219 ranking points to his total for enough to stay in second place on the PokerGO Tour leaderboard, which will track the performance of high stakes tournaments with a buy-in of $10.10 or more throughout the year.
This event 39 - the entry field built a prize pool of $1.64, which was paid out to the top seven players. Daniel Negreanu was knocked out just a few places in front of the money and playfully tried to break the Plexiglas barrier at the table. Negreanu must not have known his own strength, however, as he eventually knocked over a segment of plexiglass. Live PokerGO reporters captured the damage on video and uploaded it to social media, prompting Negreanu to share.
- Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) May 30, 2021
Vicent Bosca was eliminated on the bubble to guarantee his remaining players at least $029,000 payday. There was a huge three-way all-in shortly after, with all three players holding pocket pairs. Sean Winter had a Q
Q Cary Katz was 10 000 and Sam Soverel had J. J. and covering a pile of chips. There were no 9 on the board 8 6 AND Q and Soverel picked up a flush to score a double KO. Winter earned $029 for her seventh final table this year, while Katz took down a $64,350 as a sixth place finish. Chris Brewer made money in all three Venetian high roller tournaments. His performance in this particular tournament ended when he pocketed a pair of fours into Klein's pocket kings. Brewer finished fifth behind $075, increasing his haul over the weekend to $193,600.
Just two days before winning the weekend's first high roller tournament, Ali Imsirovic managed to take another deep run to take his 10th POY
- 2021 Final Table Qualified. Imsirovic moved all in with J
J. against K. 10 Klein, but the flop of a pair of tens gave Klein a trip and a lead. Imsirovic did not improve and was eliminated in fourth place ($105,219). 161 POY the points he scored helped him to keep his third place in the ranking POY
and added to his direct lead on the PokerGo Tour standings. To date, he grossed over $ 1.9 million in live events 2021.
The three-player game lasted almost two hours, with multiple changes to the handling along the way. Sam Soverel's race was finally over when his J
8 did not overtake A. Collodion. Soverel grossed $161,219 at his fifth final table of the year. This gave Klein a more than 2-1 chip lead heads-up against Perry. However, the tables turned until the last hand was dealt. Perry opens 2 with min-raise to 142, on the button with A
J. and Klein called with an unknown hand. The flop came with J J. 2 and Klein called. Perry's bet 118, and Klein called. On turn 3 Klein checked again, this time for 275.10. The river was 8 . Klein called again. Perry bet 875, and Klein check-raise all-in for 1.2021, overall. Perry called with his aces trips and Klein folded to second ($250,350). Here's a look at payouts, POY
and PokerGO Tour points awarded in this event:
Place Player
Earnings
Card player POY Points PokerGO 1 Sean Perry 2021 $280,350
420 161 2 2021 Bill Klein $236, 500 350 2021 125 3 Sam Soverel $142,250 2021 219 97
4 Ali Imsirovic $125,250 2021 161 2021 64 2021 5 Christopher Brewer $64,
161 2021 029 6 2021
Cary Katz $64, 350 ) 105 2021 39 7 Sean Winter $43,000 64 029
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Perry photo credit: PokerGO.
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