Calvin Anderson wins his fifth World Series of Poker bracelet

Calvin Anderson won the 2024 World Series of Poker He won the championship in eight games and won $10,000, beating a strong field of 189 competitors to claim his fifth gold bracelet and the $413,446 top prize.

Anderson was only the 41st player in WSOP history of winning five or more bracelets. The win was obviously very special for Anderson, as the format includes eight of the most popular poker variants.

“You play a lot of different games against all the top players. I’ve played against a lot of really, really good players along the way. I’ve run well, but I think I’ve also played really well. There are a lot of situations where I’m super happy with the way I’m playing. It feels good to get everything right,” Anderson said. WSOP Reporter.

This was the third-largest win of Anderson’s career, bringing his total earnings to nearly $7.2 million.

In addition to the hardware and money, Anderson also received a lot of ranking points for this victory. The 840 Card player The points he earned as Player of the Year were enough to climb him to 69th place in the 2024 rankings presented by Global Poker. This was his fourth POY-qualified score of the year and first title. He also earned 413 PokerGO Tour Points. With 1,085 points so far, he is now in 11th place in this high-stakes ranking.

This tournament took place over three days on the sidelines of the 2024 WSOP Main Event. The 189 entrants formed a prize pool of $1,757,700, which was paid out to the top 29 players. Those who made it far included two-time bracelet winners Chris Brewer (16th) and Maxx Coleman (13th), bracelet winner Danny Wong (12th), five-time bracelet winners Adam Friedman (11th) and Yuri Dzivielevski (10th), bracelet winner Maksim Pisarenko (9th), bracelet winner and three-time World Poker Tour Champion Gus Hansen (8th) and bracelet winner Andres Korn (7th).

The final table included two-time bracelet winner Tom Koral (6th – $66,353), Poker Triple Crown winner Mike Watson (4th – $126,780) and bracelet winner Ali Eslami (3rd – $182,938).

The Japanese Dai Ishibashi earned the highest winnings of his career as runner-up with 271,351 US dollars.

Here’s a look at the payouts and leaderboard points awarded at the final table:

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