Jeremy Ausmus closed 2021 in style, making six final tables and winning two of his three careers World Series of Poker gold bracelets during the last three months of the year. The 42-year-old Las Vegas-based poker pro has maintained his momentum in the early months of 2022, making five final tables in as many weeks in the new year. Ausmus’ last deep run saw him survive a field of 65 entries to defeat the PokerGO Cup $15,000 buy-in high roller no-limit hold’em event, paying out $263,250 for the win.

It was the eighth time Ausmus had taken in over a quarter of a million dollars in a poker tournament, with his biggest career payday being the $2.1 million he won as fifth-place finisher in 2012. WSOP main event. This latest win took his career tournament earnings to over $11.1 million.

Ausmus has had a particularly hot run over the past two weeks, starting with a seventh-place finish at the $3,500 buy-in. Lucky Hearts Open Poker World Tour main event for $160,095. Just a day before his victory in the $15,000 buy-in event at PokerGO Cup he finished second in a $10,000 high roller during the same series for $144,000.

Ausmus has taken in over $650,000 so far this year, with almost all of it coming from his five final table finishes. He received 432 card player Player of the Year points for his final title run, taking his total points in 2022 to 1,445. As a result, he now sits in third place overall. POY ranking. The 263 Visit PokerGO the points he obtained were enough to place him in second place in this classification and pole position in the PokerGO Cup series points race.

The final day of this event started with six players remaining, with Ausmus in fifth and Cary Katz in the lead. Ausmus was nearly the first player out, as he went all-in with pocket tens and found himself at risk against Justin Saliba’s pocket jacks and Jesse Lonis’ pocket aces. Ausmus went from worst to first when he hit the top set on the flop. The turn and the river didn’t change anything and Lonis was eliminated in sixth place ($58,500).

Saliba, who had both opponents covered in this three-man all-in, slipped to the bottom of the standings as Ausmus took the chip lead. Saliba moved all in with AK leading Brock Wilson’s AJ. A jack on the turn gave Wilson the lead, which he held all the way down the river. Saliba was sent home with $78,000 for his fifth place finish.

Bill Klein went all-in with Kten from the small blind and received a call from AQ of Cary Katz in the big blind. Katz flopped travel queens and improved to a full house on the turn to let Klein draw dead. He won $97,500 as fourth place.

Katz held the lead heading into the three-way game, which lasted over an hour. Wilson managed to take the lead and then extended his advantage as the game progressed. Katz was still in second place when the next big showdown saw his KQ fail to outrun Ausmus’ A-2. Katz was down to just four big blinds. He called all-in with Q9 from the big blind, only to see the AA by Ausmus from the small blind. The pocket aces held their ground and Katz was knocked out in third place, earning $126,750 for his final deep run. The score increased his lifetime earnings to over $33.9 million, good for tenth place on poker’s all-time earnings list.

With this head-to-head, Wilson held 5,425,000 to Ausmus’ 2,700,000. The two fought for over an hour. Ausmus bluffed halfway through the showdown to take the lead. He extended his advantage to over 4:1 by the time the final hand came up. He pushed the button with Q3 and Wilson called all-in for just under 12 big blinds with A4. The board missed K84QJ to give Ausmus a winning pair of queens. Wilson received $195,000 as runner-up. It was the fifth biggest payday of his career. This increased his lifetime earnings to over $4.3 million.

Here is an overview of the payouts and ranking points awarded at the final table:

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