{"id":7252,"date":"2024-06-01T00:51:54","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T00:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slategray-wallaby-310340.hostingersite.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/01\/asher-conniff-wins-wsop-event-1-5000-champions-reunion-no-limit-holdem-freezeout\/"},"modified":"2024-06-01T00:51:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-01T00:51:54","slug":"asher-conniff-wins-wsop-event-1-5000-champions-reunion-no-limit-holdem-freezeout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/01\/asher-conniff-wins-wsop-event-1-5000-champions-reunion-no-limit-holdem-freezeout\/","title":{"rendered":"Asher Conniff Wins WSOP Event #1, $5,000 Champions Reunion No-Limit Hold\u2019em Freezeout"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) began with an exciting new event, the $5,000 buy-in no-limit hold\u2019em champions reunion bounty eight-max. This tournament had a special feature: any player who knocked out a former main event champion received a $10,000 seat in the current year\u2019s main event. The tournament attracted 493 entries, generating a prize pool of $2,047,800.<\/p>\n

A total of 22 previous WSOP main event champions participated, ranging from 1983 winner Tom McEvoy to reigning champion Daniel Weinman. Ultimately, it was New York poker pro Asher Conniff who claimed victory, securing his first WSOP bracelet and a prize of $408,468. This win marks Conniff\u2019s third-largest career payout, boosting his total lifetime tournament earnings to over $4.4 million. Conniff, a World Poker Tour champion and the tenth-place finisher in the 2022 WSOP main event, overcame a significant heads-up deficit to secure the win.<\/p>\n

The 22 former champions who received free entries included notable names, with four making it into the money: Greg Merson (67th, 2012 champion), Daniel Weinman (52nd, 2023 champion), Dan Harrington (37th, 1995 champion), and Qui Nguyen (21st, 2016 champion).<\/p>\n

Final Table Results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Result<\/td>\nPlayer<\/td>\nPrize<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nAsher Conniff<\/td>\n$408,468<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nHalil Tasyurek<\/td>\n$272,305<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nYin Yuzhou<\/td>\n$188,342<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nJonathan Pastore<\/td>\n$132,545<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nTerry Fleischer<\/td>\n$94,936<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nDavid Coleman<\/td>\n$69,231<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nNenad Dukic<\/td>\n$51,416<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nMichael Acevedo<\/td>\n$38,903<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) began with an exciting new event, the $5,000 buy-in no-limit hold\u2019em champions reunion bounty eight-max. This tournament had a special feature: any player who knocked out a former main event champion received a $10,000 seat in the current year\u2019s main event. The tournament attracted 493 entries, generating a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poker"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t