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2023 PGT Player of the Year Isaac Haxton scores his fourth cash and first win of the series by taking down Event #6: $15,100 No-Limit Hold'em of the 2024 Poker Masters presented by PokerStars NAPT.
The tournament legend was able to collect the trophy and $352,800 first-place prize after defeating Jim Collopy heads-up in an entertaining fashion. After more than two levels of heads-up play in which the chip lead was traded back-and-forth, Haxton found himself at a two-to-one disadvantage and moved all in preflop with ace-four offsuit, getting called by the jacks of Collopy, only to flop two pair and even things back up. It was at this point the two players agreed to chop the money and flip for the points so they could register for event number seven before late registration closed. The win pushes Haxton's career tournament earnings to nearly $50,000,000 according to The Hendon Mob, placing him ninth on tournament poker's all-time money list, an incredible accomplishment.
Haxton started the day as the chip leader and would remain there until the start of four-handed play when Collopy was able to chip up off back-to-back wins against Haxton. In one particular pot, Collopy raised from the button and then barreled three streets on queen-nine-three-ten-six no flush draw, culminating in a river all in and a fold from Haxton.
It was an impressive fourth straight final table for Collopy and his second-place finish today matches his highest finish of the series in event number five. Collopy also finished in third place in event number four, and in sixth place in event number three. Collopy currently holds the number one position on the Purple Jacket Leaderboard.
The first $15,000 buy-in event of the series created a field of 84 entrants and a prize pool worth $1,260,000, with the final 12 players earning a piece of it. Daniel Weinand was the unfortunate bubble boy when he ran ace-king into jacks and failed to improve. Dan Smith (12th), Jesse Lonis (11th), Filipp Khavin (10th), and David Coleman (9th) were the first to fall in the money.
Michael Jozoff picked up his first cash of the series but fell just short of the final table. He got his chips in with pocket eights against Collopy's ace-ten, and a ten on the river eliminated Jozoff in eighth place, while the seven remaining players bagged to return for the streamed final table.
Nick Schulman was the first to exit. Schulman moved all in from late position with ace-nine of diamonds for a little more than eleven big blinds and was called by Dylan Linde with pocket eights. It was quite the runout as Schulman turned the nut flush, however, it was the eight of diamonds, giving Linde a set and the opportunity to outdraw Schulman, which he was able to do on the board pairing river.
Dylan Linde was next to exit after a big hand with Jeremy Becker left him short-stacked. Becker rivered two pair against the top pair of Linde, and Linde called a big river check-raise from Becker that left him with only two big blinds. Linde would move all in shortly after with ten-six offsuit from the small blind and get called by Collopy in the big blind with queen-seven of spades. Collopy would go on to hold and eliminate Linde in sixth place, with Linde picking up his third cash of the series.
Next out was the always-entertaining Sean Winter. Winter came in with the shortest stack and although he was able to double through Linde early, he wasn’t able to get much going after that. He was eliminated by Collopy after they both flopped a pair with a king kicker, but Collopy’s superior pair held to eliminate Winter in fifth place. This was Winter's second cash and second final table.
The fourth-place finisher was Aram Zobian. Zobian started the day as a middling stack but couldn't maneuver much either and was eliminated in a hand that would end in a chop around 98% of the time. Zobian got it all in preflop with ace-king offsuit against the ace-king of clubs of Becker, and Becker was able to find his flush outs on the turn, putting a rough end to Zobian's day. Zobian picked up his second cash of the series and now sits just outside the top ten on the leaderboard.
Becker came into the series without a six-figure score on his resume, and now he can add a second one just a few days after collecting his first. It's safe to assume Becker was hoping to match his event number two result by taking this one down as well, but a bluff gone awry in a blind vs blind battle against Collopy reversed their chip positions and left him even with Haxton. Becker raised preflop from the small blind, and then check-jammed queen-three offsuit on a king-four-deuce-five board after betting 225,000 on the flop and getting called. Collopy looked him up with top pair and both players watched as the seven of spades fell on the river to brick Becker's draw, sending the biggest pot of the day up to that point over to Collopy. Shortly after, Haxton moved all in from the small blind with the covering stack against Becker's big blind and Becker thought for a moment before making the call. Becker was in a dominating position with ace-six of diamonds against Haxton's ten-six of spades, but Becker could not fade Haxton’s flopped flush outs to avoid elimination. Becker is close with Collopy and Haxton for the overall points lead and after today’s result will need to make a deep run in one or both of the final two events if he wants to take home the Purple Jacket. Becker scored his second top-three finish and second six-figure score of the series and will pocket more than $163,000 for the effort.
It was a long heads-up battle that saw the players exchange a two-to-one chip advantage multiple times. The pendulum swang back in Haxton's favor once more and he was able to even things up after outflopping Collopy's jacks with ace-four offsuit. It was then that they became concerned with the leaderboard implications if they were not able to enter event number seven before the close of late registration, so, after consulting with tournament director Paul Campbell, they agreed to chop the money and flip for the points, which made for an entertaining finale. Haxton won the first flip to leave Collopy with half a big blind and then Collopy came back to win two in a row. However, Haxton was able to close it out on the last flip to make a full house with six-deuce offsuit to Collopy's ten-nine of spades, securing him the trophy and first-place points.
Place | Name | Country | Payouts | PGT Points |
1st | Isaac Haxton | United States | $352,800 | 353 |
2nd | Jim Collopy | United States | $226,800 | 227 |
3rd | Jeremy Becker | United States | $163,800 | 164 |
4th | Aram Zobian | United States | $119,700 | 120 |
5th | Sean Winter | United States | $88,200 | 88 |
6th | Dylan Linde | United States | $63,000 | 63 |
7th | Nick Schulman | United States | $50,400 | 50 |
Jim Collopy remains on top after making his fourth final table in a row, but both Isaac Haxton and Jeremy Becker are close behind. Either player could overtake Collopy with deep runs in the final two events. Sean Winter collected his second cash and second final table of the series to move into seventh position, and Dylan Linde picked up his third cash to round out the top ten.
Rank | Player | Points | Wins | Cashes | Winnings |
1st | Jim Collopy | 522 | 0 | 4 | $521,600 |
2nd | Isaac Haxton | 458 | 1 | 4 | $457,000 |
3rd | Jeremy Becker | 449 | 1 | 3 | $448,000 |
4th | Justin Zaki | 244 | 1 | 1 | $244,400 |
5th | Jonathan Little | 227 | 1 | 1 | $226,800 |
6th | David Chen | 218 | 1 | 1 | $217,500 |
7th | Sean Winter | 203 | 0 | 2 | $203,200 |
8th | Spencer Champlin | 190 | 1 | 2 | $190,475 |
9th | Jeremy Ausmus | 178 | 0 | 2 | $177,600 |
10th | Dylan Linde | 175 | 0 | 3 | $175,050 |
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