Benjamin “Beastishngry” Juhasz Bags $34,302 in PokerStars New Year Series PLO Main Event

The PokerStars New Year Series is almost ending, as three No-Limit Hold’em Main Events were dealt with on January 15.

Benjamin “beastishngry” Juhasz was the Pot-Limit Omaha Main Event winner.

The $215 buy-in PLO Main Event attracted 646 entrants who overlaid the $200,000 guaranteed prize pool. But the top 95 players shared the pool.

Some of the players who won money but missed a seat at the final table included Lex “L.Veldhuis” Veldhuis, Johannes “Greenstone25” Korsar, Lucio “WizardOffAz” Lima, “jokkee_apart” and Niklas “Lena900” Astedt.

New Year Series PLO Final Table’s Results

1. Benjamin “beastishngry” Juhasz from Hungary-$34,302
2. 7561363 from Estonia-$24,052
3. NbL21 from brazil-$16,865
4. Kenny “SpaceyFCB” Hallaert from the United Kingdom-$11,825
5. Tom “Jabracada” Hall from the United Kingdom-$8,292
6. gee-f#1 from Canada-$5,814
7. rObetOblancO from Austria-$4,634

Four among the top seven finalists made five-figure scores. “rObertOblancO” got busted first at the final table. He finished seventh with $4,634. gee-f#1 and Tom “Jabracada” Hall followed rObertOblancO in sixth and fifth place, respectively.

Kenny Hallaert finished fourth with $11,825, and NbL21 exited the tournament in third place with $16,865. The latter’s elimination set up a heads-up battle between 7561363 and Juhasz.

The two remaining players had a $10,000 difference in their payouts and didn’t discuss a deal. Yet, Juhasz beat 7561363 and sent them packing with $24,052.

Gavin Cochrane Tops the $1,050 NLHE Event

The $1,050 No-Limit Hold’em event attracted 350 skilled players at PokerStars, who created a $350,000 prize pool.

Entrants like Ivan “Negriin” Luca, Justin “ZeeJustin” Bonomo, Damian “pampa27” Salas, Niklas “Lena900” Astedt, and Matas “bebaimis777” Cimbolas won money.

NHLE Final Table’s Results

1. Gavin “gavz101” Cochrane from the United Kingdom-$55,882
2. Pedro “gusmaa” Gusmaa from Brazil-$56,560
3. Heidegger807 from Canada-$35,406
4. Renan “Internett93o” Bruschi from Brazil-$26,210
5. Brunno “botteonpoker” Botteon from Brazil-$19,402
6. Daan “DaanOss” Mulders from Austria-$14,362
7. Allan “Allan sheik” Mello from Brazil-$10,632
8. AchoBogdanov from Bulgaria-$7,870
9. WhatIfGod from Sweden-$6,404

Action at the Table

Each of the nine finalists who reached the final table had an opportunity to win the top prize. But, WhatIfGod, AchoBogdanov, Allan Mello, and Daan Mulders exited the tournament early. Brunno Botteon and Renan Bruschi followed them in fifth and fourth place, respectively.

Heidegger left the table in the third position and set up heads-up action between Pedro Gusma and Gavin Cochrane. Even so, the duo paused playing for a while to make a deal.

Initially, the winner would receive $64,612, and the runner-up would get $47,830. But the deal earned Gusma $56,560 and Cochrane $55,882. This surprised many poker diehards as Gusma finished second.

Additional PokerStars Results

“Harada110” made a $49,045 score that included bounties when they won a $530 NLHE 8-Max PKO New Year Series tournament. “bkzmee” got a similar score after leading in the $530 NLHE 7-Max PKO tournament.

Other results included:

• boerni21 won $41,148 in the $530 NLHE 7-Max Turbo PKO New Year Series
• Joker1002 received $41,076 in the $530 NLHE 8-Max New Year Series
• bombon73 won $36,726 in the $530 Bounty Builder
• umvelt900 won $31,434 in the $320 NLHE 6-Max PKO New Year Series
• Piquiii received $19,579 in the $109 Sunday Fenomeno
• Gobenni won $15,133 in the $215 Sunday Supersonic
• Juanki “B4NKR0LL3R” Vecino received $13,153 in a $1,050 Sunday Supersonic
• pinguinho cashed $10,080 in the $109 Sunday Kickoff

The New Year Series is almost over. Still, 23 events whose buy-ins range between $2.20 and $2,100 will award their winners soon. Stay tuned for more.

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