A brand new occasion to the schedule, Event #59: $1,000 Battle of the Ages on the World Series of Poker (WSOP) noticed a staggering 3,074 entrants, producing an enormous prize pool of $2,815,784. In the long run, it was Sebastiaan de Jonge left standing to say the first-place prize of $335,390.
Alongside the large sum of cash amassed to compete for, there was one thing else at play: generational bragging rights. This distinctive construction noticed these aged over 50 years previous play in a separate Day 1 flight from these aged beneath 50. As soon as the cream of the respective age teams had risen to the highest, the 2 fields have been mixed to see which might triumph — expertise or youth.
It took simply over 20 hours of play, together with spilling over into an unscheduled Day 3, to whittle the sector down to at least one participant. Coming into the ultimate day with simply 5 large blinds, De Jonge battled again to emerge victorious, flying the flag excessive for the under-50s contingent.
De Jonge claimed the $335,390 up prime, a WSOP bracelet, bragging rights, and the information that he’ll ceaselessly be the primary Battle of the Ages champion.
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Battle of the Ages Ultimate Desk Outcomes
| Place | Participant | Nation | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastiaan de Jonge | Netherlands | $335,390 |
| 2 | Ignacio Sagra | Argentina | $223,394 |
| 3 | Hakeem Mashal | United States | $165,944 |
| 4 | Srivinay Irrinki | United States | $124,269 |
| 5 | Joseph Roh | United States | $93,820 |
| 6 | Jack Maskill | United Kingdom | $71,416 |
| 7 | Allan Le | United States | $54,814 |
| 8 | Xia Wang | Macau | $42,424 |
| 9 | Kelley Slay | United States | $33,112 |
Winners Response
“Unimaginable run, truly actually fortunate, ridiculously fortunate. It is humorous what number of rivers, what number of good rivers, it is advisable to win the match. If you happen to suppose again on all of the rivers you had, it is actually insane,” De Jonge instructed PokerNews following his large win.
This was De Jonge’s first WSOP ultimate desk, first WSOP win and, after all, first bracelet. The primary-place prize can also be De Jonge’s largest ever match rating, and because of this, strikes him into the highest 50 for his nation’s all-time cash checklist, the Netherlands. Final however in no way least, De Jonge’s title will ceaselessly be etched in historical past as the primary ever champion of the WSOP Battle of the Ages.
When questioned as to which of the above meant essentially the most, he stated, “The bracelet by far. The ultimate desk was already actually cool to make it, out of three,074 gamers, like I stated, it’s important to [go on an] extremely good run. [But] simply actually joyful, actually, actually joyful, actually good feeling to win.”
When requested if this settles the rating on which era performs higher poker, De Jonge gave a humble reply, “It isn’t so simple as that. The older guys have been taking part in effectively; they have been usually rather less technical, much less GTO than the youthful guys, however the match, the blinds have been going so quick, and all people was taking part in actually gradual. It was not quite a lot of poker, it was quite a lot of all in and survive, survive, survive; so I’m the most important survivor, I suppose.”
Regardless of being the only real survivor, there is no time for celebrations simply but because the poker is not pausing for De Jonge.
“We’re going to play the tag staff [event] proper now, then I’m going to have some dinner, then I’m going to discover a social gathering to drink a little bit bit.”
Ultimate Desk Motion
With stacks brief and blind ranges ever-increasing, chips have been certain to fly from the get-go.
Xia Wang was the primary to fall, coming into Day 3 with simply 5 large blinds, she wasn’t in a position to spin up a stack, departing in eighth place.
Simply quarter-hour later, Allan Le suffered the identical destiny. The 25K Fantasy Draft participant discovered his remaining chips within the center versus a dominating hand, and could not catch as much as keep alive. De Jonge made fast work of Jack Maskill and start-of-day chip chief Joseph Roh, sending them each to the exit in fast succession.
Srivinay Irrinki departed in fourth place, all in with the very best hand. He could not maintain on versus Ignacio Sagra. Hakeem Mashal was subsequent to fall, shedding a flip versus De Jonge and departing in third place.
De Jonge confronted Sagra for the title, going into heads-up with a slight chip drawback. The duo exchanged pots backwards and forwards earlier than a huge hero call, and essential maintain, swung issues in De Jonge’s favour.
With stacks brief, three fast fireplace all-ins went in favor of De Jonge, seeing Sagra eradicated in second place and the Dutchman triumphing.
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