Isaac Haxton Flips to Victory in Event #6: $15,100 No-Limit Hold'em for $352k

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. 

2024 Poker Masters Event #6 Final Table Payouts

Poker Masters Purple Jacket Leaderboard

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. 

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