Rhett Stensrud went the whole distance as the leader at the final table tonight. He had a few challengers throughout the endgame, with 3rd place Michael St. Pierre-Porter coming within 100k at a few points. Runner-up Ron Lauzon managed to get close in heads-up as well, but Stensrud always managed to stay ahead.
In the final hand, he woke up with pocket queens and raised his button, then snapped it off when Lauzon shoved his ace-nine. The queens held, turning a boat with trip sixes on board, to take down the win. The final two players made a deal to take $10k each and play for the rest, so Stensrud’s final win tally tonight was $10,580.
This was Stensrud’s first win in just his second cash, according to Hendon Mob. He picked up $2,330 for a 9th place finish in 2022 here on the PPT, so this was close to 5x his previous best score.
