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January 03, 2024 Matthew Pitt Senior Editor

British star Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi kicked off 2024 in style by taking down theR$2,023 💯 NLHE 8-Max New Year Special event at PokerStars. The tournament, one of three New Year Specials held at PokerStars on 💯 January 1, 2024, was ridiculously stacked, as you would expect from such a high-stakes affair. Any of the entrants would 💯 have made a worthy champion, but Shakerchi got the job done and his hands onR$100,029.

$2,023 NLHE New Year Special Final 💯 Table Results

Place Player Country Prize 1 Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi United KingdomR$100,029 2 Ac-King00 AustriaR$74,944 3 gettingpwned BulgariaR$56,149 4 Christian "WATnlos" 💯 Rudolph AustriaR$42,068 5 tzuzteutezu AustriaR$31,518 6 Julian "jutrack" Track GermanyR$23,614 7 Forest_PL PolandR$17,692 8 Benjamin "Spraggy" Spragg United KingdomR$13,255 9 💯 Benjamin "BC1989RF" Chalot HungaryR$10,976

Some 272 players bought in forR$2,023, an unusual buy-in designed to celebrate the start of the new 💯 year. Those entrants created aR$524,054 prize pool, obliterating theR$400,000 guarantee.