Tim Krauskopf Wins PokerAtlas Tour Main Event At Resorts World Las Vegas

The 2024 PokerAtlas Tour stop at Resorts World Las Vegas is now in the books, with more than $865,000 in total prize money paid out across the ten-event series that ran from Mar. 7-18. The festival concluded with the completion of the $300,000 guaranteed $800 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event. The field of 459 entries built a final prize pool of $321,300, with the largest share going to eventual champion Tim Krauskopf.

“It’s wonderful, the trophy is one of the big parts of it,” Krauskopf told PokerAtlas reporters after coming out on top. “It’s hard to take too much credit for it. You play a big stack, and then you play a little bit [of the] bully. You limp in, because you can afford the limp, and then if you hit you can really do some damage, and inflict some pain. And then once you get a couple they’re afraid of your bets. So I was able to get a couple of bluffs through too.”

Krauskopf is based out of the Chicago area and usually plays cash games at the $3-$5 and $5-$10 levels. This foray into the tournament streets ended up quite fruitful, as he was awarded $45,968 as the chip leader at the time of a five-way deal that brought this event to a close.

In addition to the impressive trophy and the prize money, Krauskopf also earned 360 Card Player Player of the Year points for the win.

This event played out over the course of five days, with four starting flights and a final day to play down to a champion. Just 38 players remained in contention when that final day began, with Krauskopf leading the pack. He was still out in front by the time the final table was set thanks to the elimination of two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner David Jackson in 10th place.

Armen Minasyan’s A-K was outrun by the K-Q suited of Graham Mathews to narrow the field to eight. Krauskopf then won an all-in with J-6 suited against the J-5 of short stack Jimmy Svardhagen (8th) to further grow his stack.

Brian Kim (7th) was the next to fall, with his 74 unable to overcome the 93 of David Wade in an all-in confrontation.

A classic preflop race led to the final knockout of the event, with Mathews’ 7-7 facing the AQ of Krauskopf. The board came down QQ6104 and Krauskopf made trip queens to win the pot and send Mathews to the rail in sixth place ($11,630).

The final five then hashed out a deal that brought the event to an end. The payouts they agreed to are reflected in the results below.

Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at the final table:

Photo credits: PokerAtlas Tour.

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