Allen Kessler Heats Up with Two T.O.R.S.E. Rings in a Week

Allen Kessler has spent years carving out a singular lane in poker. Recognized primarily as a mixed-game specialist, he’s constructed his status grinding smaller-field occasions, chasing worth (on and off the poker desk), and even operating his personal match collection. It’s not all the time flashy, nevertheless it’s constant — and every so often, it turns right into a heater.

That’s precisely what occurred this March.

Kessler quietly put collectively a two-win stretch, selecting up a pair of rings in numerous poker tour stops, however in the identical mixed-game format.

RGPS Win at Borgata

The primary outcome got here on the Borgata throughout the RunGood Poker Collection.

Kessler took down a $400 T.O.R.S.E. occasion, outlasting a discipline of 52 entries. The match resulted in a three-way chop, with every participant incomes $4,090, however Kessler walked away with the RGPS Passport Ring.

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WSOP Circuit Ring #5 in Las Vegas

Kessler’s second win of the month got here on the WSOP Circuit cease in Las Vegas, the place he took down a $600 T.O.R.S.E. occasion.

The match drew 119 entries, constructing a strong discipline for one of many newer mixed-game codecs. Kessler navigated the sector and closed it out for $15,933, including one other piece of {hardware} to his assortment.

The win marked his fifth profession WSOP Circuit ring, with earlier titles relationship again to 2007 and spanning a number of codecs, together with no-limit maintain’em and combined video games.

Like his RGPS victory earlier within the month, this one got here in T.O.R.S.E. — a rotation that swaps maintain’em for triple draw — a format Kessler has lengthy supported and clearly feels snug in.