Ben Tollerene

Ben Tollerene

aka "ben86, bttech86"
Nationality
United States
United States
GPI Rank 265
Total Live Earnings $20,290,641
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Biography

Ben Tollerene is a professional poker player from Fort Worth, Texas, United States, known for being Texas' all-time leading money earner, with more than $15.5 million in live poker tournament cashes. Tollerene is a Pot-Limit Omaha cash game specialist who is feared and respected in equal measure.

Tollerene is mostly known as "Ben86" or "Bttech86" in online poker circles, where he won more than $11 million from high-stakes cash games and an additional $3.5 million from poker tournaments. It is highly probable that Tollerene's cash game winnings are far more substantial than these because not all cash game results are accurately recorded.

Tollerene's largest online poker score weighs in at $616,518, his reward for winning a $51,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller event at the 2015 PokerStars World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP).

Ben Tollerene's Live Poker History

Although Tollerene prefers cash games, there is no denying he is a force to be reckoned with in live poker tournaments. His first recorded live score came in August 2008. Four months later, Tollerene won his first five-figure prize, collecting $57,645 for a 17th-place finish in the $15,400 WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic.

At the 2011 World Series of Poker (WSOP), Tollerene finished seventh in the $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship, a finish worth $99,493.

Tollerene started and ended 2016 with large scores. He scooped $646,962 for a runner-up finish in the $100K Challenge at the Aussie Millions in January, and banked $459,228 in November after winning a $50,000 buy-in No-Limit High Roller event at the Rock N Roll Poker Open.

Six-figure scores became the norm for Tollerene from that point. His first $1 million+ result came in May 2017. His third-place finish in a $100,000 Aria Super High Roller came with $1,026,416. Tollerene won another seven-figure prize in September 2019, taking down the £103,000 British Poker Open event for £840,000 ($1,037,229).

In 2024, Tollerene enjoyed a trio of in-the-money finishes at the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Montenegro festival worth a combined $970,300.

At the 2024 WSOP, Tollerene finished second in the $250,000 No-Limit Hold'em Super High Roller for $3,537,135, losing out heads-up to India's Santhosh Suvarna.

At the time of writing, 32 of Tollerene's live scores are worth at least $100,000, with three tipping the scales at over $1 million.

Ben Tollerene's Top 5 Live Poker Results

DateEventPlacePrize
Jun 2024$250,000 WSOP SHR2nd$3,537,135
Sep 2019£103,000 British Poker Open1st£840,000 ($1,037,229)
May 2017$100,000 Aria SHR3rd$1,026,416
Sep 2022$30,000 Triton Montenegro1st$807,927
Jan 2016$100K Challenge Aussie Millions2nd$646,962

PokerNews Covered Events

Event Place Prize
2024 WSOP Paradise
Event #8: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
3rd $746,790
2024 WSOP Paradise
Event #3: $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Super High Roller
2nd $1,577,660
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #55: $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em
2nd $3,537,135
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #21: $25,000 High Roller Six Handed No-Limit Hold'em
28th $53,483
PokerStars SCOOP 2020
SCOOP-75-H: $10,300 PLO [6-Max, PLO Main Event], $1.25M Gtd
8th $54,143
PokerStars SCOOP 2020
SCOOP-74-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event], $5M Gtd
28th $40,955
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #45: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller
11th $92,102
2018 Caribbean Poker Party
$25,500 MILLIONS World
6th $450,000
2018 US Poker Open
USPO #07 – $25,000 No Limit Hold'em
5th $100,000
2018 US Poker Open
USPO #05 – $10,000 No Limit Hold'em
1st $187,600
2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona
€10,300 High Roller
69th €20,000
2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona
€25,500 Single-Day High Roller II
2nd €406,300
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #67: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed High Roller
8th $112,239
2017 PokerStars Championship Panama
$50,000 Super High Roller
1st $538,715
2017 Aussie Millions
$10,000 Main Event
40th 25,000 AUD
2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas
$25,750 Pot Limit Omaha High Roller
2nd $48,133
2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas
$50,000 Single-Day High Roller
6th $205,400
2016 Aussie Millions
Event #12: $100,000 Challenge
2nd 924,140 AUD
2016 Aussie Millions
Event #9: $25,000 Challenge
12th 73,200 AUD
2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Barcelona
€50,000 Super High Roller
10th €99,800
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #22: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
106th $2,621
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #58: $10,000 Main Event
143rd $54,851
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #46: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed Championship
7th $99,493
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #24: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
23rd $13,368
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #18: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
60th $9,546
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #12: $1,500 Triple Chance No-Limit Hold’em
41st $7,453
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 15 - $5,000 No Limit Hold'em
23rd $21,026

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