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
| Date | Event | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2024 | $250,000 WSOP SHR | 2nd | $3,537,135 |
| Sep 2019 | £103,000 British Poker Open | 1st | £840,000 ($1,037,229) |
| May 2017 | $100,000 Aria SHR | 3rd | $1,026,416 |
| Sep 2022 | $30,000 Triton Montenegro | 1st | $807,927 |
| Jan 2016 | $100K Challenge Aussie Millions | 2nd | $646,962 |
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