Jesse Lonis Wins Final $15,000 Event At PokerGO Tour Pot-Limit Omaha Series

Jesse Lonis solely logged his first poker event money halfway by way of 2018. By the beginning of 2021, he has accrued roughly $116,000 in complete scores. In the 4 years and few months since then, the Little Falls, New York native has grown his profession haul to just about $15.6 million. The newest triumph for the two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner got here in occasion no. 9 of the 2025 PokerGO Tour Pot-Limit Omaha Series. Lonis bested a area of 71 entries within the $15,000 buy-in affair to earn $308,850 and his fourth PGT title, additional cementing himself as a mainstay on the high-stakes circuit.

This was the sixteenth general title for Lonis, and his second of 2025. Earlier this spring he took down a $10,500 no-limit maintain’em occasion on the Wynn Millions for $173,160. With six ultimate tables and practically $816,000 in to-date Card Player Player of the Year earnings, Lonis has moved inside the highest 30 within the 2025 POY standings offered by Global Poker.

Lonis additionally climbed to eighth place within the PGT season-long standings and second within the PGT PLO Series ranks. This was his third top-three end of the competition, having positioned third in occasion no. 2 and second in occasion no. 7.

This was the third and ultimate $15,000 buy-in occasion on the schedule. The high 11 finishers earned a share of the $1,065,000 prize pool. Big names like John Riordan (eleventh), Nick Schulman (ninth), Bryce Yockey (eighth), Dylan Weisman (seventh), and RIchard Gryko (sixth) all cashed, solely to hit the rail late on day 1.

Day 2 started with Lonis main the remaining 5 contenders. Daniel Negreanu was the primary to fall. Just a couple of minutes into the ultimate day he acquired all-in with third pair and an open-ended straight draw in opposition to the second pair, flush draw, and gutshot of Chino Rheem with one card to return. The river got here Rheem jacks and eights for the win, sending Negreanu to the rail in fifth place ($74,550). This was the third final-table end of the collection for the seven-time bracelet winner, who’s now approaching $54.7 million in profession earnings. That places him simply in eighth place on poker’s all-time cash record, simply $42,654 behind seventh-ranked Adrian Mateos ($54,727,198).

Out in a flash! @RealKidPoker eradicated in sixth on the very first hand of the ultimate desk.

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This was Negreanu’s sixth general final-table end of the 12 months already, with two titles gained, together with his victory in occasion no. 3 at this competition. With 1,874 complete POY factors, the two-time POY award winner now sits in twenty third place on this 12 months’s rankings. His 789 PGT factors are good for fifth on that leaderboard.

Lonis fell to the underside of the chips counts as four-handed play wore on, however he doubled by way of Lautaro Guerra with a pair and a straight draw overcoming an overpair to surge again up the standings. Guerra, who was topped the first-ever PGT PLO Series champion, was left brief after that hand. He finally bowed out in fifth place when he was unable to get away from a turned broadway straight that was second-best to Lonis’ flopped full home. Guerra earned $101,175 for his newest deep in a PLO occasion. The Spanish four-card star now has greater than $6.2 million in profession cashes.

With that, Lonis seized the lead heading into three-handed play. PGT PLO Series occasion no. 7 champion Alex Foxen was despatched to the rail in third place when his nine-high straight bumped into the ten-high straight of Lonis. Both gamers acquired there on the flip, and the cash went in with Foxen needing a ten on the tip to cut. Instead, a clean confirmed as much as ship him house with $143,775. This was his third podium end of the competition, having additionally been the runner-up in occasion no. 5. Foxen sits in first place within the series-long standings with 564 factors. He additionally joined the highest ten in each the PGT and POY rankings because of this deep run.

Straight over straight! JesseLonis</a> turns the nuts to end <a href="https://twitter.com/WAFoxen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">WAFoxen‘s run in third place.

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— PokerGO (@PokerGO) April 4, 2025

Heads-up play started with Lonis holding 4,970,000 to Rheem’s 3,910,000. The three-time World Poker Tour champion’s ultimate hand noticed him three-bet to 600,000 with AOkayQJ going through a button increase to 200,000 from Lonis, who held Q533. Lonis known as and the flop got here down Q52. Rheem led out for 400,000 along with his high pair and was met with a pot-sized increase from Lonis. Rheem shoved for two,690,000 complete and Lonis known as the small the rest along with his high two pair. The 9 flip gave Rheem some extra outs to a straight, however the 4 river stored Lonis’ hand greatest.

Rheem secured $202,350 because the runner-up. He now sits in third place within the participant of the collection ranks and first within the PGT season-long standings. He now has eight certified cashes totaling greater than $908,000, together with two titles gained. Most latest of these was a victory in occasion no. 4, which got here with $295,000. All of this success in PGT occasions has catapulted Rheem into thirteenth place within the POY standings as nicely, with 2,154 complete factors earned to date in 2025.

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