Nobody cashed in additional occasions on the 2024 PokerGO Tour Pot-Limit Omaha Series II than Matthew Wantman. The World Poker Tour champion made the cash in six of the 9 (66.66 %) occasions held on the newest operating PGT PLO Series, accumulating $434,380 in complete earnings and one title as he went.
As a results of his unbelievable efficiency in the course of the pageant, Wantman was topped the collection champion. This honor got here with a particular trophy and a $10,000 PGT Passport bonus prize to go together with his lots of of hundreds in winnings accrued prior to now week.
Wantman now has greater than $7.4 million in profession event earnings after his spectacular run on the PokerGO Studio inside ARIA Resort & Casino Las Vegas. His high rating stays the $443,475 he secured because the winner of the 2019 WPT Aria Summer Championship.
Wantman got here into the ultimate day of the collection with the lead, however had lots to sweat down the stretch. $25,200 championship occasion runner-up and 2024 PGT PLO Series I champion Samuli Sipila may have secured the collection title this time round with a win and no factors for Wantman within the $5,100 bounty nearer occasion. As it was, Sipila completed second for $310,000 and 186 factors whereas Wantman added 14 factors to his complete with a seventh-place exhibiting within the final occasion of the collection. Sipila in the end completed fifth within the factors standings, whereas occasion no. 7 winner Jeremy Ausmus positioned second because of that win and three extra cashes.
The first money of the collection for Wantman got here in occasion no. 2, a $5,100 progressive bounty occasion. He positioned ninth from a area of 159 entries to earn $14,310 and 20 PGT factors.
In the very subsequent occasion, Wantman navigated via a area of 155 entries in a $5,100 buy-in normal PLO affair to make it all the way down to heads-up. Despite being left with only a few large blinds at one level within the match, Wantman was in a position to battle again and safe the title for $178,250 and 178 factors.
Wantman stored up the consistency even when the stakes started to rise. He positioned fourth within the first $10,100 buy-in occasion for $90,000 and 90 factors, then eleventh within the $15,100 progressive bounty for $22,140 and 31 factors. His second-largest rating of the pageant got here when he survived to the ultimate three in occasion no. 6, one other $10,100 buy-in normal PLO event. He wound up ending third for $119,600 and 120 factors.
While Wantman didn’t money within the $25,200 buy-in championship, he did final-table the last-chance dance $5,100 for $10,080 and 14 factors.
Wantman completed with 453 complete PGT factors, giving him a 33-point margin of victory over second-ranked Ausmus. Alex Foxen completed third with three cashes for $339,540 and 378 factors, whereas occasion no. 6 champion Daniel Negreanu positioned fourth with 366 complete factors and $351,675 in earnings throughout 5 cashes.
Here is a have a look at the ultimate high ten within the collection factors race:
| Rank | Player | Points | Wins | Cashes | Winnings |
| 1 | Matthew Wantman | 453 | 1 | 6 | $434,380 |
| 2 | Jeremy Ausmus | 420 | 1 | 4 | $416,140 |
| 3 | Alex Foxen | 378 | 0 | 3 | $339,540 |
| 4 | Daniel Negreanu | 366 | 1 | 5 | $351,675 |
| 5 | Samuli Sipila | 347 | 0 | 3 | $471,000 |
| 6 | Isaac Haxton | 340 | 1 | 3 | $220,540 |
| 7 | Ben Lamb | 307 | 0 | 4 | $336,790 |
| 8 | Ben Tollerene | 298 | 1 | 1 | $496,000 |
| 9 | Joni Jouhkimainen | 268 | 0 | 4 | $334,660 |
| 10 | James Chen (US) | 263 | 1 | 2 | $227,750 |
Photo credit: PokerGO / Antonio Abrego.
