PokerGO Tour Pot-Limit Omaha Series: Jim Collopy Wins $10,000 Mixed Event

The inaugural PokerGO Tour Pot-Limit Omaha Series options a wide range of value factors and codecs throughout its 9 occasions. Only one of many tournaments on supply included a mixture of PLO varients all unfold in the identical occasion: the $10,000 buy-in combined PLO occasion. The event utilized a rotation of normal pot-limit Omaha, pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better (PLO8), and Big O (five-card PLO8). With 86 entries, there was $860,000 in complete prize cash up for grabs. The largest share of that went to eventual champion Jim Collopy, who earned $206,400 for the win.

The two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner now has practically $4.8 million in recorded event earnings to his identify. This was his third money of the collection, with $243,800 in earnings throughout these scores. He was additionally awarded 206 PGT factors for the win, sufficient to maneuver him into the highest 5 within the participant of the collection factors race and
inside the highest 30 on the season-long PGT leaderboard.

The second and ultimate day of this occasion started with simply six contenders remaining contained in the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino Las Vegas. Tyler Johnson held the chip lead, with Collopy primarily tied with bracelet winner Dylan Weisman for second.

George Wolff was the primary to fall. He received concerned in a three-way all-in that noticed Matt Vengrin take the low aspect with the wheel whereas Collopy made a six-high straight for the excessive aspect. Wolff earned $51,600 because the sixth-place finisher. Vengrin was nonetheless quick regardless of successful the low aspect of the primary pot. He was quickly all-in with double-suited aces in Big O going through a double-suited 9-8-6-5-2 rundown for Brown, which improved to journey sixes by the river to scoop the pot. Vengrin took house $68,800 for his fifth-place exhibiting.

Two-time bracelet winner Maxx Coleman’s run on this occasion got here to an finish when his flush draw and low wrap bumped into the excessive aspect of the broadway wrap held by Collopy. No attracts got here in for both participant and Collopy gained with ace excessive, eliminating Coleman in fourth place ($86,000).

A wild hand spelled the tip of Weisman’s try at this title. He received all-in with pocket aces main the pocket kings of Collopy in PLO8. The flop gave Collopy prime set for the lead, however an ace on the flip noticed Weisman surge again in entrance. The case king on the river dramatically turned the tides but once more, although, giving Collopy quads and the pot. With no low doable, Weisman was despatched packing in third place ($103,200).

Heads-up play started with Collopy holding higher than a 3:2 chip lead over Brown. He pulled away within the early going, solely to have Brown double-up to kind of get again to the place the match began. The ultimate hand arrived in a spherical of PLO. All of the chips received in after a flop of A92 with Collopy holding AOkayQ5 in opposition to the A555 of Brown. The 8 flip and seven river saved Collopy forward to earn him the pot and the title. Brown secured a career-high payday of $146,200 because the runner-up.

Here is a take a look at the payouts and rankings factors awarded on the ultimate desk:

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