The PokerGO Tour is again after a post-summer hiatus, with the high-stakes event motion is as soon as once more centered on the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino.
The newest cease is the PGT PLO Series, set to run from Sept. 24-Oct. 3. The schedule kicked off with a $5,000 buy-in pot-limit Omaha occasion, which drew 91 entries to create a $455,000 prize pool.
Sam Soverel emerged victorious in the long run, securing the $122,850 prime prize and his record-extending 16th PGT title. He now has a three-win lead over second-ranked Alex Foxen on the tour’s title leaderboard.
This win improved Soverel’s profession earnings to greater than $33.5 million. The four-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner is at present ranked thirty sixth on poker’s all-time cash listing, and is certainly one of simply 44 gamers to have accrued over $30 million in recorded cashes.
In addition to the {hardware} and the cash, Soverel additionally scored 184 PGT factors and 432 Card Player Player of the Year factors. He’s climbed into the highest 20 within the PGT points race standings and the highest 200 on the POY leaderboard, which is offered by CoinPoker.
Soverel Storms To Latest PGT Victory
This occasion took only a single day to play right down to a champion. The prime 13 finishers made the cash, with 2025 Super High Roller Bowl PLO champion John Riordan busting on the bubble. Heavy hitters like seven-time bracelet winner Josh Arieh (twelfth), Mike Zulker (tenth), and up to date $200,000 Triton Invitational Jeju II champion Joao Simao (eighth) quickly joined him on the rail.
Jonas Kronwitter
Three-time bracelet winner Michael Wang (seventh – $18,200) and high-stakes common Sean Winter (sixth – $22,750) busted after the sector mixed beneath the intense lights of the primary stage. Soverel landed each knockout blows so as to add to his already wholesome lead.
John Dapkus then despatched each Ariel Mantel (fifth – $31,850) and James Chen (4th – $40,950) packing to slim the sector to 3. Despite that surge, he quickly started to fall behind Soverel and Jonas Kronwitter throughout short-handed play. Dapkus (third – $56,875) was finally eradicated by Soverel, who took 6,125,000 into heads-up play towards Kronwitter.
The last hand of the event noticed the chips get in after a flop of 10♥7♥3♣. Kronwitter held A♥8♥6♣3♥ for a pair with flush and straight attracts. Soverel revealed the A♦A♣5♦2♣. The 5♠ flip and 7♣ river stored Soverel’s pocket aces greatest to carry the conflict to a detailed.
Kronwitter earned $79,625 because the runner-up. The Austrian now has almost $3.9 million in lifetime event cashes.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | POY Points | PGT Points |
| 1 | Sam Soverel | $122,850 | 432 | 184 |
| 2 | Jonas Kronwitter | $79,625 | 360 | 119 |
| 3 | John Dapkus | $56,875 | 288 | 85 |
| 4 | James Chen | $40,950 | 216 | 61 |
| 5 | Ariel Mantel | $31,850 | 180 | 48 |
| 6 | Sean Winter | $22,750 | 144 | 34 |
| 7 | Michael Wang | $18,200 | 108 | 27 |
Photo credit: PGT / Antonio Abrego.
