More than half of Samuli Sipila’s $1.5 million in recorded poker event earnings had been earned prior to now week. The Finnish skilled participant amassed $776,140 in prize cash throughout 4 in-the-money finishes through the ten occasions that comprised the 2024 PokerGO Tour Pot-Limit Omaha Series, securing two titles alongside the best way. As a consequence, Sipila ended because the clear victor of the festival-long factors race with 749. As the sequence champion, he was awarded one more trophy and a $10,000 PGT Passport.
In addition to successful the series-long factors race, Sipila additionally climbed into third place within the season-long PGT points standings. he trails solely Dylan Weisman (1,047 factors) and David Coleman (937 factors).
The three largest cashes of Sipila’s event profession had been all recorded throughout this run. He began off his PLO sizzling streak with a win within the fourth occasion of the sequence, a $10,100 buy-in event. He outlasted 89 entries to earn $240,300 and 240 PGT factors.
Two days after that title run, Sipila managed a seventh-place displaying in one other $10,100 buy-in PLO occasion, including $34,000 and 34 PGT factors to his tally. After busting out of that occasion, he hopped into the $15,100 PLO progressive bounty occasion. He was the final participant standing from a 74-entry subject in that event, incomes 270 factors and $159,840 from the primary prize pool because the champion. He additionally secured $239,000 in bounty payouts from that occasion, bringing his general haul to $1,015,140.
With two titles and three cashes by way of seven occasions, Sipila was sitting atop the sequence standings with three occasions left to play. His fellow Finnish poker professional Eelis Parssinen surpassed him because of incomes his second title of the sequence in occasion no. 8, a normal $15,100 PLO occasion. That left Sipila in want of a deep run in one of many remaining two occasions on the schedule.
He managed that feat after which some, making it right down to heads-up play within the $26,000 buy-in championship occasion. He finally completed because the runner-up, incomes a career-high rating of $342,000 and 205 factors to finish with an 184-point margin of victory over Parssinen within the remaining tally.
Parssinen amassed 565 factors and $515,850 in earnings through the competition to complete second, whereas championship occasion winner Seth Davies (313 factors, $522,000 in earnings) positioned third.
Sipila joins Spain’s Lautaro Guerra and America’s Daniel Geeng because the three champions of this sequence, which was first launched in 2023. A second PGT PLO Series is predicted to be held this fall.
Here is a have a look at the ultimate prime ten within the series-long factors race:
| Rank | Player | Points | Titles | Cashes | Winnings |
| 1 | Samuli Sipila | 749 | 2 | 4 | $776,140 |
| 2 | Eelis Parssinen | 565 | 2 | 4 | $515,850 |
| 3 | Seth Davies | 313 | 1 | 1 | $522,000 |
| 4 | Dylan Weisman | 309 | 1 | 4 | $328,105 |
| 5 | Stefan Christopher | 302 | 0 | 3 | $369,250 |
| 6 | Allan Le | 291 | 1 | 4 | $334,650 |
| 7 | Ronald Keijzer | 278 | 1 | 4 | $220,200 |
| 8 | Bruno Furth | 258 | 0 | 3 | $341,260 |
| 9 | Lautaro Guerra | 226 | 0 | 3 | $209,850 |
| 10 | Alex Foxen | 224 | 0 | 1 | $224,100 |
Photo credit: PokerGO / Antonio Abrego.
