Samuli Sipila Wins His Second Title of 2024 PGT PLO Series

Samuli Sipila is now the clear chief within the festival-long factors race on the 2024 PGT PLO Series after profitable his second title within the span of a couple of days. The Finnish poker professional has now cashed for $434,140 in prize pool payouts throughout three in-the-money finishes, essentially the most of any participant thus far.

The Finnish poker professional backed up his win in the usual $10,100 pot-limit Omaha match for $240,300 on Mar. 24 by taking down the $15,100 progressive bounty occasion. He overcame a subject of 74 entries within the high-stakes PLO knockout affair, incomes $159,840 from the primary prize pool and $239,000 in bounty payouts.

Sipila now has greater than $1.2 million in lifetime match earnings to his identify, with greater than a 3rd of that complete having been earned inside the previous few days.

In between his two victories, Sipila additionally recorded a seventh-place end in one other $10,100 PLO occasion. He now has 544 complete PGT factors earned this collection, which is almost twice as many as second-ranked Dylan Weisman (277) heading into the ultimate few tournaments of the pageant.

This occasion ran over the course of two days contained in the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino Las Vegas. The prime 11 finishers made the cash. Six-time bracelet winner and PGT PLO Series occasion no. 3 champion Daniel Negreanu was knocked out in sixth place ($33,300 and $31,000 in bounties) by Sipila to convey day 1 to a detailed.

After scoring that knockout, Sipila entered day 2 with almost half of the chips in play. It took him only a couple of hours to transform that lead into the title. He knocked out each single opponent on his technique to hoisting the trophy, beginning with Sean Winter (fifth – $46,620). Bracelet winner Christopher Frank (4th – $63,270) was the second-largest bounty earner of the day with $46,000. Sipila’s pocket aces held in opposition to the highest pair of four-time bracelet winner Nick Schulman (third – $89,910) to present him simply higher than a 2:1 chip lead going into heads-up play.

Three-time bracelet winner Jim Collopy mounted an early comeback, profitable a giant pot with a full home of Sipila’s nut flush to overhaul the lead. Sipila quickly doubled again, although. Collopy turned one pair right into a bluff on the river in the important thing hand, however ran right into a straight for Sipila.

In the ultimate hand the 2 contenders limped to a flop of A85. Collopy checked with QJ86 and Sipila wager 100,000 holding 10432 for a flush draw and a wrap. Collopy referred to as and the ten rolled off on the flip. Collopy checked and Sipila wager 380,000. Collopy check-raised all-in for 1,410,000 and Sipila referred to as, having picked up a pair of tens to go along with his attracts. The 5 on the tip improved neither participant and Collopy was eradicated in second place ($159,840). He additionally earned $3,000 in bounties.

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

The PGT PLO Series Points Race Top Ten Sits As Follows After Seven Events:

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