Soverel Strikes Again In PLO, Extends Record With 17th PGT Title

Less than per week after opening the PGT PLO Series with a record-extending sixteenth profession PGT title, Sam Soverel has already battled again to the winner’s circle as soon as once more. Soverel’s newest triumph noticed him take down occasion no. 6, a $15,700 pot-limit Omaha thriller bounty occasion, claiming $250,000 in complete prize cash. The 38-year-old poker professional’s earlier win got here in a $5,300 buy-in PLO occasion, with a $122,850 prime prize. The four-time bracelet winner, now has greater than $33.8 million in profession cashes to his identify.

Soverel now sits at 17 profession PGT trophies, 4 greater than Alex Foxen, who’s in second place all-time with 13 PGT wins.

This time round, Soverel defeated Robert Cowen heads-up to safe the victory. Cowen, a two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and a Triton Super High Roller winner in his personal proper, settled for second place and a $141,000 payday.

While Cowen was the runner-up, the second-biggest winner of this event was fourth-place finisher Sean Winter. Late on day 1, simply after thriller bounty prizes got here into play, Winter drew the coveted $100,000 bounty prize. Added to his $48,500 payout for fourth place, the high-stakes common walked away with $148,500 in complete prizes.

Pushing Towards The Finish Line

This $15,700 PLO thriller bounty event had 46 complete entries for a prize pool of $460,000 and thriller bounties price a complete of $230,000.

With 10 gamers left, the thriller bounty prizes kicked in. At that time, Soverel kicked off a key hand with a pot-sized guess. A brief-stacked Dan Shak three-bet all-in. Winter dedicated most of his chips with a four-bet from the button, and Soverel known as. On a J♠5♣5♥ flop, Soverel put the remainder of Winter’s chips in, and Winter was all too completely satisfied to name with A♥J♥J♣ for a flopped full home.

Neither Soverel nor Shak had a 5, and Soverel couldn’t discover any runner-runner outcomes, giving Winter the pot, greater than doubling him up, and the primary bounty of the event. Once gamers headed off to interrupt, Winter determined to tug out his bounty, and the PGT cameras had been rolling.

Sean Winter with the primary bounty pull…

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After Winter pulled the most important bounty out of play, Soverel began to place distance between himself and the remainder of the sector. He eradicated Brevin Andreadis on the cash bubble with a runner-runner straight. By the time the ultimate seven gamers consolidated to at least one desk, Soverel held roughly double the chips of Cowen and Winter, who held a transparent benefit over the remaining 4 contenders.

Soverel Undeniable

Recent Triton Invitational champion Joao Simao was the primary to exit within the cash, in seventh place ($19,000). Cowen turned 8♦6♦5♥2♠ right into a successful two-pair to beat Simao’s A♥Ok♦Ok♣Q♥. Sean Rafael adopted quickly behind, as Cowen struck once more with a rivered set of eights to place Rafael out in sixth place ($27,500). This was his third final-table end to date this sequence.

The ultimate 5 headed right into a second day of motion with Soverel on prime, Cowen a good bit behind, and a trailing pack hoping to make a comeback.

Soverel pulled even additional away early on, however there was some battle within the different 4 gamers. Winter tripled up, and Cowen clawed some chips again. But Soverel as soon as once more appeared as if he was on a mission. He flopped the nut straight in opposition to Eelis Parssinen to crack pocket aces, and despatched the breakout Finnish star packing in fifth place ($37,000).

Soverel then dispatched Winter in fourth place ($148,500 in complete) as his flopped backside two pair, sevens and fours, held off all of Winter’s attracts. Steve Zolotow, who had been the shortest stack or near it for lengthy stretches of the event, benefited from a number of ladder-ups earlier than his chips lastly ran out.

Zolotow had an opportunity to triple up versus solely a single opponent, as Cowen remoted on an 8♥7♣4♥ flop with loads of chips already within the center. Cowen rivered a jack-high straight to take the pot, although, eliminating Zolotow in third place ($67,000).

Soverel chipped away at Cowen’s stack. The final of the UK native’s chips received in on a A♦J♠2♠10♦ board. Soverel confirmed Q♠J♣9♦7♦, and he was up in opposition to Cowen’s A♠A♣8♦4♥ for prime set. With loads of outs, Soverel related with the 3♦ river, making a successful flush to shut out the event.

POY Implications

With this win, Soverel earned 360 Card Player Player of the Year factors, eclipsing 2,400 POY factors for the yr. He’s now in 139th place within the yearlong race introduced by CoinPoker. Cowen, after his runner-up consequence, is 88th within the standings; Simao (51st), Rafael (forty fifth), and Winter (thirty fourth) improved their spots as properly. Parssinen, who pulled into rivalry for the POY crown following a pair of $25,000 WSOP bracelet wins over the summer season, ranks fifth within the POY standings. This was his 14th final-table end of 2026.

Those wins additionally had Parssinen positioned within the No. 1 spot on the season-long PGT leaderboard, however not after this event. Winter, who was narrowly behind Parssinen coming into this occasion, received 58 PGT factors for fourth place, in comparison with 44 PGT factors for Parssinen for fifth. Winter now holds a lead of simply 7 PGT factors over Parssinen, with the pair a good bit forward of the remainder of the pack.

Soverel’s win, price 192 PGT factors, places him in 14th place within the PGT standings. The prime 40 gamers on the finish of the season qualify for the $1 million PGT Championship.

Final Table Results

Photo credit score: PGT / Antonio Abrego.