The PokerGO Tour is back in action at ARIA in Las Vegas, however this time around it isn’t for anything from another location associated to Texas Hold ’em. This time around it is everything about the Omaha variation of the video game, as the 2024 PGT Pot Limit Omaha (PLO) Series starts a celebration of competitions (and the 3rd running of the competition). The very first last table remains in the books, including Omaha professionals, while the ultimate victor Allan Le scored his 2nd champion in a PGT competition.
Strong Field for Event # 1
It might come as a surprise to some, however Omaha Hold ’em is an exceptionally popular version of poker. In Europe, it is among the primary kinds of poker played, and it is growing in appeal here in the States. Occasion # 1 of the 2024 PGT PLO Series was a $5000 Pot Limit Omaha affair, and 132 entries were ultimately arranged to construct a $660,000 reward swimming pool that included a $161,700 top place reward for the victor.
While the “normal suspects” for these High Roller competitions existed– consisting of David Coleman, David ‘Chino’ Rheem, and Jesse Lonis– there were likewise the Omaha experts organized around the space. Such gamers as Fernando Habegger, Ian Matakis, and Joao Simao, all accomplished Omaha professionals, presumed their chairs at the start of action on Wednesday. The action was mad around the PokerGO Studios as these Omaholics went to work.
How mad? On among the very first hands of play, Curtis Muller discovered himself all-in on a 4x Q ♦ 5 ♦Qx flop and turn versus Rheem. As soon as the cards were up, Rheem was pressing a bit with his A ♦ 7 ♦ 6x 6x( set of 6s, straight and flush draws) versus Muller’s Q-10-8-7 (journey Queens, rain gutter ball straight draw). Requiring to fade a diamond, a 6 (capacity to finest Muller’s seamless gutter directly), a 8, or a trey, Muller evaded them all on the 9 river to score the double and leave Rheem on fumes.
This was the kind of action on the Omaha felt throughout Wednesday. Adam Hendrix would secure Bradley Ruben on the cash bubble (20th location), sending out the last nineteen males into the cash (and PGT points). Jim Collopy (16th location, $9900), Simao (fifteenth, $9900), and Hendrix (8th, $26,400) all would discover a benefit, however it was Steve Zolotow’s removal in seventh location ($26,400) by last table chip leader Bryce Yockey that would produce the last table.
Yockey’s Lead Doesn’t Last Long
On Thursday, Event # 1 of the 2024 PGT PLO Series headed to the felt, with Yockey’s 6.055 million in chips ruling the roost. There were numerous Omaha professionals on the table, consisting of Joao Pedro de Almeida (3.06 million), Frederick Hoban (2.675 million), Sean Troha (1.855 million), and Habegger (1.31 million). Allan Le, who steps up on celebration to dip his toes in the High Roller waters, completed the last table with his 1.55 million stack.
Yockey’s stay atop the leaderboard did not last long. He doubled up Habegger on the opening hand, then delivered a stack of chips Hoban to fall from the peak of the leaderboard. Showing the “swingy” nature of Omaha, and his own perseverance, Yockey would get a step of vengeance in doubling back through Hoban to reassume the lead.
While Yockey was yo-yoing, Le was marching progressively up the ladder. He doubled through Troha (resulting in Troha’s removal in 6th location), then got Hoban in 5th location to take control of the leading slot on the leaderboard. After Le dispatched Habegger in 4th location, utilizing an A-K-K-10 to quash Habegger’s A-K-J-J on a 5-6-6-5-4 board, Le was the dominant chip leader three-handed.
Neither Yockey nor de Almeida had the ability to install a difficulty versus Le. Le removed de Almeida in 3rd, tumbling a set with his A-7-4-4 versus de Almeida’s exceptional A-J-J-9 on a 4-3-2-6-7 board, and went to heads-up versus Yockey with almost a 4:1 lead. Completion began the next hand as Le, holding an A-A-4-2 versus Yockey’s double-suited K-K-8-4, required Yockey to dedicate his last chips pre-flop and the J-8-5-9-9 board brought no rescue for Yockey.1.
Allan Le (USA), $161,700 (162 points)
2. Bryce Yockey (USA), $99,000 (99 )
3. Joao Pedro de Almeida (Portugal), $72,600 (73 )
4. Fernando Habegger (Switzerland), $52,800 (53 )
5. Frederick Hoban (USA), $39,600 (40 )
6. Sean Troha (USA), $33,000 (33 )
The 2024 PGT PLO Series has actually simply started. Today’s last table in the $7500 Pot Limit Omaha Bounty competition has actually extracted 103 entries, with $2500 from each entry as a bounty on the gamer. The last 6 guys are firmly compacted, with Finland’s Eelis Parssinen holding the chip lead over Josh Arieh and Isaac Kempton, to name a few.
After the conclusion of Event # 2, there are still 8 more competitions to go. The 2024 PGT PLO Series will conclude on March 29 with the $25,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship. That will likewise be the point where the Player of the Series is crowned, who will make the PGT Cup symbolizing a Series champ and the $10,000 PGT Passport that will ensure entry into any PGT-sanctioned occasions over the coming year.
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