The PokerGO Tour’s PLO Series II is down to its last occasions, however not up until some dominant efficiencies were topped on Saturday and Sunday. In both Event # 7, a $10,000 PLO competition, and Event # 8, the $10,000 PLO Hi/Lo competition, the gamer who went into the last table with the chip lead had the ability to win the occasion. It likewise pressed Benjamin Juhasz, the champ of Event # 7, and Zhen Cai, the victor in Event # 8, deep into the fight for the Player of the Series prize and the $25,000 benefit.
Complete What You Started …
Benjamin Juhasz had actually currently cashed two times in the PLO Series II schedule, however he had actually not tasted the nectar of triumph. He set himself up well to do simply that in Event # 7, holding a small lead over Finland’s Joni Jounkimainen at the start of the last table on Saturday. Juhasz came out on an objective from the start and, after getting some ammo, had the ability to trounce the other members of the last table.
Juhasz got it began by knocking out Matthew Wantman in 6th location after Wantman stopped working to capture a flush versus Juhasz’s tumbled 2 set. From there, Juhasz removed Zhen Cai in 5th, PLO Series II champ Joao Simao in 4th, and Jounkimainen in 3rd to transfer to heads-up play versus Jim Collopy with an almost 10:1 lead. With such an enormous lead, it wasn’t going to take wish for Juhasz to end up the task– and it took all of one hand.
Right away following the departure of Jounkimainen, Collopy put out 300K and Juhasz made the call to see a 10-7-5 flop. Juhasz right away put the pressure on with a pot bet, needing an all-in call from Collopy, and the cards were shown up:
Collopy: K-J-9-8 (open-ended straight draw with 2 over cards)
Juhasz: Q-10-2-2 (tumbled set)
There was a multitude of cards that Juhasz needed to fade, and he did simply that. A trey on the turn and an Ace on the river not did anything to enhance Collopy’s holdings, making Juhasz the checkmark and the champion:1. Benjamin Juhasz (Hungary), $206,400 (206 points)
2. Jim Collopy (USA), $141,900 (142 )
3. Joni Jounkimainen (Finland), $107,500 (108 )
4. Joao Simao (Brazil), $86,000 (86 )
5. Zhen Cai (USA), $68,800 (69 )
6. Matthew Wantman (USA), $51,600 (52 )
In Event # 8, the $10,000 PLO Hi/Lo competition, Cai used his observation of Juhasz’s efforts in their last table run and put it to work for himself. Cai was the gamer who brought the chip lead into the last table, and it was a dominant one. Cai’s 4 challengers– Ryan Rapaski (1.325 million), Jesse Lonis (1.24 million), Nick Schulman (1.16 million), and Adam Hendrix (1.02 million)– were organized behind Cai’s 2.135 million stack. Similar to Juhasz, Cai was a one-man trashing team on his method to the title.
Cai would rub out Hendrix in 5th and Lonis in 3rd, letting Rapaski remove Schulman in 4th, to get in heads-up have fun with a 5.425 million to 1.45 million chip lead. From there, Cai took all of TWO hands to knock off Rapaski, making a capacity with his 8-8-5-3 versus Rapaski’s A-10-9-2 on a Q-9-3-3-5 board, making the champion of Event # 8:1. Zhen Cai (USA), $176,000 (176 points)
2. Ryan Rapaski (USA), $115,500 (116 )
3. Jesse Lonis (USA), $77,000 (77 )
4. Nick Schulman (USA), $55,000 (55 )
5. Adam Hendrix (USA), 44,000 (44 )
Simao Holds Edge on Overall Championship Going to Championship Event
In the race for the Overall Championship of the PGT PLO Series II, Joao Simao has actually utilized a champion win and a number of money to develop a great stack of points in the race. Heading to the Event # 9 $25,000 Championship Event, Simao has actually created 341 points, however he isn’t running away with the race. Yockey’s money in Event # 8, simply ahead of Simao, enabled him to book another 33 points, moving him to 283 points and best behind Jim Collopy’s 287 points in 2nd location. Here’s how the Top Five line up as the Championship Event starts:1. Joao Simao, 341 points
2. Jim Collopy, 287
3. Bryce Yockey, 283
4. Benjamin Juhasz, 275
5. Adam Hendrix, 270
Presently Day One of the $25,000 PLO Championship Event is underway, and it is going to be an enormous occasion. There are 72 entries in the books since press time and late registration is still continuous. It is going to depend upon the number of gamers make a payday from the Event # 9 bounty– and what gamers make that money– before we discover who will be the total champ of the PGT PLO Series II.
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