Daniel Negreanu wins PLO tournament on the PokerGO Tour for $265,200

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For October, the PokerGO Tour (PGT) series has prepared PLO-format tournaments for its poker fans. The PGT PLO Series runs from Oct. 14 to Oct. 22, and will be immediately followed by the $100,000 buy-in Super High Roller Bowl PLO.

On this night, tournament number 6 took place, which had a buy-in of $10,100, an entry count of 104, and a prizepool of $1,040,000. There was a $265,200 prize waiting for the winner and Alex Foxen entered the final table as chipleader. However, he was defeated by Daniel Negreanu in the final heads-up to emerge as the winner. In addition to the prize money, he also won his third PGT title of the year, and his ninth PGT title of his career overall.

Place Name Country PGT Points $1,040,000
1st Daniel Negreanu Canada 265 $265,200
2nd Alex Foxen United States 172 $171,600
3rd Matthew Wantman United States 120 $119,600
4th Jeremy Ausmus United States 94 $93,600
5th Nick Schulman United States 68 $67,600
6th Nacho Barbero Argentina 52 $52,000

Tournament number 5 had a buy-in of $15,100 and was a Progressive Bounty format. The entries count stopped at 82, leaving the prizepool at $1,230,000. Isaac Haxton entered the final table as a massive chipleader and gave his opponents no chance of success, taking home his second PGT title of the year and $169,740 in prize money, plus $214,000 in bounty rewards.

Place Name Country PGT Points Payouts Bounties
1st Isaac Haxton United States 289 $169,740 $214,000
2nd Ben Lamb United States 186 $169,740 $40,000
3rd Alex Foxen United States 134 $95,940 $6,000
4th Joe Serock United States 98 $70,110 $27,000
5th Joni Jouhkimainen Finland 72 $51,660 $0
6th Bryce Yockey United States 52 $36,900 $18,000

How did the other tournaments finish?

Tournament number 4 had a buy-in of $10,100 and produced 100 entries. In the final heads-up here, the players agreed to a deal that netted them $200,000 and a $20,000 runner-up finish for the winner. That was James Chen, for whom it was the first PGT title of his career.

Place Name Country PGT Points Payout
1st James Chen (US) United States 255 $220,000
2nd Nacho Barbero Argentina 165 $200,000
3rd Sean Rafael United States 115 $115,000
4th Matthew Wantman United States 90 $90,000
5th Samuli Sipila Finland 65 $65,000
6th Eelis Parssinen Finland 50 $50,000
7th Joni Jouhkimainen Finland 40 $40,000

The third tournament had a buy-in of $5,100 and attracted 155 entries. The winner here was Matthew Wantman, who fell to less than three blinds in the final heads-up. Even that didn't stop him, however, and he beat Austrian player Jonas Kronwitter in the end. He took home $178,250.

Place Name Country PGT Points $775,000
1st Matthew Wantman United States 178 $178,250
2nd Jonas Kronwitter Austria 112 $112,375
3rd Zachary Schwartz United States 78 $77,500
4th Joe Serock United States 58 $58,125
5th Michael Duek Argentina 47 $46,500
6th Eran Carmi Isreal 39 $38,750
7th Eelis Parssinen Finland 31 $31,000

The $5,100 buy-in Event #2 was a Progressive Bounty format tournament and produced 159 entries. The winner here was Dylan Weisman, who knocked out all of his opponents in the final table to take home $88,245 plus $107,000 in bounty prizes.

Place Name Country PGT Points Payouts Bounties
1st Dylan Weisman United States 154 $88,245 $107,000
2nd Richard Gryko United Kingdom 93 $88,245 $17,000
3rd Sean Winter United States 67 $47,700 $12,000
4th Bruno Furth United States 50 $35,775 $12,000
5th John Riordan United States 40 $28,620 $13,000
6th Daniel Negreanu Canada 33 $23,850 $10,000

The very first tournament of this series also had a buy-in of $5,100 and brought 155 players. The winner here was Spain's Lautaro Guerra, for whom this is the fourth PGT title. He also bagged a $178,250 bounty to go with it.

Place Name Country PGT Points Payout
1st Lautaro Guerra Spain 178 $178,250
2nd Josh Arieh United States 112 $112,375
3rd Sean Troha United States 78 $77,500
4th Christopher Costa United States 58 $58,125
5th Johnson Phanyaseng Canada 47 $46,500
6th Jonathan Little United States 39 $38,750
7th Billy Tarango United States 31 $31,000

Source - pgt.com, poker central