A full-time engineer and poker fanatic Daniyal Iqbal (cowl picture) grabbed the highlight after besting a record-setting 200-player discipline within the two-day-long Occasion #1: $5,000 Pot-Restrict Omaha on the first-ever PGT PLO Collection, hosted on the PokerGO Studio contained in the ARIA Resort & On line casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Making the victory much more momentous for Iqbal was the truth that this was his first time profitable a dwell match. He gave his poker bankroll a big enhance, scoring a career-best $160,000 for the win and a ravishing PGT memento. Roussos Koliakoudakis cashed $120,000 in second place.
Simply as Occasion #1 named its winner, the inaugural PGT PLO Collection rolled out Occasion #2: $5,000 Pot-Restrict Omaha Bounty, the place 179 runners joined the motion, vying for a share of the $895,000 prize pool. The occasion is in its last lap, the place Allen Shen leads the six remaining gamers.
Iqbal additionally picked up 160 leaderboard factors to take an early lead on the PGT PLO sequence leaderboard after prevailing over a stacked discipline comprising high professionals like Daniel Negreanu, Ben Lamb, Phil Galfond, Bryce Yockey, and Chino Rheem.
“I play PLO money at residence,” Iqbal mentioned following his victory. “Some residence video games. I’m an engineer, simply right here for every week to have some enjoyable.”
“It was nice,” Iqbal mentioned in regards to the occasion. “I appreciated the turbo expertise. It was a lot sooner paced in comparison with some other match I’ve performed.”
For his plans for the rest of the sequence, Iqbal mentioned, “I’ll play the week, however I’ve nonetheless obtained work, so I’ve gotta return. Can’t play daily.”
Notables who crossed the cash however fell wanting the ultimate desk included famend poker vlogger Ethan ‘Rampage’ Yau (eighth for $40,000) and WSOP bracelet winners David Williams (ninth for $30,000) and Maxx Coleman (sixteenth for $20,000).
The $5,000 buy-in match collected a hefty $1,000,000 within the prize pool, the most important for a PGT occasion with a buy-in of $10,000 and beneath. The highest 29 locations obtained paid.
Chan Kim (completed thirtieth) money-bubbled the match.
Last Desk Chip Counts
- Daniyal Iqbal – 6,145,000
- Eelis Parssinen – 4,980,000
- Peng Zheng – 4,590,000
- Stanislav Halatenko – 3,400,000
- Sean Troha – 2,650,000
- Roussos Koliakoudakis – 2,165,000
- Jeff Madsen – 1,085,000
Last Desk Recap
Sean Troha was the primary participant to be eradicated on the ultimate desk, falling by the hands of Jeff Madsen. By the way, Jeff Madsen was the subsequent to go away in sixth place, courtesy of Eelis Parssinen .
Peng Zheng was despatched packing in fifth place as his flopped set of jacks got here up brief towards Stanislav Halatenko’s king excessive flush.
Eelis Parssinen was proven the door in fourth place by the soon-to-be winner Daniyal Iqbal.
Not lengthy after that, Stanislav Halatenko obtained the boot in third place after his didn’t out-draw Iqbal’s on the board .
With Halatenko out of the image, the heads-up between Daniyal Iqbal (17,700,000) and Roussos Koliakoudakis (6,500,000) obtained underway, each gamers going all out to seize the lion`s share of the $1 Million prize pool.
The heads-up battle was as topsy-turvy because it will get; Koliakoudakis got here out within the lead after scoring a dangerous double-up by way of Iqbal. It didn’t take lengthy earlier than Iqbal evened out the stacks and jumped into the driving seat by taking down two sizeable pots.
On the ultimate hand, all of the chips went within the center on the board .
Daniyal Iqbal
Roussos Koliakoudakis
Koliakoudakis, who held a set by the flip, wanted the board to pair to at least one up Iqbal’s straight. Nonetheless, the on the river was no assist to Koliakoudakis, and identical to that, Iqbal gained his maiden PGT title.
Last Desk Outcomes (USD)
- Daniyal Iqbal – $160,000
- Roussos Koliakoudakis – $120,000
- Stanislav Halatenko – $90,000
- Eelis Parssinen – $70,000
- Peng Zheng – $60,000
- Jeff Madsen – $50,000
- Sean Troha – $40,000
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