PokerGO Tour Pot-Limit Omaha Victory Gives Dylan Smith Fifth Poker Tournament Win In Four Months

Dylan Smith has been racking up reside poker event titles in latest months.

The Florida resident has been across the circuit for practically 15 years however has recorded most of his 9 victories previously 4 months.

Smith kicked off the successful spree by taking down the 2024 World Poker Tour Seminole Rock’n’Roll Poker Open fundamental occasion in early December for a career-best rating of $662,200. He has added 4 extra trophies to his assortment since then, together with his newest coming within the sixth occasion of the 2025 PokerGO Tour Pot-Restrict Omaha Collection, which completed on Tuesday afternoon.

Smith backed up his WPT breakthrough with a win in an $1,100 massive wager combine occasion on the WPT World Championship only a few days forward of Christmas Eve. Then, he gained a pair of excessive rollers on the Wynn Hundreds of thousands in March, taking down each no-limit maintain’em and PLO occasions on the $10,500 value level.

Smith’s newest triumph noticed him outlast 99 entries within the $10,000 buy-in PLO affair to earn $252,450 and 540 Card Participant Participant of the Yr factors. Smith has made seven POY-qualified remaining tables to date in 2025, cashing for greater than $751,000 throughout these occasions. He now sits in fortieth place within the POY standings offered by World Poker.

This was Smith’s third money of the PGT PLO Collection, however his first remaining desk exhibiting on the four-card competition. With 305 PGT factors accrued, he presently sits second within the series-long leaderboard.

The highest 15 finishers made the cash on this occasion, incomes a share of the $990,000 prize pool. Large names like Daniel Negreanu (fifteenth), Jim Collopy (14th), Dylan Weisman (eleventh), Sean Winter (tenth), Benjamin Tollerene (ninth), and Joao Simao (eighth) all cashed however fell wanting making day 2.

Sean Rafael held the chip lead amongst the ultimate six when day 2 acquired underway. Two-time bracelet winner Sam Soverel was the primary to fall. He and Rafael each flopped king excessive straights in a battle of the blinds, however Rafael had a flush redraw which got here in on the flip. Soverel known as off the final of his stack on the river and was proven the winner, ending his run in sixth place ($49,500).

Could not fade it! @SamSoverel flops the nuts however will get flushed out in sixth.

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Inaugural PGT PLO Collection champion Lautaro Guerra quickly adopted. The Spanish PLO specialist had a pair, flush draw, and open-ended straight draw going into the river however was up in opposition to Smith’s high set. Guerra made a hero name on the top for the final little bit of his stack to complete fifth for $64,350. He’s now approaching $6.1 million in profession scores, the overwhelming majority of which has come from his success within the PLO streets.

Stefan Christopher’s run on this occasion concluded when his double-suited J-9-5-4 bumped into the pocket aces of Smith. Christopher acquired all-in after flopping a flush draw however couldn’t enhance additional and was eradicated in fourth place ($89,100).

The subsequent massive conflict pitted Smith’s high set of jacks in opposition to Rafael’s set of sixes and nut flush draw. The chips acquired in on the flip, and Smith improved to quads to double-up into the lead.

Quickly after Smith’s massive double up, bracelet winner Tyler Brown took a stand with OkOk66 going through the AJJ10 of Smith. The AQ9 flop gave Smith high pair, a flush draw, and a straight draw for the lead. The A flip and 10 river then improved Smith to aces stuffed with tens to earn him the pot. Brown was awarded $113,850 for because the third-place finisher.

Heads-up play started with Smith holding 8,775,000 to Rafael’s 3,600,000. It didn’t take lengthy for the 2 to sq. off in an all-in showdown. The chips went in on a Q102 flop with Smith holding AOkOk2 in opposition to the Q643 of Rafael. The J left Rafael drawing useless, making the Q river a mere formality. Rafael walked away $163,350 because the runner-up, the second-largest rating of his profession.

Closing Desk Outcomes

Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors
PGT Factors

1
Dylan Smith
$252,450
540
252

2
Sean Rafael
$163,350
450
163

3
Tyler Brown
$113,850
360
114

4
Stefan Christopher
$89,100
270
89

5
Lautaro Guerra
$64,350
225
64

6
Sam Soverel
$49,500
180
50

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