No person cashed in additional occasions on the 2024 PokerGO Tour Pot-Restrict Omaha Collection II than Matthew Wantman. The World Poker Tour champion made the cash in six of the 9 (66.66 %) occasions held on the newest working PGT PLO Collection, accumulating $434,380 in complete earnings and one title as he went.
Because of his unimaginable efficiency through the competition, Wantman was topped the sequence champion. This honor got here with a particular trophy and a $10,000 PGT Passport bonus prize to go together with his a whole lot of hundreds in winnings accrued previously week.
Wantman now has greater than $7.4 million in profession match earnings after his spectacular run on the PokerGO Studio inside ARIA Resort & On line casino Las Vegas. His prime rating stays the $443,475 he secured because the winner of the 2019 WPT Aria Summer season Championship.
Wantman got here into the ultimate day of the sequence with the lead, however had loads to sweat down the stretch. $25,200 championship occasion runner-up and 2024 PGT PLO Collection I champion Samuli Sipila might have secured the sequence title this time round with a win and no factors for Wantman within the $5,100 bounty nearer occasion. Because it was, Sipila completed second for $310,000 and 186 factors whereas Wantman added 14 factors to his complete with a seventh-place displaying within the final occasion of the sequence. Sipila in the end completed fifth within the factors standings, whereas occasion no. 7 winner Jeremy Ausmus positioned second due to that win and three extra cashes.
The primary money of the sequence for Wantman got here in occasion no. 2, a $5,100 progressive bounty occasion. He positioned ninth from a subject of 159 entries to earn $14,310 and 20 PGT factors.
Within the very subsequent occasion, Wantman navigated by means of a subject of 155 entries in a $5,100 buy-in normal PLO affair to make it all the way down to heads-up. Regardless of being left with only a few massive blinds at one level within the match, Wantman was capable of battle again and safe the title for $178,250 and 178 factors.
Wantman saved up the consistency even when the stakes started to rise. He positioned fourth within the first $10,100 buy-in occasion for $90,000 and 90 factors, then eleventh within the $15,100 progressive bounty for $22,140 and 31 factors. His second-largest rating of the competition got here when he survived to the ultimate three in occasion no. 6, one other $10,100 buy-in normal PLO match. He wound up ending third for $119,600 and 120 factors.
Whereas Wantman didn’t money within the $25,200 buy-in championship, he did final-table the last-chance dance $5,100 for $10,080 and 14 factors.
Wantman completed with 453 complete PGT factors, giving him a 33-point margin of victory over second-ranked Ausmus. Alex Foxen completed third with three cashes for $339,540 and 378 factors, whereas occasion no. 6 champion Daniel Negreanu positioned fourth with 366 complete factors and $351,675 in earnings throughout 5 cashes.
Here’s a have a look at the ultimate prime ten within the sequence factors race:
Rank
Participant
Factors
Wins
Cashes
Winnings
1
Matthew Wantman
453
1
6
$434,380
2
Jeremy Ausmus
420
1
4
$416,140
3
Alex Foxen
378
0
3
$339,540
4
Daniel Negreanu
366
1
5
$351,675
5
Samuli Sipila
347
0
3
$471,000
6
Isaac Haxton
340
1
3
$220,540
7
Ben Lamb
307
0
4
$336,790
8
Ben Tollerene
298
1
1
$496,000
9
Joni Jouhkimainen
268
0
4
$334,660
10
James Chen (US)
263
1
2
$227,750
Picture credit: PokerGO / Antonio Abrego.
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