Ben Tollerene Wins PGT PLO Championship as Matthew Wantman Crowned Series Winner

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The exciting PokerGO Tour (PGT)PLO Series II inside PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas has wrapped up and saw Ben Tollerene winning the $25,200 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha Championship for $496,000 and his second PGT title in a month.

The Omaha specialist’s victory over Finland’s Samuli Sipila locked up the overall series race for Matthew Wantman, who had six series cashes, including a victory in Event #3: $5,100 Pot-Limit Omaha for $178,250.

$25,200 PLO Championship Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize (In USD)
1	Ben Tollerene	United States	$496,000
2	Samuli Sipila	Finland	$310,000
3	Joni Jouhkimainen	Finland	$217,000
4	Michael Duek	United States	$155,000
5	Ben Lamb	United States	$116,250
6	Josh Arieh	United States	$85,250
7	Fernando Habegger	Switzerland	$62,000
8	Jesse Lonis	United States	$62,000
9	Billy Tarango	United States	$46,500

Tollerene Closes Out Again

Tollerene added to his more than $16 million in Hendon Mob earnings as he topped a field of 62 players that included American crushers like Ben Lamb (5th - $116,250), Josh Arieh (6th - $85,250) and Jesse Lonis (8th - $62,000), Finland’s Sipila and Joni Jouhkimainen (3rd - $217,000) and Switzerland’s Fernando Habegger (7th - $62,000).

Ben Tollerene Tollerene may excel in Omaha, but what he really excels in is closing out a high roller series. Just weeks ago, inside the same PokerGO studio, Tollerene won the final event of the Poker Masters series, a $25,200 No-Limit Hold’em event that earned him $510,000.

Earlier this year, Tollerene finished runner-up in the WSOP $250,000 Super High Roller for a career-best $3.5 million.

Wantman Wins Series Title

Matthew Wantman Wantman secured the top spot on the series leaderboard by finishing seventh in the series finale for $10,080. The final table of Event #9: $5,100 Pot-Limit Omaha Bounty also included Poker Hall of Famers Daniel Negreanu and Erik Seidel, while Anthony Hu took home the $70,560 prize and final title of the series.

Wantman ended the series ahead of overall PGT leader Jeremy Ausmus (420 points), Alex Foxen (378 points) and Negreanu (366 points), who won Event #6: $10,100 Pot-Limit Omaha for $265,200.

2024 PGT PLO Series II Top 10

Rank	Player	Country	Points
1	Matthew Wantman	United States	453
2	Jeremy Ausmus	United States	420
3	Alex Foxen	United States	378
4	Daniel Negreanu	Canada	366
5	Samuli Sipila	Finland	347
6	Isaac Haxton	United States	340
7	Ben Lamb	United States	307
8	Ben Tollerene	United States	298
9	Joni Jouhkimainen	Finland	268
10	James Chen (US)	United States	263

Ausmus remains the overall season leader with 2,789 points, followed by Negreanu (2,054 points) and Michael Rocco (1,835 points).

A full list of winners at the 2024 PGT PLO Series II is available in the table below.

PGT PLO Series II Winners

Event	Entries	Prize Pool	Winner	Country	Prize (In USD)
Event #1 : $5,100 Pot-Limit Omaha	155	$775,000	Lautaro Guerra	Spain	$178,250
Event #2: $5,100 Pot-Limit Omaha Progressive Bounty ($2,000)	159	$795,000	Dylan Weisman	United States	$195,245
Event #3: $5,100 Pot-Limit Omaha	155	$775,000	Matthew Wantman	United States	$192,560
Event #4: $10,100 Pot-Limit Omaha	100	$1,000,000	James Chen	United States	$220,000
Event #5: $15,100 Pot-Limit Omaha Progressive Bounty ($6,000)	82	$1,230,000	Isaac Haxton	United States	$383,740
Event #6: $10,100 Pot-Limit Omaha	104	$1,040,000	Daniel Negreanu	Canada	$265,200
Event #7: $15,100 Pot-Limit Omaha	64	$960,000	Jeremy Ausmus	United States	$288,000
Event #8: $25,200 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship	62	$1,550,000	Ben Tollerene	United States	$496,000
Event #9: $5,100 Pot-Limit Omaha Bounty	84	$420,000	Anthony Hu	United States	$86,560

Connor Richards is an Editor & Live Reporter for PokerNews and host of the Life Outside Poker podcast. Connor has been nominated for two Global Poker Awards for his writing.

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