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PGT PLO Series: Matthew Wantman Ships Maiden PGT Title  

PokerGo Tour (PGT) PLO Series II kicked off this week at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas. The first event of the series, Event #1: $5,100 Pot-Limit Omaha, was won by Matthew Wantman for $150,500. It was Wantman’s first PGT title.

Matthew Wantman (@MatthewWantman) went from short stack to event champion in PGT PLO Series Event #1!

For the win, Wantman took home $150,500 and his first PGT Title.

“It’s been a long time coming,” Wantman said of the victory.

🔗 – Event Recap: https://t.co/jZvO9f9r8V pic.twitter.com/YQIUA3ftHP

— PokerGO Tour (@PokerGOTour) October 21, 2023

 The event drew a field of 172 entries, and in the end, it was Wantman topping Jim Collopy in heads-up play. At Friday’s final table, Wantman slipped to the shortest stack with six players remaining. He ran his stack back up to take the chip lead and went on to victory from there.

Event #1: $5,100 Pot-Limit Omaha Results

• Matthew Wantman – $150,500
• Jim Collopy – $111,800
• Evgeni Tourevski – $86,000
• Quan Tran – $64,500
• Benjamin Juhasz – $51,600
• Mathyeu Provost – $43,000
• Zachary Schwartz – $34,400
• Eliran Yamin – $34,400
• James Chen – $25,800

Remaining PGT PLO Series II Schedule

• Friday, October 20: Event #2 $7,600 PLO Bounty
• Saturday, October 21: Event #3 $10,100 Pot-Limit Omaha
• Sunday, October 22: Event #4 $$15,100 PLO Progressive Bounty
• Monday, October 23: Event #5 $10,100 Pot-Limit Omaha
• Tuesday, October 24: Event #6 $10,100 PLO Dealer’s Choice
• Friday, October 27: Event #7 $10,100 Pot-Limit Omaha
• Saturday, October 28: Event #8 $10,100 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo
• Sunday, October 29: Event #9 $25,200 PLO Championship
• Monday, October 30: Event #10 $2,100 5-Card PLO

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About PGT PLO Series II

PGT PLO Series II is the second edition of the PGT PLO Series series. The series features 10 pot-limit Omaha tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $2,100 to $25,200. PGT PLO Series II is part of the PokerGO Tour (PGT), with players eligible to earn PGT leaderboard points for finishing in the money in events. There is a PGT PLO Series II series leaderboard that ranks the players by points earned. 

The player to finish with the most points and top the leaderboard through the nine qualifying events (Event #10 is excluded) will be crowned the PGT PLO Series II champion and win the series’ $25,000 championship bonus.

About PokerGo

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PokerGo’s video-on-demand library includes original content that provides unmatched access to the world of poker, including High Stakes Poker, No Gamble, No Future, and High Stakes Duel. PokerGO curates programming that spans from expert commentary on the game to tales of iconic moments in poker history, to behind-the-scenes interviews with notable poker stars and more. 

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