Just five players remain in the PokerGo Tour (PGT) Super High Roller Bowl: $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha, and leading the way is defending champion Jared Bleznick.
Bleznick, who won last year's inaugural event for $1.3 million, will enter the third and final day of play with a dominant chip lead over his four opponents: Artem Maksimov, Josh Arieh, Seth Davies and Sean Winter.
Read About Last Year's Inaugural SHRB PLO Event!
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh Arieh | United States | 1,135,000 |
| 2 | Artem Maksimov | Russia | 3,055,000 |
| 3 | Sean Winter | United States | 2,165,000 |
| 4 | Jared Bleznick | United States | 4,370,000 |
| 5 | Seth Davies | United States | 1,875,000 |
The second-ever $100,000 PLO event drew 42 players, an increase from the 38-player field in 2023. Day 2 saw 15 players return and several more hop in before the close of registration, making for a prize pool of $4.2 million and leaving $1.5 million up top for the winner.
Current PGT points leader Jeremy Ausmus was eliminated in eighth place on the money bubble as he ran into the flush of Maksimov, according to PokerGO updates.
After that, recent PGT PLO Championship winner Ben Tollerene bowed out in seventh place for $170,000 after a confrontation with Davies.
Sam Soverel's elimination in sixth place for $250,000 marked the end of Day 2 as Maksimov scored yet another knockout.
Fan favorite Daniel Negreanu was notably eliminated on Day 1 after firing two bullets into the $100,000 event.
Day 3 of the SHRB PLO in Las Vegas gets underway Saturday, Oct. 26 at 1 p.m. local time, while the live stream will begin at 2:30 p.m.
Follow the action on PokerGO and check out a one-hour preview of yesterday's stream on YouTube.
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