Samuli Sipila Wins His Second Title of 2024 PGT PLO SeriesFinnish Player Leads Festival-Long Points Race With Victories In Events 4 and 7 |
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Samuli Sipila is now the clear leader in the festival-long points race at the 2024 PGT PLO Series after winning his second title in the span of a few days. The Finnish poker pro has now cashed for $434,140 in prize pool payouts across three in-the-money finishes, the most of any player to this point.
The Finnish poker pro backed up his win in the standard $10,100 pot-limit Omaha tournament for $240,300 on Mar. 24 by taking down the $15,100 progressive bounty event. He overcame a field of 74 entries in the high-stakes PLO knockout affair, earning $159,840 from the main prize pool and $239,000 in bounty payouts.
Sipila now has more than $1.2 million in lifetime tournament earnings to his name, with more than a third of that total having been earned within the past few days.
In between his two victories, Sipila also recorded a seventh-place finish in another $10,100 PLO event. He now has 544 total PGT points earned this series, which is nearly twice as many as second-ranked Dylan Weisman (277) heading into the final few tournaments of the festival.
This event ran over the course of two days inside the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino Las Vegas. The top 11 finishers made the money. Six-time bracelet winner and PGT PLO Series event no. 3 champion Daniel Negreanu was knocked out in sixth place ($33,300 and $31,000 in bounties) by Sipila to bring day 1 to a close.
After scoring that knockout, Sipila entered day 2 with nearly half of the chips in play. It took him just a couple of hours to convert that lead into the title. He knocked out every single opponent on his way to hoisting the trophy, starting with Sean Winter (5th – $46,620). Bracelet winner Christopher Frank (4th – $63,270) was the second-largest bounty earner of the day with $46,000. Sipila’s pocket aces held against the top pair of four-time bracelet winner Nick Schulman (3rd – $89,910) to give him just better than a 2:1 chip lead going into heads-up play.
Three-time bracelet winner Jim Collopy mounted an early comeback, winning a big pot with a full house of Sipila’s nut flush to overtake the lead. Sipila soon doubled back, though. Collopy turned one pair into a bluff on the river in the key hand, but ran into a straight for Sipila.
In the final hand the two contenders limped to a flop of A
8
5. Collopy checked with Q
J8
6 and Sipila bet 100,000 holding 10432 for a flush draw and a wrap. Collopy called and the 10 rolled off on the turn. Collopy checked and Sipila bet 380,000. Collopy check-raised all-in for 1,410,000 and Sipila called, having picked up a pair of tens to go with his draws. The 5 on the end improved neither player and Collopy was eliminated in second place ($159,840). He also earned $3,000 in bounties.
Here is a look at the payouts and rankings points awarded at the final table:
| Place | Player | Prize Pool Earnings | Bounties | POY Points | PGT Points |
| 1 | Samuli Sipila | $159,840 | $239,000 | 504 | 270 |
| 2 | Jim Collopy | $159,840 | $3,000 | 420 | 177 |
| 3 | Nick Schulman | $89,910 | $10,000 | 336 | 126 |
| 4 | Christopher Frank | $63,270 | $46,000 | 252 | 89 |
| 5 | Sean Winter | $46,620 | $9,000 | 210 | 65 |
| 6 | Daniel Negreanu | $33,300 | $31,000 | 168 | 47 |
The PGT PLO Series Points Race Top Ten Sits As Follows After Seven Events:
| Rank | Player | *Points | Titles | Cashes | Winnings |
| 1 | Samuli Sipila | 544 | 2 | 3 | $434,140 |
| 2 | Dylan Weisman | 277 | 1 | 3 | $274,105 |
| 3 | Ronald Keijzer | 246 | 1 | 3 | $166,200 |
| 4 | Lautaro Guerra | 226 | 0 | 3 | $209,850 |
| 5 | Eelis Parssinen | 216 | 1 | 3 | $167,250 |
| 6 | Christopher Frank | 200 | 0 | 4 | $174,520 |
| 7 | Stefan Christopher | 199 | 0 | 2 | $198,250 |
| 8 | Daniel Negreanu | 195 | 1 | 2 | $180,800 |
| 9 | Isaac Kempton | 190 | 0 | 2 | $161,475 |
| 10 | Jim Collopy | 187 | 0 | 2 | $169,740 |
Photo credits: PokerGO / Antonio Abrego.
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