Samuli Sipila Crowned 2024 PokerGO Tour Pot-Limit Omaha Series ChampionFinnish Poker Pro Won Two Titles, Cashed For $776,140 Across Four In-The-Money Finishes During The Ten-Event Festival |
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More than half of Samuli Sipila’s $1.5 million in recorded poker tournament earnings were earned in the past week. The Finnish professional player accumulated $776,140 in prize money across four in-the-money finishes during the ten events that comprised the 2024 PokerGO Tour Pot-Limit Omaha Series, securing two titles along the way. As a result, Sipila ended as the clear victor of the festival-long points race with 749. As the series champion, he was awarded yet another trophy and a $10,000 PGT Passport.
In addition to winning the series-long points race, Sipila also climbed into third place in the season-long PGT points standings. he trails only Dylan Weisman (1,047 points) and David Coleman (937 points).
The three largest cashes of Sipila’s tournament career were all recorded during this run. He started off his PLO hot streak with a win in the fourth event of the series, a $10,100 buy-in tournament. He outlasted 89 entries to earn $240,300 and 240 PGT points.
Two days after that title run, Sipila managed a seventh-place showing in another $10,100 buy-in PLO event, adding $34,000 and 34 PGT points to his tally. After busting out of that event, he hopped into the $15,100 PLO progressive bounty event. He was the last player standing from a 74-entry field in that tournament, earning 270 points and $159,840 from the main prize pool as the champion. He also secured $239,000 in bounty payouts from that event, bringing his overall haul to $1,015,140.
With two titles and three cashes through seven events, Sipila was sitting atop the series standings with three events left to play. His fellow Finnish poker pro Eelis Parssinen surpassed him thanks to earning his second title of the series in event no. 8, a standard $15,100 PLO event. That left Sipila in need of a deep run in one of the final two events on the schedule.
He managed that feat and then some, making it down to heads-up play in the $26,000 buy-in championship event. He ultimately finished as the runner-up, earning a career-high score of $342,000 and 205 points to end with an 184-point margin of victory over Parssinen in the final tally.
Parssinen accumulated 565 points and $515,850 in earnings during the festival to finish second, while championship event winner Seth Davies (313 points, $522,000 in earnings) placed third.
Sipila joins Spain’s Lautaro Guerra and America’s Daniel Geeng as the three champions of this series, which was first introduced in 2023. A second PGT PLO Series is expected to be held this fall.
Here is a look at the final top ten in the series-long points race:
| Rank | Player | Points | Titles | Cashes | Winnings |
| 1 | Samuli Sipila | 749 | 2 | 4 | $776,140 |
| 2 | Eelis Parssinen | 565 | 2 | 4 | $515,850 |
| 3 | Seth Davies | 313 | 1 | 1 | $522,000 |
| 4 | Dylan Weisman | 309 | 1 | 4 | $328,105 |
| 5 | Stefan Christopher | 302 | 0 | 3 | $369,250 |
| 6 | Allan Le | 291 | 1 | 4 | $334,650 |
| 7 | Ronald Keijzer | 278 | 1 | 4 | $220,200 |
| 8 | Bruno Furth | 258 | 0 | 3 | $341,260 |
| 9 | Lautaro Guerra | 226 | 0 | 3 | $209,850 |
| 10 | Alex Foxen | 224 | 0 | 1 | $224,100 |
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