The brand-new PGT PLO Series is the first high stakes live poker Pot-Limit Omaha series. Online legend Eelis “EEE27” Parssinen and Stephen Hubbard emerged victorious in the last two events.
Eelis Parssinen dominates PGT PLO Series Event #2
>Eelis Parssinen aka “EEE27” on PokerStars is an absolute PLO legend.
And he showed why in Event #2:, a$7,600 PLO Bounty, by dominating it from start to finish.
The tournament had an impressive 149 entries and 22 places were paid with a whopping $149,000 up top.
Parssinen entered the final table as the chip leader and only gave up the top spot for a single hand.
He ultimately defeated US poker pro Allan Le heads-up to win the prestigious trophy.
- 1st: Eelis Parssinen – $149,000
- 2nd: Allan Le – $104,300
- 3rd: Dustin Goldklang – $74,500
- 4th: Sean Winter – $59,600
- 5th: Dylan Weisman – $44,700
- 6th: Brian Rast – $37,250
- 7th: Stephen Hubbard – $29,800
- 8th: Isaac Kempton – $29,800
- 9th: Vasil Medarov – $22,350
- 10th: Joao Simao – $22,350
- 11th: Daniel Geeng – $22,350
- 12th: Jeremy Ausmus – $22,350
- 13th: Ronald Keijzer – $14,900
- 14th: Jonas Kronwitter – $14,900
- 15th: John Riordan – $14,900
- 16th: Peng Shan – $14,900
- 17th: Fernando Habegger – $11,175
- 18th: George Wolff – $11,175
- 19th: Bryce Yockey – $11,175
- 20th: Igor Zektser – $11,175
- 21st: Zachary Schwartz – $11,175
- 22nd: Brent Roberts – $11,175
Stephen Hubbard Wins PGT PLO Series Event #3 for $231,750
In Event #3 the stakes were raised to $10,000 and 103 players created a staggering $1,030,000 prize pool.
$231,750 were waiting for the winner and it was Stephen Hubbard from the USA, who came out on top and took over the top spot in the leaderboard.
He doubled through Cliff Josephy early on and continued to build his stack up from there.
Heads-up for the title he beat Vasil Medarov from Bulgaria o secure a huge $231,750 socre as well as the lead in the overall ranking.
PGT PLO Series Event #3 Payouts:
- 1st: Stephen Hubbard – $231,750
- 2nd: Vasil Medarov – $164,800
- 3rd: Richard Gryko – $123,600
- 4th: Karel Mokry – $97,850
- 5th: Dylan Weisman – $77,250
- 6th: Cliff Josephy – $61,800
- 7th: Eelis Parssinen – $51,500
- 8th: Ronald Keijzer – $41,200
- 9th: Damjan Radanov – $41,200
- 10th: Allan Le – $30,900
- 11th: Roger Teska – $30,900
- 12th: Ricardo Alvarado – $20,600
- 13th: Artem Maksimov – $20,600
- 14th: Daniel Geeng – $20,600
- 15th: John Richards – $15,450
Leaderboard Standings:
- 1st: Stephen Hubbard – 262 points
- 2nd: Eelis Parssinen – 218 points
- 3rd: Vasil Medarov – 200 points
- 4th: Matthew Wantman – 151 points
- 5th: Richard Gryko – 137 points
- 6th: Allan Le – 135 points
- 7th: Dylan Weisman – 122 points
- 8th: Karel Mokry – 115 points
- 9th: Jim Collopy – 112 points
- 10th: Evgeni Tourevski – 86 points
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