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The ARIA High Roller Series continued at the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, with four more events playing out as part of the full schedule, which will run through July 8, 2024.
The opening two 2024 ARIA High Roller Series events were $5,100 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha tournaments and were won by Tyler Brown, while Vasil Medarov and Yuriy Boyko chopped. The next four were $10,100 buy-ins that were held alongside the WSOP Event #66: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship.
Event #3 attracted 51 entrants and created a prize pool of $510,000. India's Kavin Shah emerged victorious after defeating PGT PLO Series winner Stephen Hubbard to capture the $168,300 first-place prize and inaugural PGT title. PGT regulars Michael Duek, Fernando Habegger, Vasil Medarov, Eelis Parssinen, and Artem Maksimov all finished in the money.
Place | Player | Country | Prize | PGT Points |
1st | Kavin Shah | India | $168,300 | 168 |
2nd | Stephen Hubbard | United States | $107,100 | 107 |
3rd | Michael Duek | United States | $71,400 | 71 |
4th | Gruffudd Pugh-Jones | United Kingdom | $51,000 | 51 |
5th | Fernando Habegger | Austria | $40,800 | 41 |
6th | Vasil Medarov | Bulgaria | $30,600 | 31 |
7th | Eelis Parssinen | Finland | $20,400 | 20 |
8th | Artem Maksimov | Russia | $20,400 | 20 |
Event #4 attracted 29 entrants and created a $290,000 prize pool. Veselin Karakitukov and Eelis Parssinen did a heads-up chop with the Bulgarian taking home the lion's share of the prize pool of $96,140 to Parssinen's $92,360.
Place | Player | Country | Prize | PGT Points |
1st | Veselin Karakitukov | Bulgaria | $96,140 | 96 |
2nd | Eelis Parssinen | Finland | $92,360 | 92 |
3rd | Jonas Kronwitter | Austria | $46,400 | 46 |
4th | Philip Wiszowaty | United States | $31,900 | 32 |
5th | Juha Helppi | Finland | $23,200 | 23 |
On Day 2 of the Pot-Limit Omaha Championship at the WSOP, a 40-entrant field in Event #5 created a prize pool of $400,000. Russia's Artur Martirosyan claimed his third victory of 2024, and his first of the 2024 PGT season by defeating Matthew Wantman heads-up to claim the $144,000 first-place prize.
Place | Player | Country | Prize | PGT Points |
1st | Artur Martirosyan | Russia | $144,000 | 144 |
2nd | Matthew Wantman | United States | $96,000 | 96 |
3rd | Adam Wessley | United States | $60,000 | 60 |
4th | Dylan Weisman | United States | $44,000 | 44 |
5th | Kilian Loffler | Germany | $32,000 | 32 |
6th | Martin Dam | Denmark | $24,000 | 24 |
The final event of this stretch of Pot-Limit Omaha high rollers saw Patrik Jaros defeat Tom Aksell-Bedell heads-up to win the $144,000 first-place prize. PGT regulars Stephen Chidwick and Sean Winter finished third and fourth, respectively.
Place | Player | Country | Prize | PGT Points |
1st | Patrik Jaros | Czech Republic | $144,000 | 144 |
2nd | Tom Aksell-Bedell | Norway | $96,000 | 96 |
3rd | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | $60,000 | 60 |
4th | Sean Winter | United States | $44,000 | 44 |
5th | Ben Tollerene | United States | $32,000 | 32 |
6th | Farid Jattin | Colombia | $24,000 | 24 |
Rank | Player | PGT Points | Wins | Cashes | Winnings |
1st | Daniel Negreanu | 1,645 | 2 | 14 | $2,004,231 |
2nd | Jeremy Ausmus | 1,368 | 0 | 14 | $3,403,782 |
3rd | Dylan Weisman | 1,345 | 3 | 13 | $1,375,099 |
4th | David Coleman | 1,336 | 4 | 12 | $1,052,369 |
5th | Aram Zobian | 1,131 | 2 | 11 | $1,000,090 |
6th | Chris Hunichen | 1,050 | 1 | 2 | $5,235,701 |
7th | Chance Kornuth | 1,041 | 0 | 4 | $2,385,298 |
8th | Nick Schulman | 1,035 | 1 | 9 | $1,912,611 |
9th | Viktor Blom | 1,000 | 0 | 3 | $2,291,709 |
10th | Jesse Lonis | 953 | 1 | 11 | $1,149,706 |
These are the leaderboard standings as of Saturday, June 29, 2024. The complete and current PGT leaderboard is at pgt.com/leaderboard.
The next set of ARIA High Roller Series events run on July 1-2, with a $15,100 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha tournament on Monday, followed by a $5,100 Pot-Limit Omaha tournament on Tuesday. Following that from July 4-8 will be five $10,100 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em tournaments. Each event begins at 2 p.m. PT, with registration ending at approximately 6:30 p.m. PT. Players in the registration line by 2 p.m. PT will qualify for a fee discount on their first entry. Levels will be 30 minutes in duration with eight levels of registration and a break every four levels. Entering at the start of Level 9 will see players begin the 3,000/6,000 blind level with 125,000 in chips.
The PGT shot clock will be 20 seconds preflop and 30 seconds postflop. Time extensions will be distributed according to a player's entry point in the tournament; entering before the first break will yield players eight-time extensions while entering afterward will yield players with six-time extensions. Additional time extensions will be distributed to players in the money if the field exceeds 71 entrants (2-time extensions) or 85 entrants (3-time extensions). The final seven players will receive six (6) additional time extensions, and the final table redraw is also at seven players.
The ARIA High Roller Series is part of the 2024 PGT season with players earning PGT points based on the amount they cash for. The Top 40 eligible players, as ranked by the PGT leaderboard at the end of the season, will qualify for the season-ending PGT Championship $1,000,000 freeroll. Players who do not qualify for the PGT Championship will have additional opportunities throughout the year to win a Dream Pass into the PGT Championship Dream Seat Invitational, qualifying six players into the PGT Championship via a Dream Seat.
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