Lautaro Guerra Wins PGT PLO Series Event #5 for $220,400

Lautaro Guerra won Event #5: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha at the first-ever PGT PLO Series. Guerra Guerra came out on top of the 112-entry field to win a $220,400 first-place prize.

Guerra Guerra was only a tiny bit of chips ahead of Jesse Chinni at the bottom of the leaderboard coming into the event's final day. Seven players remained and Guerra Guerra was in second-to-last place. He eventually found a triple up to move into the chip lead with six players remaining. From there, Guerra Guerra maneuvered to heads-up play against Joni Jouhkimainen. The two struck a deal and locked up more than second-place money each before Guerra Guerra went on to win the event for the additional $20,000 they left to play for. When it was all said and done, Guerra Guerra walked away $220,400 richer.

For Guerra Guerra, the score was the second largest of his live tournament career, according to TheHendonMob.com. It was also his third live tournament victory, with all three coming in pot-limit Omaha. Guerra Guerra now has more than $700,000 in live tournament winnings with the large majority of that coming from PLO tournaments.

PGT PLO Series Event #5 Results

Place	Player	Country	Points	Prize
1st	Lautaro Guerra	Spain	235	$220,400
2nd	Joni Jouhkimainen	Finland	179	$194,000
3rd	Zhen Cai	United States	123	$123,200
4th	Cliff Josephy	United States	101	$100,800
5th	Josh Arieh	United States	90	$89,600
6th	Bogdan Capitan	Romania	67	$67,200
7th	Jesse Chinni	United States	56	$56,000
8th	John Riordan	United States	45	$44,800
9th	Francisco Baruffi Neto	Brazil	45	$44,800
10th	Eelis Parssinen	Finland	34	$33,600
11th	Jordan Spurlin	United States	34	$33,600
12th	Stephanie Chung	United States	22	$22,400
13th	Nacho Barbero	Argentina	22	$22,400
14th	Tyler Brown	United States	22	$22,400
15th	Michael Duek	Argentina	22	$22,400
16th	Jim Collopy	United States	22	$22,400

With the win, Lautaro Guerra picked up 235 PGT points and moved into third place on the series leaderboard behind Nacho Barbero and Sean Troha, who are first and second with 256 points and 240 points, respectively.

Joni Jouhkimainen added 179 points to go along with the 11 he already had from a cash earlier in the series, and he's now fifth overall with 190 points.

PGT PLO Series Leaderboard Top 10

Rank	Player	Country	Winnings	Points
1st	Nacho Barbero	Argentina	$256,400	256
2nd	Sean Troha	United States	$240,000	240
3rd	Lautaro Guerra	Spain	$220,400	235
4th	Eelis Parssinen	Finland	$207,600	208
5th	Joni Jouhkimainen	Finland	$204,740	190
6th	Jonas Kronwitter	Austria	$169,000	169
7th	Josh Arieh	United States	$167,600	168
8th	Daniyal Iqbal	United States	$160,000	160
9th	Zhen Cai	United States	$155,200	155
10th	Michael Wang	United States	$136,000	136

To follow the entire PGT PLO series, stay tuned to the PGT.com live reporting section.

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