Lautaro Guerra Cabrerizo Wins Second PGT PLO Title

On Mar. 16, 2023 Lautaro Guerra Cabrerizo took down occasion no. 5 on the inaugural PokerGO Tour Pot-Restrict Omaha Sequence, topping a discipline of 112 entries within the $10,000 buy-in PLO occasion to earn $220,400. Only a couple days faraway from that win, Guerra Cabrerizo battled his approach again to the winner’s circle in occasion no. 7, the $15,000 PLO bounty match. The Spanish PLO specialist took residence $228,000 from the principle prize pool,

With $448,400 in complete earnings throughout his two victories, Guerra Cabrerizo has taken the lead within the participant of the collection factors race. His 463 PGT factors (235 for occasion no. 5 and 228 for occasion no. 7) give him a 197-point lead over second-ranked Sean Troha. Along with taking the lead for this collection, Guerra Cabrerizo additionally climbed inside the highest 5 within the season-long PGT factors race.

Guerra Cabrerizo additionally secured 720 Card Participant Participant of the 12 months factors for this current victory. With the 600 he earned for his earlier title run, he now sits in 63rd place within the total 2023 POY standings introduced by World Poker.

This match was initially slated to play out over the course of two days however ended up cruising to a winner in a single day. By the point the 114-entry discipline had been narrowed to a remaining desk of seven, Guerra Cabrerizo held a large lead with simply shy of half of the overall chips in play.

Two-time bracelet winner Robert Cowen (seventh – $57,000) was despatched packing when his kings up had been no good towards the wheel of Jesse Chinni.

Isaac Haxton then busted in sixth place when his center set on the flop bumped into the highest set of Guerra Cabrerizo. The cooler noticed Haxton despatched residence with $68,400. This was his ninth final-table end of 2023, with three titles gained and greater than $4.6 million in POY earnings accrued alongside the best way. In consequence, Haxton now sits in third place on the POY leaderboard.

Johann Ibanez Diaz was the following to fall by the hands of the seemingly unstoppable Guerra Cabrerizo. Diaz acquired all-in with a double-suited medium rundown dealing with the double-suited broadway rundown of Guerra Cabrerizo, who flopped the nut flush to depart Diaz drawing all however lifeless. The flip and river introduced no miracles for Diaz and he was eradicated in fifth place ($85,500).

Jesse Chinni was left brief when his set of queens misplaced out to the flush draw and pair of Isaac Kempton. The hearts got here in for Kempton and Chini was left with round 17 large blinds. He quickly acquired all-in with A-Q-5-4 rainbow dealing with the double-suited J-J-9-9 of bracelet winner Alex Foxen. Chinni surged forward on a queen-high flop, however a 9 on the river gave Foxen a set for the win. Chinni earned $102,000 for his second final-table end of the collection.

Foxen’s run got here to an finish when his pocket aces clashed with the turned journey threes of Guerra Cabrerizo. A clean on the river despatched Foxen packing with $125,400. This was his seventh final-table end of the yr, with $885,160 in POY earnings and one title gained. This newest rating was sufficient to maneuver him into fifth place within the total POY standings.

With that, Guerra Cabrerizo took practically a 6:1 chip lead into heads-up play with Kempton. A cooler (full home overfull home) noticed Kempton double into the lead after having closed the hole within the early going, however a rivered flush for Guerra Cabrerizo in one other large pot noticed him bounce again in entrance.

Within the remaining hand, the entire chips went on on the river with a board of 107376. Kempton confirmed A972 for journeys. Guerra Cabrerizo rolled over OkJ98 for a ten-high straight to lock up the pot and the title. Kempton earned $171,000 because the runner-up, the fourth-largest money of his profession. The 2022 Wynn Hundreds of thousands essential occasion second-place finisher now has greater than $2.8 million in lifetime earings to his identify.

Here’s a have a look at the payouts and rankings factors awarded on the remaining desk:

Picture credit score: PokerGO Tour / Antonio Abrego.