Dylan Linde Among Latest PokerStake Winners in Las Vegas
The PGT PLO Series has produced three more winners in Las Vegas this week at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas. Each of this midweek’s winners took home a six-figure sum at the world-famous casino ARIA as James Chen and Jonas Kronwitter lifted PGT trophies and raced up the leaderboard in style.
James Chen Wins Event #4 for $239,000
The fourth event of the 2026 PGT PLO Series saw James Chen win the $10,500-entry Pot-Limit Omaha Quattro Bounty event for a top prize of $107,000 and bounties worth an incredible $132,000, totalling $239,000 in winnings in Las Vegas. With 57 entries and only nine players making the money, a double knockout saw Cesar Garcia the bubble boy, as Jonas Kronwitter was also busted but for $11,400 in ninth place. James Chen was the benefactor as both men bowed out, making Chen the chip leader.
Out in eighth place and missing out on the final table was Chino Rheem. The some-time PokerStake seller lost to Youness Barakat’s set of jacks to depart for a score of $14,300, while the Italian won his second $16,000 bounty and Jeremy Ausmus, who was also in the hand, doubled up his Italian opponent and became short stack.
Soon, Rheem’s fellow PokerStake player Ausmus was out. His ace-king-five-three pre-flop fell to Ben Lamb’s jack-high straight and Ausmus left for $14,300, with Lautaro Guerra also exiting in the same hand for $18,800. Lamb’s run up the leaderboard was immediately halted when he ran his pair of tens into a set of fours to bust for $25,700 in fourth place.
Cary Katz busted for $34,200 in fourth place to James Chen, who took a lead into the final day. Once that day began, Chen asserted his authority instantly, with the elimination of Youness Barakat for $47,900 in third place. Other than Chen himself, Barakat was the biggest bounty winner across the event, scooping total winnings of $95,900.
Heads-up, Chen had a better than 2:1 chip lead and made it count. Holding a wrap and a flush draw when the chips went in, Chen beat Gryko’s fours and deuces with an open-der when a jack fell on the river to give Chen a straight and the title.
Here are the final results in Event #4 including those all-important bounty wins along the way.
| PGT PLO Series 2026 Event #4 $10,500 PLO Quattro Bounty Final Table Results: | |||||
| Place | Player | Country | Prize | Bounties | Winnings |
| 1st | James Chen | United States | $107,000 | $132,000 | $239,000 |
| 2nd | Richard Gryko | United Kingdom | $68,400 | $32,000 | $100,400 |
| 3rd | Youness Barakat | Italy | $47,900 | $48,000 | $95,900 |
| 4th | Cary Katz | United States | $34,200 | ||
| 5th | Ben Lamb | United States | $25,700 | $16,000 | $41,700 |
| 6th | Lautaro Guerra | Spain | $18,800 | ||
| 7th | Jeremy Ausmus | United States | $14,300 | ||
Jonas Kronwitter Wins Event #5 for $201,600
The Austrian player Jonas Kronwitter won Event #5, the $10,500 PLO event, for his first PokerGO Tour title and the overall lead in the series. Having finished as runner-up to United States player and PokerGO regular Sam Soverel in the opening event of the 2026 PGT PLO Series in Las Vegas, Kronwitter got the job done in the latest tournament, beating Richard Gryko heads-up for the title.
The fifth event of the eight that comprise this year’s PGT PLO Series featured 63 entries at $10,500 each, and earned $201,600 in total, along with 202 PGT Points. Nine players cashed in the event, with Kevin Appleyard the unfortunate bubble boy, as he busted to Jeremy Druckman. Cashes for Nino Pansier (9th for $18,900) and the evergreen Joao Simao (8th for $25,200) followed before the final table of seven was set.
Taking a big lead into the finale, Jonas Kronwitter took out Chino Rheem (7th for $25,200) before PokerStake seller to this event Dylan Linde won $34,650 and a healthy return on their investments for his followers on the site. Richard Gryko made a backdoor flush to river Linde from the event on his way to booking a runner-up score of $126,000, as Kronwitter led the final five into the last day and eventually made a heads-up advantage count to win his maiden PGT title, claiming $201,600 and the lead in the PGT PLO Series Championship.
| PGT PLO Series 2026 Event #5 $10,500 PLO Final Table Results: | |||
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
| 1st | Jonas Kronwitter | Austria | $201,600 |
| 2nd | Richard Gryko | United Kingdom | $126,000 |
| 3rd | Jiyang Gan | United States | $88,200 |
| 4th | Jeremy Druckman | United States | $63,000 |
| 5th | Youness Barakat | Italy | $47,250 |
| 6th | Dylan Linde | United States | $34,650 |
| 7th | Chino Rheem | United States | $25,200 |
Sam Soverel Wins Event #6 for $250,000
The sixth event of the PGT PLO Series was $15,700 to play and was a PLO Mystery Bounty tournament. With 46 entrants, only the final seven players who made the final table got paid, and with Brevin Andreadis missing out on the money on the bubble, losing to Sam Soverel, the American’s elimination of his fellow countryman gave him the lead heading to the final table.
Joao Simao once again reached profit as the Brazilian built on his superb Triton Jeju run back in Las Vegas, but despite an early double at the final table, he exited in seventh place for $19,000. Welshman Robert Cowen took out Simao and soon did the same to Sean Rafael, as the American won $27,500 in sixth after Cowen’s set of eights prevailed to set the final five in place for the last day of the event.
On the final day, Eelis Parssinen’s elimination in fifth place came for a score of $37,000 before Sean Winter busted in fourth for $48,500. Winter’d winnings were considerably boosted by him pulling the biggest bounty the previous day and taking home an extra $100,000. That bounty meant that only the winner was the only person to receive more than Winter as, after Steve Zolotow busted in third place, Robert Cowen lost to Soverel heads-up to go home with $140,000. Soverel’s win not only netted him $160,000 as the winner but an extra $90,000 in bounties, meaning the American walked away with his second PGT PLO Series title and the overall lead with two events to come.
| PGT PLO Series 2026 Event #6 $15,700 PLO Mystery Bounty Final Results: | ||||||
| Place | Player | Country | Prize | Bounties | Winnings | |
| 1st | Sam Soverel | United States | $160,000 | $90,000 | $250,000 | |
| 2nd | Robert Cowen | United Kingdom | $101,000 | $40,000 | $140,000 | |
| 3rd | Steve Zolotow | United States | $67,000 | – | $67,000 | |
| 4th | Sean Winter | United States | $48,500 | $100,000 | $148,500 | |
| 5th | Eelis Parssinen | Finland | $37,000 | – | $37,000 | |
| 6th | Sean Rafael | United States | $27,500 | – | $27,500 | |
| 7th | Joao Simao | Brazil | $19,000 | – | $19,000 | |