Austrian player Jonas Kronwitter won his second event of the PGT PLO Series to grab the title in Las Vegas as the PokerGO Tour’s latest series ended with drama at the felt. The eight-event series, which awarded eight titles to just six players after Sam Soverel also claimed two wins in Sin City across the week’s action.

Event #7 Proves Key for Kronwitter

The penultimate event of the PGT PLO Series saw Jonas Kronwitter claim his second win of the series, effectively sealing a series victory in Las Vegas. Costing $15,700 to play, the Pot Limit Omaha event had a total field of 65 entries, with 10 players reaching the money. Both Ted Lawson (10^th) and Brevin Andreadis (9^th) won $29,250 after sneaking into the money place, with Jiyang Gan cashed for $39,000 in eighth.

Once players arrived at the final table, Nick Palma finished in seventh place, winning $39,000 when his pair of kings were unable to hold against the Finnish player Joni Jouhkimainen’s A-K-6-5 that contained two hearts and flopped the nut flush. No running cards came to save Palma and he was soon followed from the felt by the Dutch player Nino Pansier, who cashed for $53,625 in sixth place.

The Spanish PLO specialist and PokerGO Tour event winner Lautaro Guerra lost out in fifth for $73,125 before American pro Matthew Wantman took $97,500 in fourth place. His compatriot Jeremy Druckman was next to go, as he bowed out just short of the final duel for a score of $131,625, leaving Kronwitter marginally ahead of Joni Jouhkimainen as the two men battled for the title. After the pair of queens in his hand were matched by two more on the board, the Austrian’s quad queens gave him a landmark victory and in doing so, also gave him what turned out to be an unassailable leaderboard advantage despite no deep run in Event #8.

PGT PLO Series 2026 Event #7 $15,700 PLO Final Table Results:
Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Jonas Kronwitter	Austria	$267,563*
2nd	Joni Jouhkimainen	Finland	$215,062*
3rd	Jeremy Druckman	United States	$131,625
4th	Matthew Wantman	United States	$97,500
5th	Lautaro Guerra	Spain	$73,125
6th	Nino Pansier	Netherlands	$53,625
7th	Nick Palma	United States	$39,000

Who Won the PLO Championship Event #8?

The final event of the PGT PLO Series saw a $26,000 buy-in, and the biggest entry fee of the series. A total of 48 entries made up the field and just a dozen of them made the Day 2 seat draw. While 12 made the last day, only seven made the money meaning the bubble came directly before the final table too.

The Canadian player and sometime PokerStake seller Alex Livingston was the man who missed out on making some money, running into the Italian player Youness Barakat’s trips to burst the bubble and send the seven remaining players heading to the final table. Once there, Americans Brevin Andreadis (7^th for $48,000) and Sean Rafael (6^th for $72,000) were followed out of the door by Barakat, who departed in fifth place for  $96,000 when he lost out to a set of sevens belonging to Cesar Garcia, as the Spanish player gained momentum at exactly the right time.

Garcia’s fellow countryman Lautaro Guerra was the next player to depart, as his run ended in fourth place for $126,000. All in against the set of eights belonging to British mixed game specialist Robert Cowen, Guerra’s fellow Spaniard strengthened his chances of victory by taking out Matthew Wantman in third place for $174,000.

Heads-up, Cowen had a slim lead, but it soon evaporated, as the Welshman lost a chunk of his chips to Garcia’s set of aces. Cowen actually made a good fold, but it landed him a deficit of 8:1 to make up. He was unable to do so, as a queen-high straight was behind Garcia’s king-high straight, and the Spanish player took the title and $420,000 top prize, the biggest of the series right at the death.

PGT PLO Series 2026 Event #8 $26,000 PLO Championship Results:
Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Cesar Garcia	Spain	$420,000
2nd	Robert Cowen	United Kingdom	$264,000
3rd	Matthew Wantman	United States	$174,000
4th	Lautaro Guerra	Spain	$126,000
5th	Youness Barakat	Italy	$96,000
6th	Sean Rafael	United States	$72,000
7th	Brevin Andreadis	United States	$48,000

Kronwitter Takes the Point, Arieh Selling to SHRB

Jonas Kronwitter’s win in the 2026 PGT PLO Series means that with two outright wins from the eight events, the Austrian’s total of 598 PGT Points earned him the series victory and has given him a huge chance of competing in the season-ending PGT $1m Championship Freeroll. Sam Soverel, too, has done his chances of joining PokerStake seller Jeremy Ausmus in the winners’ circle for that event no harm at all. Only 40 places into the PGT $1,000,000 Championship Freeroll are guaranteed from the leaderboard at the end of the 2026 season, with another 10 ‘Dream Seat’ winners joining the ranks too.

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Here is the final table in the PGT PLO Series and where all the final 10 players finished.

PGT PLO Series 2026 Final Top 10 Leaderboard
Place	Player	Country	PGT Points
1st	Jonas Kronwitter	Austria	598
2nd	Sam Soverel	United States	376
3rd	Cesar Garcia	Spain	304
4th	Lautaro Guerra	Spain	293
5th	Robert Cowen	United Kingdom	279
6th	Richard Gryko	United Kingdom	260
7th	James Chen	United States	239
8th	Sean Rafael	United States	233
9th	Youness Barakat	Italy	205
10th	Jeremy Druckman	United States	204