button in SafariTobias Schwecht Defeats EPT Champion to Claim $301K GGPoker Score
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The $20 million guaranteed PLO Series continues to crown champions online at GGPoker, and Tobias Schwecht is just one of the stellar names who have helped themselves to a title.
Schwecht was one of 80 entrants in the $10,000 GGMillion$ Pot-Limit Omaha Bounty. Those entrants created a $1,010,000 prize pool, with half of the prize money shared by the top eight finishers, and the remaining 50% going on each entrant's head as a progressive bounty.
Russian superstar Artur Martirosian was the first player to cash. Including bounties, his eighth-place finish earned him $31,679, but it also meant he fell shy of yet another final table appearance.
$10,000 GGMillion$ Pot-Limit Omaha Bounty Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Bounties | Prize | Total Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tobias Schwecht | Austria | $166,800 | $134,333 | $301,133 |
| 2 | Ronnie Kaiser | Liechtenstein | $21,000 | $134,332 | $155,332 |
| 3 | Eelis Parssinen | Finland | $24,600 | $101,689 | $126,289 |
| 4 | Artsiom Lasouksii | Belarus | $0 | $76,949 | $76,949 |
| 5 | TripleBarr | United Kingdom | $6,000 | $58,200 | $64,200 |
| 6 | Marcus Dieleman | Netherlands | $2,400 | $43,991 | $46,391 |
| 7 | Cesar Garcia | Androra | $22,200 | $33,223 | $55,423 |
Countries as shown in the GGPoker lobby
As you would expect from a $10,000 PLO tournament, the final table was a star-studded affair.
The final seven became six after Cesar Garcia busted; he took home $55,423. Dutchman Marcus Dieleman was the next to fall; his exit in sixth came with a $46,391 bankroll boost.
United Kingdom's "TripleBarr" bowed out in fifth for $54,200 before Belarusian Artisom Lasouskii saw his deep run end in a fourth-place finish worth $76,949. Lasouskii was the only finalist not to help themselves to a bounty payment.
The final trio of title-seekers was now guaranteed a six-figure score regardless of where they finished. Any of the three would have made a worthy champion, having showcased their PLO skills over an extended time period.
Flying Finn Eelis Parssinen couldn't quite get the job done and had to make do with a $126,289 reward for finishing in third. Parssinen's elimination left Schwecht heads-up against Ronnie Kaiser, a high-stakes PLO cash game specialist who won the European Poker Tour (EPT) Tallinn Main Event in 2011.
Schwecht defeated the Liechtenstein-based Swiss star heads-up, resigning Kaiser to a still impressive $155,332 haul. However, that prize paled in comparison to the $301,133 that Schwecht added to his GGPoker account. Some $166,800 of that prize stemmed from bounties, and that alone was worth more than the total prizes anyone else took home.
PLO Series Runs Until November 17; Leaderboard Heats Up
The $20 million guaranteed PLO Series continues through November 17. This gives players plenty of time to accumulate leaderboard points for the PLO Series Leaderboard.
The leaderboard will award $200,000 worth of prizes to the top 1,500 performers of the series, including a top prize consisting of $10,000 worth of tournament dollars and a $10,000 ticket to a future GGMillion$ PLO High Rollers event.
| Rank | Nickname | Country | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freenergy | Brazil | 3,478.21 |
| 2 | J Peltoniemi | Finland | 3,457.60 |
| 3 | Futbol is LIFE! | Brazil | 3,287,98 |
| 4 | papasitodelicio | Austria | 2,832.38 |
| 5 | BOT DE GG | China | 2,820.59 |
| 6 | OmgItsAA- | Austria | 2,676.46 |
| 7 | Roland Rokita | Auatria | 2,654.78 |
| 8 | PamPamPake | Finland | 2,511.62 |
| 9 | EmreeJr | Turkey | 2,453.36 |
| 10 | BASSAKBULGOGI | Finland | 2,219.50 |
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