button in SafariManuel Stojanovic Leads the Final Six in the $100K PLO Main Event
The $100,000 PLO Main Event has reached its final table, and only six players remain in contention for the $2,018,000 top prize and the title of champion. Leading the finalists back into battle from 12:00 p.m. local time on May 27 is Austria's Manuel Stojanovic.
Stojanovic bagged and tagged 7,875,000 chips after Day 2 concluded, the equivalent of 63 big blinds. The Pot-Limit Omaha specialist now holds a commanding lead, especially when you consider the average stack is 25 big blinds and only one player, Martin Dam (3,200,000), is above average.
The Austrian has $1,542,150 in live tournament earnings, with almost every cent of that total stemming from PLO events. In June 2025, Stojanovic finished fifth in the $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) for a career-bet $519,892. Later in the same year, he busted ninth in the $100,000 PLO Main Event at Triton Jeju for another $279,000.
$100K PLO Main Event Final Table Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manuel Stojanovic | Austria | 7,875,000 | 63 |
| 2 | Martin Dam | Denmark | 3,200,000 | 26 |
| 3 | Laszlo Bujtas | Hungary | 2,575,000 | 21 |
| 4 | Mike Watson | Canada | 2,575,000 | 21 |
| 5 | Patrik Antonius | Finland | 1,425,000 | 11 |
| 6 | Daniel Dvoress | Canada | 1,350,000 | 11 |
The money bubble burst on Day 2, and Stojanovic was involved. He clashed with Tom Vogelsang in a 41 big blind pot that saw Vogelsang turn three of a kind deuces, only for Stojanovic to improve to a full house on the river. Vogelsang crashed out in 14th place, while the 13 survivors locked in at least $152,000 for their efforts.
Igor Yaroshevskyy was the first player to fall inside the money places. Danny Tang, Cesar Garcia, and Artur Martirosian bowed out afterward, leaving nine players hunting the colossal $2,018,000 top prize.
Stojanovic then sent Matthias Eibinger home in ninth before Sean Rafael busted at the hands of Patrik Antonius. The curtain came down on Day 2's proceedings when Stojanovic and Robert Cowen collided late on. Cowen was short-stacked and was all-in preflop with K♥K♣10♠7♣ against the hot-running Austrian's A♠A♥8♣6♠. The aces in Stojanovic's hand were enough to win the pot and send Cowen home in seventh.
The $100K PLO Main Event action resumes at 12:00 p.m. local time, with each of the six players guaranteed $456,000. Reaching heads-up locks in a seven-figure prize, with the eventual champion taking home $2,018,000. Right now, Stojanovic has one hand on that top prize, but the aforementioned Martin Dam, Laszlo Bujtas, Mike Watson, Patrik Antonius, and Daniel Dvoress will definitely have a say on where that two million ends up.