Artur Martirosyan, Veselin Karakitukov, Kavin Shah, Patrik Jaros Wins $10K PLO ARIA High Rollers

The ARIA High Roller Series continued at the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, with four more events playing out as part of the full schedule, which will run through July 8, 2024.

The opening two 2024 ARIA High Roller Series events were $5,100 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha tournaments and were won by Tyler Brown, while Vasil Medarov and Yuriy Boyko chopped. The next four were $10,100 buy-ins that were held alongside the WSOP Event #66: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship.

Event #3 attracted 51 entrants and created a prize pool of $510,000. India's Kavin Shah emerged victorious after defeating PGT PLO Series winner Stephen Hubbard to capture the $168,300 first-place prize and inaugural PGT title. PGT regulars Michael Duek, Fernando Habegger, Vasil Medarov, Eelis Parssinen, and Artem Maksimov all finished in the money.

2024 ARIA High Roller Series Event #3: $10,100 Pot-Limit Omaha Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize	PGT Points
1st	Kavin Shah	India	$168,300	168
2nd	Stephen Hubbard	United States	$107,100	107
3rd	Michael Duek	United States	$71,400	71
4th	Gruffudd Pugh-Jones	United Kingdom	$51,000	51
5th	Fernando Habegger	Austria	$40,800	41
6th	Vasil Medarov	Bulgaria	$30,600	31
7th	Eelis Parssinen	Finland	$20,400	20
8th	Artem Maksimov	Russia	$20,400	20

Event #4 attracted 29 entrants and created a $290,000 prize pool. Veselin Karakitukov and Eelis Parssinen did a heads-up chop with the Bulgarian taking home the lion's share of the prize pool of $96,140 to Parssinen's $92,360.

2024 ARIA High Roller Series Event #4: $10,100 Pot-Limit Omaha Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize	PGT Points
1st	Veselin Karakitukov	Bulgaria	$96,140	96
2nd	Eelis Parssinen	Finland	$92,360	92
3rd	Jonas Kronwitter	Austria	$46,400	46
4th	Philip Wiszowaty	United States	$31,900	32
5th	Juha Helppi	Finland	$23,200	23

On Day 2 of the Pot-Limit Omaha Championship at the WSOP, a 40-entrant field in Event #5 created a prize pool of $400,000. Russia's Artur Martirosyan claimed his third victory of 2024, and his first of the 2024 PGT season by defeating Matthew Wantman heads-up to claim the $144,000 first-place prize.

2024 ARIA High Roller Series Event #5: $10,100 Pot-Limit Omaha Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize	PGT Points
1st	Artur Martirosyan	Russia	$144,000	144
2nd	Matthew Wantman	United States	$96,000	96
3rd	Adam Wessley	United States	$60,000	60
4th	Dylan Weisman	United States	$44,000	44
5th	Kilian Loffler	Germany	$32,000	32
6th	Martin Dam	Denmark	$24,000	24

The final event of this stretch of Pot-Limit Omaha high rollers saw Patrik Jaros defeat Tom Aksell-Bedell heads-up to win the $144,000 first-place prize. PGT regulars Stephen Chidwick and Sean Winter finished third and fourth, respectively. 

2024 ARIA High Roller Series Event #6: $10,100 Pot-Limit Omaha Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize	PGT Points
1st	Patrik Jaros	Czech Republic	$144,000	144
2nd	Tom Aksell-Bedell	Norway	$96,000	96
3rd	Stephen Chidwick	United Kingdom	$60,000	60
4th	Sean Winter	United States	$44,000	44
5th	Ben Tollerene	United States	$32,000	32
6th	Farid Jattin	Colombia	$24,000	24

PGT Leaderboard Top 10 

Rank	Player	PGT Points	Wins	Cashes	Winnings
1st	Daniel Negreanu	1,645	2	14	$2,004,231
2nd	Jeremy Ausmus	1,368	0	14	$3,403,782
3rd	Dylan Weisman	1,345	3	13	$1,375,099
4th	David Coleman	1,336	4	12	$1,052,369
5th	Aram Zobian	1,131	2	11	$1,000,090
6th	Chris Hunichen	1,050	1	2	$5,235,701
7th	Chance Kornuth	1,041	0	4	$2,385,298
8th	Nick Schulman	1,035	1	9	$1,912,611
9th	Viktor Blom	1,000	0	3	$2,291,709
10th	Jesse Lonis	953	1	11	$1,149,706

These are the leaderboard standings as of Saturday, June 29, 2024. The complete and current PGT leaderboard is at pgt.com/leaderboard.

The next set of ARIA High Roller Series events run on July 1-2, with a $15,100 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha tournament on Monday, followed by a $5,100 Pot-Limit Omaha tournament on Tuesday. Following that from July 4-8 will be five $10,100 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em tournaments. Each event begins at 2 p.m. PT, with registration ending at approximately 6:30 p.m. PT. Players in the registration line by 2 p.m. PT will qualify for a fee discount on their first entry. Levels will be 30 minutes in duration with eight levels of registration and a break every four levels. Entering at the start of Level 9 will see players begin the 3,000/6,000 blind level with 125,000 in chips.

The PGT shot clock will be 20 seconds preflop and 30 seconds postflop. Time extensions will be distributed according to a player's entry point in the tournament; entering before the first break will yield players eight-time extensions while entering afterward will yield players with six-time extensions. Additional time extensions will be distributed to players in the money if the field exceeds 71 entrants (2-time extensions) or 85 entrants (3-time extensions). The final seven players will receive six (6) additional time extensions, and the final table redraw is also at seven players.

The ARIA High Roller Series is part of the 2024 PGT season with players earning PGT points based on the amount they cash for. The Top 40 eligible players, as ranked by the PGT leaderboard at the end of the season, will qualify for the season-ending PGT Championship $1,000,000 freeroll. Players who do not qualify for the PGT Championship will have additional opportunities throughout the year to win a Dream Pass into the PGT Championship Dream Seat Invitational, qualifying six players into the PGT Championship via a Dream Seat.

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