Curtis Muller Wins Event #7: Texas PLO Roundup High Roller #2: $5,100 Pot-Limit Omaha for $54,000

Curtis Muller defeated Arthur Morris heads-up to win event number seven, the Texas PLO Roundup High Roller #2: $5,100 Pot-Limit Omaha at Champions Club Texas for $54,000 in prize money and 54 PGT points.

This is Muller's third cash and first PGT title of the season, bringing his total live tournament earnings to more than $200,000 according to The Hendon Mob. 

The 20 player field generated a prize pool worth $100,000 and the top three players took home at least $16,000. The turbo structure drove the action and soon enough the field was whittled down to a seven-handed final table that included Jim Collopy, Anthony Hu, Ky Nguyen, Phu Vo, and Ravee Sundara.

Event number six winner, Adam Hendrix, along with PGT regular, Sean Troah, weren't able to go the distance this time around, but they'll have one more crack at it in the final high roller event on Sunday. 

Collopy led the way but fell to the near bottom of the chip counts early on when his run-down hand couldn't crack Nguyen's pocket aces, giving Nguyen the full double and the chip lead. Collopy would then find his exit in sixth place after moving his remaining chips all-in from the big blind and having his pocket kings cracked by Nguyen's pocket jacks.

Sundara and Vo were eliminated in seventh and fifth place, respectively, and Hu would exit on the bubble after Nguyen made a straight flush against Hu's pair and straight draw. 

Nguyen held a commanding lead over Morris and Muller at the start of three-handed play but lost big pots to both players early on and then, down to his last ten big blinds, moved all-in over the pot-sized flop bet of Muller with a pair and a flush draw to find himself in good shape against the smaller flush draw of Muller. However, Muller would find his straight outs to eliminate Nguyen in third place. This is Nguyen's second cash of the PGT season.

Muller started heads-up with nearly a five-to-one chip lead over Morris, but Morris would drag a few pots early on and then was able to double when his flopped set of kings turned into a rivered straight against the two pair of Muller. However, the tournament came to an end a few hands later after Morris raised the pot from the big blind against the button limp of Muller. The two players ended up all-in and Morris' open-ended straight draw couldn't improve against the top pair of Muller. 

At the season's end, the top 40 eligible players on the PGT leaderboard will qualify for the PGT Championship. The 2024 PGT Championship will be a $1,000,000 freeroll with a $500,000 first-place. Along with the top 40 eligible players, limited PGT Championship "Dream Seat” winners will be awarded through special events and promotions. Information on the Dream Seat promotions can be found here.

This tournament series is part of the PokerGO Tour (PGT), and players earn points based on the amount they cash in PGT-qualifying buy-ins of $3,000 or more. The full PGT schedule and current leaderboard can be found here.

Texas PLO Roundup $5,100 High Roller Results

With this win, Muller moves into 335 on the PGT leaderboard with 122 PGT points. Morris moves into 95th with 511 points, and Nguyen currently sits in 547th position with 66 PGT points. 

PGT Leaderboard Top 10 

These are the leaderboard standings as of Sunday, November 10, 2024. The complete and current PGT leaderboard is at pgt.com/leaderboard.

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