Jim Collopy Wins PGT PLO Series $25k Championship

Jim Collopy came into day two of Event #10: $25,200 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship near the bottom of the chip stacks with thirteen players remaining, but got hot quickly as he ran his stack up to second in chips as the final table began before running away with it from there taking home $450,367 plus 288 PGT points and his second PGT title. 

With sixty entrants making their way into the PokerGO studio for the Championship event of the 2025 PGT PLO Series, nine players would find the money, meaning four of the players that started day two would go home empty-handed, as short stack Cary Katz would fall on the first few hands of the day. 

Stephen Chidwick and Dylan Linde would follow shortly thereafter, leaving two tables of five on the direct money bubble. The hand-for-hand dynamic meant that when Dylan Weisman flopped a set of sixes to eliminate Tyler Brown on one table and Jesse Lonis turned quads to eliminate Firas Kashat on the other table, both Brown and Kashat split ninth place money, taking home $22,500 in prize money and 14 PGT points. 

Collopy would then send the remaining players to the final table when he sent Artem Maksimov home in eighth place for $60,000 and 36 PGT points when his pocket kings held against Maksimov's pocket queens. As the final table began, Collopy would solidify himself at the top of the chip counts when he turned quad jacks to double to over three million against Christopher Frank. 

Collopy took a backseat to Weisman for the next elimination as Jeremy Ausmus and his turned set of tens were sent home in seventh place for $60,000 and 36 PGT points by Weisman's turned broadway straight to set the stage for the streamed portion of the final table. 

After losing a chunk by doubling up the short stack that was Lonis, Collopy would go on a rampage. He first sent Frank to the rail in sixth place for $82,500 plus the 50 PGT points when he flopped two pair and turned a full house. 

Kamel Mokhammad was the next player to fall in Collopy's line of sight as Mokhammad flopped top pair and a flush draw, which led Collopy's second pair and a straight draw. The turn bricked, but the river gave Collopy two pair, and Mokhammad missed his flush, hitting the payout desk in fifth place for $112,500 plus 68 PGT points. 

Following the elimination, Collopy would once again hand Lonis another double, leaving the door open for Weisman to step back in and send Lautaro Guerra to the rail in fourth place for $150,000 plus 90 PGT points when his ace-queen-six-five could not run down Weisman's pocket aces. 

Lonis, who moved to the top of the Player of the Series leaderboard with his cash in Event #10 and had proven to be a thorn in Collopy's side for much of the day, almost had a little more magic up his sleeve as he turned a pair of ten, leaving Collopy's flopped pair of nines in rough shape. But when the river fell a lowly five, Collopy found two pairs to send him home in third place for $210,000 plus 126 PGT points.  

Collopy held roughly a two-to-one chip lead to start the heads-up, and after he and Weisman agreed to a deal to chop the remaining prize money and play for $100,000, fireworks began on the first hand of the match. 

Weisman opened to 210,000, Collopy potted to 540,000, Weisman re-potted to 1,620,000, Collopy moved all in, and Weisman called for 4,445,000 tabling ace-ace-king-seven with nut clubs. Collopy tabled king-king-eight-eight double suited in hearts and diamonds, and was way behind. 

However, the final king in the deck hit the board on the flop, and when Weisman failed to find one of the two aces remaining in the deck, he collected his belongings and hit the rail in second place for $329,633 plus 180 PGT points.  

Event #10: $25,200 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship Payouts

Lonis in Front of Foxen for Player of Series Lead but Foxen Still Alive in Event #11

The third-place finish in Event #10 vaults Lonis to 662 points for his fifth cash, fourth final table, and fourth top-three finish of the series, giving him a 98-point lead on Alex Foxen for Player of the Series, but Foxen is still alive in Event #11: $5,100 Pot-Limit Omaha Bounty and with 105 points up top for the win Lonis still has a sweat to lock up player of the series. 

Event #11 has just reached the money, and Foxen has about an average stack. You can sweat the action in Event #11 here. 

2025 PGT PLO Series Leaderboard

Lonis Three Points Behind Daniel Negreanu for Fifth on Season Leaderboard

Not only does Lonis have a chance to lock up the Player of the Series for the 2025 PGT PLO, he also jumped from eighth to sixth on the season leader and now sits with 786 points, three points behind Daniel Negreanu for a spot in the top five. 

Nothing else changed at the top of the season leaderboard during Event #10, but Collopy's win means he moves from outside the top forty to 12th on the leaderboard with 487 points. 

Runner-up Weisman was also outside the top forty heading into Event #10 and now sits in 20th place with 342 points, and third-place finisher Guerra also moves into the top forty and now sits 27th with 314 points. 

For a look at the complete top 40 in the season standings, click here.

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