Sam Soverel wins PLO Poker Masters Event #7 for $340,000

After a final table full of action, British Poker Open winner Sam Soverel has triumphed in Event #7, the $25,000-entry PLO event at the 2019 Poker Masters in Las Vegas.

In the race for the Purple Jacket, Soverel looked way behind the leader going into the day, Chance Kornuth, who, after three runner-up finishes, was 330 points clear of the competition. However, with Soverel’s victory, he has drawn to within 70 points of the overall lead and will now fancy his chances of chasing down Chance to capture what would be an incredible high roller crown.

Anthony Zinno, who has enjoyed a roller coaster fortnight after exploding into life on the home straight of the World Series of Poker Europe, finishing fourth in the race for the Player of the Year title, finished fifth in this event. Zinno was outdrawn to a higher straight than his by Soverel, which started the latter’s ascent up the leaderboard.

With four players left, the Australian player Kahle Burns left the action. Burns was ahead pre-flop, but Soverel caught a pair of tens to leave his opponent drowned by the river. When George Wolff was eliminated in third place, his trips tens flushed on the turn by Sean Winter’s drawing hand of jack-nine-eight-seven, the action was down to heads-up.