Sam Soverel Wins Record-Extending 16th PokerGO Tour Title
The four-time WSOP bracelet winner took down the $5,000 PLO Series opener for $122,850 and moved three titles ahead of Alex Foxen.
Sam Soverel opened the PokerGO Tour’s return from its post-summer break by winning the $5,000 pot-limit Omaha kickoff at the PGT PLO Series in Las Vegas. The victory was worth $122,850 from a $455,000 prize pool generated by 91 entries and gave Soverel a record-extending 16th PGT title.
The one-day event played at the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino, according to CardPlayer. Soverel now holds a three-title lead over Alex Foxen on the tour’s title leaderboard, after Foxen had tied Soverel’s then-record 13 titles with a $10,000 no-limit hold’em win in April, PokerNews reported.
Soverel’s latest title added 184 PGT points, pushing him into the top 20 of the season points race. He also collected 432 Card Player Player of the Year points, moving into that leaderboard’s top 200.
The result took Soverel’s recorded tournament earnings beyond $33.5 million. The four-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner ranked 36th on poker’s all-time money list at the time and was one of 44 players with more than $30 million in recorded cashes.
Thirteen players cashed in the tournament. John Riordan, the 2025 Super High Roller Bowl PLO champion, fell on the money bubble, while Josh Arieh finished 12th, Mike Zulker placed 10th and Joao Simao exited in eighth.
Soverel eliminated Michael Wang, who earned $18,200 in seventh, and Sean Winter, who collected $22,750 in sixth, after the remaining players moved to the main stage. John Dapkus knocked out Ariel Mantel in fifth for $31,850 and James Chen in fourth for $40,950, before Soverel eliminated Dapkus in third for $56,875.
Soverel began heads-up play against Jonas Kronwitter with 6.125 million chips. In the deciding hand, the chips went in on a 10♥-7♥-3♣ flop; the 5♠ turn and 7♣ river left Soverel’s pocket aces in front to close out the tournament. Kronwitter received $79,625 for second place and left the event with nearly $3.9 million in lifetime tournament cashes.
The PGT PLO Series runs through Oct. 3.
