Daniel ‘Kid Poker’ Negreanu and Chino Rheem both booked wins in the PokerGO Tour’s PLO Series this past weekend as PokerStake players continued to play for glory in Las Vegas, Nevada at the PokerGO Studio at ARIA on the Sin City Strip. With Events #3 and #4 of the 2025 PGT PLO Series featuring some of the best four card players in the game, we’ve got the weekend’s news from the purple felt.

Final $5,000 Event Fills Up

The $5,100-entry Pot Limit Omaha Event #3 came to a head on Friday as Daniel Negreanu took the title and $182,850 top prize. There were 159 entries, with a prizepool $795,000 as a result and 23 players made the money. The last player not to cash was the Colombian Farid Jattin, who finished in 24^th place when his pocket queens were outranked by Sergio Bernal’s pocket aces.

Once inside the money places, perennial PokerStake player and six-time WSOP champion Josh Arieh banked another cash, winning $7,950 in 19^th place after his flopped flush was overtaken by Bryce Yockey’s runner-runner full house, with tens landing on turn and river to send Arieh home beaten but in profit.

Another long-time PokerStake player, Chino Rheem, cashed soon after in 17^th place for $11,925, losing to Isaac Kempton’s aces in the hole to miss the final table action. Rheem’s time would come in the very next event, but others made a sprint for the final table, some stumbling, some gaining more traction with each step.

Conquerors became the conquered as Bernal (13^th for 15,900) and Kempton (12^th for $19,875) both left before the end of the penultimate day, as Dylan Weisman went into the final day as one of the short stacks, with Daniel Negreanu flying high.

Kid Poker Gets the Job Done

When six reconvened on the final day, Negreanu had the chip lead with 5,175,000 chips, with James Chen the lowest stack on 1.25 million. Pretty soon after the action got underway, Dylan Weisman doubled up his own short stack to a much better 2.85 million, top pair and kicker on the flop improving to a flush in hearts on the river at Yockey’s expense.

With James Chen doubling up too, Bryce Yockey eventually fell to short stack and he proved unable to bounce back off the canvas as his tablemates had done previously. All-in pre-flop, Yockey initially flopped behind his opponent in the hand, Eric Blair, who held two pair. Yockey had straight and flush draws, though and had both turn and river to attempt to hit them. Sadly for him, they both came blank and Yockey made his exit in sixth place for $39,750.

Soon, five became four as it all went wrong for Xiaoxiao Song. Song and his opponent in his final hand, James Chen, both had an eight in their hand, which met with two more by the turn of a board showing which was when the money went in. However, while both men had turned trips, Chen rivered a full house when a jack landed to pair the one in his hand, sending Song home with $47,700.

Four-handed play lasted almost no time at all, with Eric Blair the unfortunate victim of Chen again. Blair had pocket jacks in the hole and they remained ahead of Chen’s more speculative hand of after the seven-high flop. A six on the turn gave both players the chance of a straight but an eight on the river gave Chen the high straight and once again he took out a rival, with Blair heading home in fourth place with $59,625.

Three players remained, with Chen holding double Negreanu’s stack as a new chip leader. Dylan Weisman was short stack and he soon lost those chips, running kings into aces as Chen claimed yet another victim at the final table he was dominating. Weisman departed with $79,500, and Chen had a huge lead, with five times the chips of Daniel Negreanu.

If Kid Poker was an outsider, the heads-up battle didn’t reflect it at all, as the Canadian battled back, doubling up with the best hand twice in a row to lead. Both men held the lead at separate points, but Negreanu had the lead when he had the best hand pre-flop with kings, and Chen called off his stack with queen. A king on the turn ended the hand and the event as Negreanu hit an unassailable set, relegating Chen to the position of runner-up for $115,275, as Negreanu himself claimed $182,850 and his 11^th PokerGO title.

PokerGO Tour 2025 PLO Series $5,100 Event #3 Final Table Results:
Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Daniel Negreanu	Canada	$182,850
2nd	James Chen	United States	$115,275
3rd	Dylan Weisman	United States	$79,500
4th	Eric Blair	United States	$59,625
5th	Xiaoxiao Song	United States	$47,700
6th	Bryce Yockey	United States	$39,750

Rheem Gets His Revenge

In Event #4, the stakes were even higher, with the $5,100 entry fee from Events #1 through #3 raised to a $10,100 buy-in. A total of 118 entrants were whittled down to 17 in-the-money players, which included deep runs for Taylor Wilson (17^th for $17,700), Nick Schulman (14^th for $23,600), Dylan Linde (10^th for $35,400) Sean Winter, who came eight for a score of $47,200.

The final table was led by Ben Tollerene with over 4 million chips and soon that number was nearly doubled due to a big showdown between the American and British player Richard Gryko. The latter was at risk with but had the edge pre-flop against Tollerene’s . That was until two threes came, and the British player couldn’t catch up, leaving in sixth place for $59,000.

Further bust-outs came for Michael Duek (5^th for $76,700), Arthur Morris (4^th for $100,300) and Allan Le (3^rd for $129,800) as Tollerene came storming back to lead with two remaining, his 8.92m chips dominating Chino Rheem’s stack of 5.77m. The lead was increased further when Tollerene forced a fold, meaning he had three times Rheem’s stack but Chino came charging back, regaining parity before a swingy period saw both men hold the edge.

Chino was winning the war when he got it in good with a set of eights. Tollerene hit a flush on the turn to overtake the eventual winner, but the deed was done when a river paired the board and gave Chino the winning full house.

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PokerGO Tour 2025 PLO Series $10,100 Event #4 Final Table Results:
Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Chino Rheem	United States	$295,000
2nd	Ben Tollerene	United States	$182,900
3rd	Allan Le	United States	$129,800
4th	Arthur Morris	United States	$100,300
5th	Michael Duek	Argentina	$76,700
6th	Richard Gryko	United Kingdom	$59,000

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