Las Vegas, NV — PokerGO Studio, ARIA Resort & Casino. The 2025 PGT PLO Series II closed with a statement finish. Chino Rheem outlasted a 68-entry field in PGT PLO Series II Event #10: $25,200 Pot Limit Omaha Championship, banking $510,000, 306 PGT points, the trophy, and enough points to clinch the PGT PLO Series II Gold Cup and a $10,000 PGT Passport. With this result, Rheem became the first player in PGT history to win three separate PGT series titles.
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Event Facts
- Event: PGT PLO Series II Event #10: $25,200 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
- Entrants: 68
- Buy-in: $25,200
- Prize Pool: $1,700,000
- Places Paid: 10
- Venue: PokerGO Studio at ARIA, Las Vegas
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The final table action
6th: Jason Mercier — $94,000
- Preflop: Rheem opens button 125k; Mercier calls SB; Simão 3‑bets BB to 500k. Rheem folds; Mercier calls.
- Flop: 8♣ 4♦ 2♠ — Mercier checks. Simão pots, Mercier calls all‑in for 880k effective.
- Hands: Mercier J♣ T♦ 9♣ 8♦ (top pair, backdoors) vs. Simão A♥ K♥ T♣ 6♠ (overcards + backdoors).
- Runout: Turn K♠, River 7♦ — the king on the turn gives Simão top pair; he holds to score the first knockout.
5th: Artem Maksimov — $127,000
- Preflop: Maksimov opens CO 175k; Rheem defends BB.
- Flop: A♥ T♦ 9♦ — Rheem checks; Maksimov 225k, Rheem pots to 1.1M (covering); Maksimov calls.
- Hands: Maksimov K♦ J♠ T♣ 8♦ (pair + straight draw + second‑nut diamonds) vs. Rheem A♦ 7♣ 5♦ 4♠ (top pair + nut diamond draw + backdoors).
- Runout: 9♠, 5♠ — board pairs then bricks diamonds; Rheem’s ace‑pair plus live redraws dominate and hold.
4th: Sam Soverel — $170,000
- Preflop: Simão limps button; Soverel checks BB.
- Flop: 4♦ 4♣ 2♦ — checks through.
- Turn: 6♠ — Soverel checks; Simão 60k, Soverel calls.
- River: A♦ — Soverel checks; Simão shoves, Soverel tanks through two timebanks and calls off 155k with K♦ J♣ 7♣ 5♥ (king‑high).
- Simão shows: 8♦ 7♥ 5♠ 4♠ — trip fours.
3rd: João Simão — $230,000
- Preflop: Simão opens button 210k; Haxton 3‑bets SB to 600k; Simão calls.
- Flop: A♦ K♥ J♥ — Haxton pots, Simão calls all‑in for 975k effective.
- Hands: Simão A♣ J♠ J♣ 4♥ (set of jacks) vs. Haxton K♠ K♣ 7♠ 2♦ (set of kings).
- Runout: Q♥, K♦ — which gives Haxton Quads.
Heads-up: Chino Rheem vs Isaac Haxton
Chino Rheem began heads-up versus Isaac Haxton with roughly a 1.5:1 lead. A few hands in, Isaac Haxton raised the button, and Chino Rheem defended. On 6♠‑5♠‑2♦, Chino Rheem check-raised; on the 3♠ turn he check-called; on the river he checked, Isaac Haxton bet nearly all-in, Chino Rheem shoved, Isaac Haxton folded, and Chino Rheem tabled a flush—leaving Isaac Haxton with a single 5,000 chip.
The next hand, Isaac Haxton was forced in with A♦ Q♠ Q♥ 9♥ versus Chino Rheem’s A♠ 6♠ 6♦ 4♦. The runout gave Chino Rheem a six-high straight and the title in the PGT PLO Series II Event #10: $25,200 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship.
Event #10: $25,200 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship — Final Table Payouts
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About Chino Rheem
- Three-time WPT champion. Rheem owns three World Poker Tour titles: the 2008 Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic, the 2013 WPT World Championship, and the 2016 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Finale.
- WSOP Main Event final table. Rheem finished 7th in the 2008 WSOP Main Event for a career-best $1,772,650.
- PCA champion. In 2019, he won the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event for $1,567,100.
- PGT résumé. As of the series conclusion, PGT lists Rheem with eight PGT titles, 37 final tables, and 61 cashes; he also became the only player with three PGT series wins (PGT Mixed Games in 2023 and 2025, plus this PGT PLO Series II).
- Lifetime earnings. The Hendon Mob pegs Rheem’s lifetime tournament earnings at more than $18.2 million, placing him inside the top 100 on the all-time money list.
Series wrap and leaderboard context
The PGT PLO Series II ran Oct. 14–25 with 10 events, capped by the PGT PLO Series II Event #10: $25,200 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship. Rheem’s finale win, paired with a week of deep runs, secured the PGT PLO Series II title. The PGT’s post-series report confirms Rheem’s Gold Cup and $10,000 Passport, with Sam Soverel also surging to third on the overall PGT leaderboard and Isaac Haxton and Joao Simao consolidating strong season totals. PokerGO Tour
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