Lawrence Chang is the winner of the first-ever PokerGO Tour (PGT) Texas PLO Roundup Main Event. Chang topped a field of 474 entries in the $3,300 buy-in event to win a career-best $300,000.
The tournament took place at Champions Club Texas in Houston, The $3,300 Main Event’s guaranteed $1,000,000 prize pool was surpassed with the tremendous turnout, pushing the prize pool to $1,422,000. The top 55 players reached the money, but no one proved tougher than Chang. Chang entered the final day of play with the chip lead and successfully maneuvered his way to the winner’s circle, bettering Andrew Ige in heads-up play to take the title.
Final Table Results:
Entries: 474
Prize Pool: $1,422,000
1st: Lawrence Chang – $300,000
2nd: Andrew Ige: $200,000
3rd: Senovio Ramirez – $120,000
4th: Sterling Savill – $80,000
5th: Kyle Arora – $60,000
6th: Sean Rafael – $51,000
7th: LaDarren Banks – $43,000
On the way to heads-up play, it was Ige who did much of the heavy lifting at the final table. He knocked out LaDarren Banks in seventh place, Kyle Arora in fifth place, Sterling Savill in fourth place, and Senovio Ramirez in third place.
When heads-up play began between Chang and Ige, it was Ige with about a 2-to-1 chip lead. The two volleyed the lead back and forth in what proved to be a very swingy match. Eventually, the money went in on what would be the final hand.
Both players turned a straight and each had a flush draw to go along with the made hand. Ige had the higher straight, but he needed to fade hearts. Thanks to the ace of hearts on the river, Chang’s flush draw came home. The two were close in chips, and the final count confirmed that Chang did in fact have the larger stack and was able to secure the victory.
Outside of the final table, notable finishes by Stephanie Chung (11th – $29,000), Arthur Morris (15th – $18,000), Anthony Hu (18th – $14,000), Ben Ludlow (24th – $11,000), Ren Lin (26th – $11,000), Martin Zamani (32nd – $9,000), Josh Arieh (41st – $7,500), Alex Livingston (44th – $6,500), Jim Collopy (45th – $6,500), and Matthew Wantman (47th – $6,500).
The 2024 PGT Texas PLO Roundup Main Event was streamed live on PokerGO. You can watch it on demand here:
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