A PLO Champion Will Be Crowned Today! Cards in the Air for Day 2 at 3:00 p.m.!
Three opening flights and 212 entries have all come down to this Tuesday as 26 players return to Champions Club Texas to fight for the title in the $1,100 PLO Championship.
Along with the trophy, the winner takes home the bulk of the $204,580 prize pool in the form of a $50,730 payday.
Each of the returning players has locked up a min-cash of $1,520 but that five-figure score is what everyone will have their eye on when they take their seats at 3 p.m. CT.
PLO Championship Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $50,730 |
| 2 | $34,800 |
| 3 | $20,970 |
| 4 | $12,980 |
| 5 | $9,850 |
| 6 | $8,160 |
| 7 | $6,960 |
| 8 | $5,950 |
| 9 | $4,970 |
| 10 -12 | $4,300 |
| 13-15 | $3,680 |
| 16-18 | $3,070 |
| 19-21 | $2,450 |
| 22-24 | $1,890 |
| 25-26 | $1,520 |
Vladyslav Shovkovyi comes into the day with a monstrous chip lead after bagging 1,194,000 to top Day 1c.
While a win here would pale in comparison to his best score of $299,715 in a 2023 WPT Deepstack win, it would be his largest PLO score. As a matter of fact, according to The Hendon Mob, this is his very FIRST PLO cash ever!
Almost half a million chips behind him is Day 1a chip leader Ethan Bennett who returns with 700,000 and rounding out the top three is Nan Liu with 672,000.
Also in the mix is last year's champ, Jason Daly, who bagged up 213,000 and will definitely be looking for a title defense.
PLO Day 2 Top Ten Stacks
| Rank | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vladyslav Shovkovyi | 1,194,000 | 239 |
| 2 | Ethan Bennett | 700,000 | 140 |
| 3 | Nan Liu | 672,000 | 134 |
| 4 | Carl Masters | 562,000 | 112 |
| 5 | Karim Bevans | 554,000 | 111 |
| 6 | Joshua Barney | 464,000 | 93 |
| 7 | Jake White | 439,000 | 88 |
| 8 | He Feng | 417,000 | 83 |
| 9 | Kris Burchfield | 322,000 | 64 |
| 10 | Dejuante Alexander | 310,000 | 62 |
**Big Blinds are calculated for Level 14 at 5,000 BB**
Play will resume at 3 p.m. local time with just 0:03 remaining in Level 13. Blinds will be 2,000 / 4,000 with a 2,000 big blind ante and will immediately jump to 3,000 / 5,000 with a 2,000 big blind ante. The levels will also increase to 40 minutes in length once it hits Level 14.
Once the field is trimmed to the final nine players, following a quick photoshoot, the final table will resume under the lights of the Champions Club live stream.
PokerNews' coverage will be live throughout the day, but will follow the final table livestream delay to avoid spoilers. Stay with us for all the action until a champion is crowned here in Houston!