China’s Quan Zhou took a step closer to the magic $10million tournament winnings milestone with a $316,000 scoop of the second $25k Super High Roller at the PokerGO Tour in North Cyprus.
Event #2 of the six-tournament series, a $25,750 NLH (7-Max), saw the exact same number of entries as its 8-max predecessor event #1, with 39 players ponying up the $25k for a bit of practice before the buy-ins rise through $50k and $100k to the series weekend finale – the $300k Super High Roller Bowl.
Again, there would be only six paid spots, and for the seven who returned for the final table today that meant one leaving empty-handed.
It would take almost two hours of play for the bubble to burst and it was Aram Zobian who finally had to settle for a deep run but no payday…
Aram Zobian finds himself at risk again on the bubble.
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With $62k now locked up, Jeremy Ausmus – coincidentally one spot ahead of Zobian in the overall PGT leaderboard – found himself called out. It was hardly a button steal, but Ausmus was still behind when Ren Lin produced pocket 10s in the small blind…
Ausmus: A♦ Q♠
Lin: 10♠ 10♦
Flop: K♠ 7♦ 4♣
Turn: 2♦
River: 3♠
That was great news for Brazil’s Felipe Ketzer and England’s Lewis Spencer, the two short stacks laddering up by almost another buy-in.
Although Ketzer soon bowed out in 5th spot and an $83k cash, it was far from over for the Englishman. Spencer proceeded to crack Zhou’s kings with queens…
"KING GAGA" – Ren Lin 😂
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Zhou retaliated against the other Englishman, flopping two pair to send Ben Heath tumbling out in 4th place for $116,500, leaving Lin, Spencer and Zhou three-handed.
The two Chinese players clashed in a remarkable hand, all the chips going in on the coolest of cooler flops…
Zhou: A♦ J♠
Lin: 8♥ 9♥
Flop: Q♥ K♥ 10♥
…and there was to be no reprieve on the runout…
Turn: 9♠
River: 7♦
Zhou fought back, though, and was eventually ousted by Zhou, who held a slender lead over Spencer as heads-up commenced.
It didn’t take long for that battle to come to a head…
Heads-up play only lasted two hands at the final table of Event #2: 25,750 NLH at the Super High Roller Series with $316,000 on the line 🤯 pic.twitter.com/MBydt5pb91
— PokerGO (@PokerGO) August 19, 2024
That gave Quan Zhou his maiden PGT title, the $316,000 first-place prize, 190 PGT points, and a PGT Gold Cup. His lifetime tournament earnings of $9,535,000 places him fifth on China’s All-Time Money List.
2024 Super High Roller Series Event #2 Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize Money | PGT Points |
| 1st | Quan Zhou | China | $316,000 | 190 |
| 2nd | Lewis Spencer | UK | $220,000 | 132 |
| 3rd | Ren Lin | China | $158,000 | 95 |
| 4th | Benjamin Heath | UK | $116,500 | 70 |
| 5th | Felipe Ketzer | Brazil | $83,000 | 50 |
| 6th | Jeremy Ausmus | USA | $62,000 | 37 |
Meanwhile, Event #3: $25,750 No-Limit Hold’em (6-Max) is underway, the final table set for Tuesday, when Event #4: $51,500 No-Limit Hold’em (7-Max) will kick off.
Wednesday will see the start of Event #5: $102,000 No-Limit Hold’em, the PGT North Cyprus stop’s Main Event, with Event #6: $25,750 No-Limit Hold’em Mystery Bounty on Thursday.
Then comes the biggest tournament of all – certainly according to buy-in – the $306,000 buy-in Super High Roller Bowl IX on Friday. We’ll be bringing you all the best of the results and action from Kyrenia so be sure to check in regularly!
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