The latest stop on the PokerGO Tour is taking place a little bit up the road from the typical host venue: the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino. The first event of the 2026 PGT PLO Series at Venetian Las Vegas drew 254 entries at $3,300 apiece, resulting in a prize pool of $762,000.
After two starting flights and two more days of combined-field action, it was Bruno Furth who emerged victorious with the title and the top prize of $150,000. The two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner topped a tough final table on his way to securing the trophies, concluding with a heads-up showdown against nine-time PGT champion Chino Rheem.
This triumph came just shy of 10 months after Furth took down the 2025 WSOP $5,000 pot-limit Omaha eight max event for $620,696. His first bracelet came in 2024, when he scooped the $1,500 pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better title for $265,361.
Furth earned 300 PGT points for his latest win, enough to give him the early lead in the series points race and move him into 25th place in the season-long standings. He also scored 612 Card Player Player of the Year points with this victory.
Thinning The Field
The top 40 finishers earned a piece of the prize money in this event, with notables like Andrew Lichtenberger (33rd), Dylan Linde (28th), Anthony Zinno (26th), Justin Young (24th), Maxx Coleman (20th), Qinghai Pan (17th), Cary Katz (13th), and Bryce Yockey (10th) all running deep.
The final day began with Furth out in front and Rheem hot on his heels. Brevin Andreadis began the day in the middle of the pack amongst the remaining seven contenders, but he soon lost almost all of his stack after effectively shoving the turn with the nut flush draw and a wrap against the pair of queens, lower flush draw, and low gutshot of Rheem. The river bricked out and Andreadis was left with less than a big blind in his stack. He was sent to the rail in seventh place ($26,500) shortly after that, with Furth making a set of sixes to win the pot.
Allan Le soon followed. The two-time bracelet winner got his short stack all-in preflop with K♠J♥9♠8♦ facing the A♥K♦10♦8♥ of Furth. The Q♥5♥4♠5♣4♣ runout improved neither player and Le settled for $35,000 as the sixth-place finisher.
Two-time bracelet winner John Riordan got the last of his stack in with A♦A♣9♥5♦ after a flop of 10♥4♣2♠. He was up against K♣Q♠Q♥4♠ for Brian Smith, and in solid shape to double. Things got dicier after the J♦ turn. The A♠ river improved Riordan to top set, but it also gave Smith an ace-high straight and the knockout. Riordan earned $45,000 for his fifth-place showing.
Three-Way All-In Helps Furth Bounce Back
Four-handed play continued for a bit, with Furth sliding to the bottom of the chip counts before kickstarting a comeback via the next key all-in confrontation. With blinds of 50,000-100,000 and a big blind ante of 100,000 Furth raised to 350,000 from the cutoff with A♥A♣J♠7♣. Eran Carmi shoved for 925,000 from the button with K♠K♣3♣2♥ and Rheem four-bet shoved from the big blind with A♠A♦Q♠9♦. Furth called and the board came down 5♣4♠3♦9♣J♣ to give Furth the nut flush and the pot. Carmi earned $58,000 as the fourth-place finisher, while Smith moved into the lead from the sidelines.
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Smith soon attempted a bluff with the nut flush blocker in his hand, but was unable to force Furth off of his made jack-high flush on the flop. Even though Smith slowed down later in the hand, the damage was done.
Smith soon became involved in another big clash, this time raising to 500,000 with A♣K♠J♠8♦ from the big blind after his two opponents had limped in. Rheem got out of the way, but Furth came along with 6♠5♣3♦2♠. The flop came down 10♣9♦6♣ and Furth led out, betting enough to put Smith all-in. The call was made for 825,000 and the turn brought the 5♠ to five Furth two pair. The river 3♣ changed nothing and Smith was eliminated in third place ($75,000).
Furth vs. Rheem For The Trophy
With that, Furth took 7,175,000 into heads-up play with Rheem, who had 3,000,000 to work with. Furth pulled away, only to have Rheem double up twice to keep the showdown going.
The chips were soon all-in again, though, and this time it was Furth who would come out on top. He held A♥J♦10♠10♦ against A♦J♠7♦4♠ for Rheem. The runout of 9♠9♦8♣5♣10♥ gave Furth tens full of nines for the win. Rheem earned $100,000 as the runner-up. The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure main event winner and three-time World Poker Tour champion now has nearly $19.5 million in career cashes to his name.
Rheem also climbed to sixth place in the PGT’s season-long standings and eighth on the POY leaderboard presented by CoinPoker. This was already his sixth final-table finish of 2026. His one title so far this year came in the kickoff event of the PGT Mixed Games festival.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | POY Points | PGT Points |
| 1 | Bruno Furth | $150,000 | 612 | 300 |
| 2 | Chino Rheem | $100,000 | 510 | 200 |
| 3 | Brian Smith | $75,000 | 408 | 150 |
| 4 | Eran Carmi | $58,000 | 306 | 116 |
| 5 | John Riordan | $45,000 | 255 | 90 |
| 6 | Allan Le | $35,000 | 204 | 70 |
| 7 | Brevin Andreadis | $26,500 | 153 | 53 |
Photo credits: PGT / Antonio Abrego.
