Michael Wang, Jordan Glazer Win PGT PLO Trophies At Venetian

As the PGT Pot-Limit Omaha Series at Venetian Las Vegas approaches its climax, some familiar faces have added to their trophy cases. Michael Wang claimed his fourth career PGT title and a healthy number of mystery bounties, while Jordan Glazer earned a second lifetime PGT trophy with a win in a standard PLO event.

Jeremy Ausmus continued his impressive series with two more final tables, making it four in a row with one victory along the way. James Chen, John Riordan, and Chino Rheem also made multiple final table runs over the course of the last week.

On the eve of the $10,100 buy-in, $500,000 guaranteed championship event, here’s a look at the most recent events to wrap up.

Glazer Gets Another

Glazer was on the precipice of letting a PGT trophy slip away. He battled Jason Funke heads up for almost two hours, and his outlook was bleak at several different points in the match. Ultimately, Glazer broke through, though, coming from behind to capture the title in event no. 4, a $5,300 PLO tournament.

Glazer won $84,000 after outlasting a field of 48 entrants. The Miami native’s first career PGT title came at Resorts World back in November, when he won a $10,200 no-limit hold’em bounty event at the PokerStars North American Poker Tour Las Vegas festival.

It was a wide-open race when the field first reached its final table of seven. Ausmus held the chip lead, but the counts were tight. Glazer, Funke, and LaDarren Banks were all within a hair of the top stack.

Funke picked up the first two eliminations at the final table to pull out ahead. He made kings and nines to knock out Zachary Schwartz in seventh ($9,600), and Funke’s A♦A♣Q♣3♦ held against Brevin Andreadis’ K♠K♦J♥6♦ to put Andreadis out in sixth ($14,400).

Closing It Out

Ausmus soon ran into a cooler, losing his stack to Banks when he flopped a middle set of sixes against Banks’ top set of jacks. His third final table in as many days ended in fifth place ($19,200). Chen’s chips went in with an open-ended straight draw, which failed to catch up to Funke’s two pair, sevens and fives, ending Chen’s run in fourth place ($25,200).

Glazer then flopped a set of deuces and had Banks’ A♣A♥Q♦9♠ drawing dead after a 2♣ turn. Banks earned $34,800 for his strong showing in this event.

Funke and Glazer traded the chip lead multiple times, but the tournament swung in Glazer’s favor in the end. Funke got all in on an A♦K♥3♠ flop with A♠9♠8♠7♦, and Glazer called with J♠10♦5♥4♥. While Glazer was hunting for one of his two gutshot straight draws, or backdoor flush draw, the 10♣ turn and 4♠ river ultimately gave him a winning two pair instead to bring the event to a close. Funke was awarded $52,800 as the runner-up.

$5,300 Pot-Limit Omaha – Final Table Results

Wang Crushes Bounties On Way To Title

If you wanted to map out the ideal outcome of a mystery bounty tournament, you’d certainly have to look at Wang’s results in event no. 5 of the PGT PLO Series. The $5,300 mystery bounty PLO tournament saw Wang pick up four of the eight bounties in play, including the three biggest prizes.

Wang’s $45,150 first-place prize was exceeded by his bounty claims of $30,000, $20,000, $15,000, and $2,000, for a total of $67,000. That pushed Wang’s total prize for this victory, his fourth career PGT title, to $112,150. Wang’s PGT qualifying victories have come at four different venues, with a Stairway to Millions win, a Wynn Millions high roller, and a WSOP bracelet along the way (he is a three-time bracelet winner, with only one overlapping with the PGT). His total career PGT earnings now sit at $7,443,422.

This victory for Wang culminated in a heads-up battle with Riordan, the 2025 Super High Roller Bowl PLO champion. It was the culmination of a tremendous comeback, with Wang coming into the final table as one of five short stacks staring up at Riordan’s chip lead.

That lead only grew with Riordan’s elimination of Chen. With Chen all in from the big blind, both Riordan and Philip Shing got to the river of an A♣Q♦2♠J♣5♦ board. Shing showed pocket kings and a busted club flush draw, while Riordan tabled Q♣J♦9♥4♦ for two pair, queens and jacks. Chen’s single pair of aces was no good, and Chen, at his second consecutive PLO final table, went out in seventh ($5,160).

Riordan handed out a few double-ups to the short stacks, but Ausmus’ number was the next to be called. Ausmus’ hand, A♣A♠J♦3♣, was ahead on a 9♦3♠2♠ flop, but Riordan’s J♠10♠10♥3♠ had outs. The 5♠ turn made Riordan’s flush, and Ausmus’ fourth final table in as many days ended in a sixth-place finish ($7,740).

The Comeback

Riordan added his third and final bounty of the tournament at the expense of Rheem. The chips went in preflop, with Rheem’s A♣K♣Q♣J♦ up against Riordan’s A♦K♠2♣2♠. Rheem had the lead by the turn of an 8♣8♦4♠Q♦ board, but the 8♥ river nullified Rheem’s pair of queens and gave Riordan a winning full house. Rheem earned $10,320 as the fifth-place finisher.

That’s when the tournament started to turn in a different direction. After Riordan opened for a raise, Qinghai Pan three-bet all in, and Wang four-bet all in for a little bit more. Riordan called, hunting two bounties and an overwhelming chip lead.

Riordan: K♥10♠4♣3♣ Wang: A♠9♦8♠7♦ Pan: A♥Q♣10♦3♥

The board ran out Q♠9♠5♦8♦J♠, giving Wang an ace-high spade flush, a critical pot, and a $15,000 bounty. Pan earned $13,545 as the fourth-place finisher, as well as $2,000 in bounties.

Wang’s lead grew significantly larger in another three-way pot. After Riordan opened, Shing three-bet, Wang four-bet, Riordan called, and Shing went all in for a little more than one additional big blind. Both Wang and Riordan called to see a Q♥5♥5♠ flop, and Wang bet Riordan out.

Wang was behind with A♣J♣J♥8♥, but his flush draw was live against Shing’s A♦A♠10♠4♠. The 4♥ turn made Wang’s heart flush and delivered the $30,000 top bounty prize in the process. Shing secured $18,705 as the third-place finisher.

Riordan fought back and even managed a double during heads-up play, but Wang never ceded the chip lead. In the final hand. Riordan’s chips were in the middle on a Q♠9♥6♣7♦ board, and he had K♥K♣J♣J♠. Wang had turned two pair with 10♣9♠7♥5♣, and held on the 4♠ river. He got to pull two bounties, Riordan’s and his own, worth another $20,000 and $2,000. Riordan walked with $28,380 and $17,000 in total bounty payouts.

$5,300 Pot-Limit Omaha Mystery Bounty – Final Table Results

Photo credits: PGT / Antonio Abrego.