$1,100 PLO Championship
Day 2 Completed
2024 Champions Club Winter Poker Open
$1,100 PLO Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2024 Champions Club Winter Poker Open
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$192,035
Entries
199
Level
27
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
50,000
Entries
26
Players Left
1
Level 27
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 50,000 ante
It turned into a war of attrition, ending at nearly 4 a.m. local time, but Jason Daly outlasted Tuesday’s final 26 players from a total field of 199 to claim victory in the Champions Club Winter Poker Open $1,100 PLO Championship.
Daly completed his night with a heads-up win over runner-up Carson Wieland, when his flopped top pair held up against Wieland’s wrap. For the win, Daly claimed $41,635 and the champions’ trophy, while Wieland took home $35,070 for his second-place finish.
The duo agreed to flatten the top of the $192,035 prizepool once they got heads-up, leaving $5,000 and the trophy to play for. With the win, Daly’s impressive resume of career tournament earnings now sits just a hair under the $1,000,000 mark.
PLO Championship Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Daly | Friendswood, TX | $41,635 |
| 2 | Carson Wieland | Montgomery, TX | $35,070 |
| 3 | Ray Henson | Houston, TX | $17,680 |
| 4 | Thai Ha | Houston, TX | $11,970 |
| 5 | Danylo Turov | Houston, TX | $9,250 |
| 6 | George Abi-Zeid | Miller Place, NY | $7,860 |
| 7 | Sung Keem | Houston, TX | $6,600 |
| 8 | Kevin Kaylor | Houston, TX | $5,850 |
| 9 | Jason Fitzpatrick | Houston, TX | $4,800 |
Champion’s Reaction
The 5 p.m. local start time of Day 2 with 26 players left to get down to a winner promised a likely late night for whoever was to be the eventual champion. Daly said that even though the field he battled was tough, the comradery he felt with many of the players made the late night an enjoyable one.
“It was a good time. A lot of good guys, a lot of guys I know. Ray (Henson) is a great player and a nice guy, it was just fun, that made it not bad.”
While the $41,635 first prize isn’t the largest of Daly’s tremendously accomplished career, he said that this is still a very special title for him.
“I love it. It’s the first PLO tournament I’ve won, that’s my favorite game, it’s the one I play at home all the time, I don’t get to play it often, so yah, it felt good.”
Ha Builds Big for the Final Table
Daly, and every other player on Tuesday’s road to the final table went through Thai Ha, who took his start-of-day chip lead and consistently added to it with several notable pots along the way.
Early in the day, he eliminated David Shaw with a backdoor straight to trim the field to 18, then in one of the largest pots of the day to that point, he and Steven McKuin built a seven-figure pot that saw Ha eliminate the Day 1a chip leader with a baby flush.
Ha used his stack to continually apply pressure to his opponents, leading to him having nearly a two-to-one chip lead on his closest opponents as they began the final table.
One of those was Daly, who was still confident entering the final table despite having half the chips of Ha at the start of the final table.
“I felt like I was the best player at the final table to be honest. I had good reads on everybody, I felt like I was making the right plays. I’ve played with them all enough to know kind of where they were and I felt really good. I felt like I was in the zone today.”
Final Table Action
Once down to nine, it took about half an hour of play before the first elimination as Jason Fitzpatrick fell at the hands of Daly, who had begun his ascent to take over chip lead.
After Kevin Kaylor was ousted in eighth place, Ha won his first significant pot of the final table by eliminating Sung Keem in seventh.
It was then Daly’s turn again to score an elimination, busting George Abi-Zeid in a dramatic blind versus blind clash that made Daly the first player to top the three million chip mark.
At that point, Daly wouldn’t stay on top for long as he dropped a pair of pots to Wieland that brought him into the mix for the chip lead along with Ha. Henson and Danylo Turov were the notable short stacks during five-handed play.
Of that duo,it would be Turov who was the next one out as he fell to Wieland in a pot that gave Wieland the chip lead for the first time in the tournament.
Ha's run at the title fell short in fourth place after Wieland picked off a river bluff to drop the Monster Stack champion under a million chips for the first time since the start of the day. Ha was eliminated shortly after by Henson.
Three-handed, Henson, who had battled throughout the final table finally got himself into true contention, closing the gap on his two opponents by doubling through Wieland.
Henson’s hope was short-lived however, as Daly doubled through him soon after, then spiked a gutshot on the river to eliminate him.
That left Daly and Wieland to duel for the trophy and the first-place money.
After Daly took a sizeable lead on the first hand of heads-up play by slow playing trips that turned into a rivered full house, Wieland battled back to even the stacks again briefly.
Daly would persevere though, retaking a healthy lead which led to the final hand as his pair faded Wieland’s draws to take home the title.
This concludes PokerNews’ coverage of the PLO Championship here at Champions Club Texas. Stay with us though for our continuing coverage of the Winter Poker Open with the $1,000,000 guaranteed Main Event starting on Monday, February 12.
Level 27
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 50,000 ante
Carson Wieland raised to 325,000 with 10♠9♦7♦4♠ and Jason Daly called with Q♥J♠10♦7♠.
The flop came J♦8♣6♥ and after Daly checked his top pair and straight draw, Wieland bet his wrap to the tune of 750,000. Daly then moved all in and Wieland called for 2,410,000 total.
The turn was the 2♥, changing nothing, and the 3♦ fell on the river, leaving Daly's pair of jacks as the winner to eliminate Wieland and take home the championship.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,985,000
2,930,000
|
2,930,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 27
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 50,000 ante
Jason Daly raised to 300,000 and Carson Wieland three-bet to 1,000,000. Daly then moved all in and Wieland committed the rest of his 1,430,000 chips.
Carson Wieland: Q♦Q♣J♣4♠
Jason Daly: A♥4♥3♠3♦
Wieland was a three-to-two favorite, but when the board came 10♦9♦3♥, Daly now had the lead with bottom set.
Wieland was bailed out on the turn though by the K♣, giving him a straight to re-take the lead.
The river 8♦ changed nothing as Wieland doubled right back up after losing the previous significant hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,055,000
-1,280,000
|
-1,280,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,910,000
1,280,000
|
1,280,000 |
Level 27
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 50,000 ante
Carson Wieland raised to 240,000 with K♦7♠5♦4♠ and got called by Jason Daly with 9♠9♥6♥2♥.
The Q♥3♠2♣ flop gave Wieland an open-ended straight draw, but Daly's nines were still the best hand. Daly checked, and Wieland fired 350,000 with his draw which got called by Daly.
The best hand got better on the turn with the 9♦, giving Daly trips. Again he checked.
This time after some thought, Wieland opted to check and try to hit his draw.
It didn't come in though, instead pairing the board with the 3♥, giving Daly a full house. The trapping continued as he checked a final time.
With no pair, Wieland chose to bluff at it, betting 725,000. Daly of course raised the pot and Wieland quickly folded, as Daly took a massive lead heads-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,335,000
1,715,000
|
1,715,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,630,000
-1,670,000
|
-1,670,000 |
Level: 27
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 50,000
Level 26
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 40,000 ante
Jason Daly raised to 200,000 on the button with A♠Q♣9♣6♠ and got a call from Ray Henson in the big blind with J♠8♠8♥7♠.
Henson hit a dream flop of 8♦5♣2♠, giving him top set. He led out for 320,000 and Daly chose to make a move, raising all in for 870,000 effective.
Henson of course called, and Daly would need some very dramatic help to avoid doubling up Henson.
The 3♦ on the turn changed nothing, leaving Daly one pull at a seven to fill his gutshot.
The dealer obliged, placing the 7♣ on the river, ending Henson's day in third place after battling throughout the final table to give himself a chance at the win.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,620,000
1,350,000
|
1,350,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
3,300,000
-700,000
|
-700,000 |
|
Busted | |
Level 26
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 40,000 ante
After Ray Henson raised to 200,000 on the button, Jason Daly three-bet potted it to 720,000 in the small blind. Henson then moved all in and Daly called off for 1,575,000 effective to put himself at risk.
Jason Daly: A♠Q♣Q♦6♦
Ray Henson: A♥A♣9♥5♠
The flop came J♦9♦8♥, bringing Daly a flush draw. "GG" joked Daly, and without fail, the 4♦ rolled off on the turn for him to make his flush. The 10♦ added insult to injury as Daly scored a massive pot to leave Henson short again after he had just gotten back into the mix.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,000,000
1,170,000
|
1,170,000 |
|
|
3,270,000
660,000
|
660,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
715,000
-1,615,000
|
-1,615,000 |
Level 26
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 40,000 ante
Ray Henson raised to 200,000 on the button and got three-bet potted by Carson Wieland in the big blind to just over 700,000.
Henson moved all in for 925,000 total and Wieland called. The duo had very similar hands, but there were still five cards to come.
Ray Henson: A♥K♠J♣10♣
Carson Wieland: A♣K♦Q♦J♦
The flop came 9♠5♦4♥ which appeared to be a big nothing burger, but the turn 8♠ gave Henson a straight draw. Sure enough, it came in with the Q♥ on the river to give him an unlikely double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,830,000
-1,370,000
|
-1,370,000 |
|
|
2,330,000
1,175,000
|
1,175,000 |
Level: 26
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 40,000