A High-Stakes Triumph: Seth Davies Captures PGT Super High Roller Bowl Title

The poker world gathered for a thrilling showdown at the second-ever PokerGo Tour (PGT) Super High Roller Bowl: $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event, which concluded this past Saturday. In a stunning turn of events, Seth Davies overcame a challenging start to clinch the title, securing a substantial $1.5 million in prize money and marking his second SHRB title within just two months.

An Expanding Field

This year’s high-stakes PLO event saw an impressive turnout of 42 players, creating a prize pool of $4.2 million—a remarkable increase from the previous year, which featured 38 players and culminated in Jared Bleznick taking home the inaugural title. As the defending champion and the chip leader entering Day 3, Bleznick appeared poised to make a deep run again. However, his journey ended in fourth place, earning him $450,000, after some intense competition at the final table.

The Unlikely Champion

Ironically, Seth Davies began the final table as the short stack and faced a daunting uphill battle, losing nearly his entire stack at the outset. Yet, with a remarkable flair for resilience—matched only by the unpredictability of Pot-Limit Omaha—Davies rallied to not only survive but thrive. He eliminated Sean Winter in third place for $600,000, setting the stage for an exhilarating heads-up showdown against Artem Maksimov of Russia, who finished as the runner-up, taking home $900,000.

Reflecting on his remarkable comeback, Davies stated modestly in an interview with PokerGO’s Remko Rinkema, “I had two big blinds, not so much of that was skill. I just got really lucky over and over again.” His two-hour blitz at the final table was marked by winning hand after hand, reminding the poker community of the often unpredictable nature of PLO.

Rising Through the Ranks

Davies’ victory in this event adds to his remarkable poker resume, which already includes a victory at the Super High Roller Bowl Cyprus in August, where he took home $3.2 million. His recent tactical shift to focus on Pot-Limit Omaha, a game characterized by its complexity and demand for analytical reasoning, appears to be paying dividends. Earlier this year, he also triumphed in a PGT PLO $25,000 event for $522,000.

Notably, he humbly acknowledges that his time playing Omaha seriously spans only about a year. "Omaha itself is a really great poker game," Davies remarked. "I feel like it’s very much a poker player’s game. Everything kind of makes sense; it’s like a big logic puzzle."

The Elite Contenders

The final table of this year’s SHRB featured some of the most respected names in high-stakes poker, including Ben Tollerene, who recently won the PGT PLO Championship and finished in seventh place for $170,000, and Josh Arieh, a six-time bracelet winner who claimed fifth place, earning $330,000. Each competitor brought their unique strategies and styles to the game but ultimately succumbed to the fierce competition displayed by Davies.

The PGT Leaderboard Landscape

With this latest victory, Seth Davies moves into a prominent position on the PGT leaderboard, now standing third, behind only prominent players Daniel Negreanu and Jeremy Ausmus, who narrowly missed cashing in this high roller event. The current leaderboard reflects the heights of professional poker achievements and the ongoing shifts in player rankings that can occur with each high-stakes event.

PGT Leaderboard Top 10

Seth Davies’ inspiring comeback and impressive performance at the PGT Super High Roller Bowl: $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha is a testament to the skill and unpredictability that make poker an endlessly captivating game. With the stakes continually rising and the competition intensifying, fans and players alike keenly anticipate what the next high-stakes showdown will bring.