Daniel Smiljkovic Wins Inaugural PGT Championship for $500000 in Las Vegas - PokerStake
Paul Seaton525 PostsJanuary 11 Overnight, the opening field of 54 players had been whittled down to just six survivors. Gone were poker legends such as Daniel Negreanu (42nd) and Phil Hellmuth (32nd), while others, such as Stephen Chidwick (24th), Erik Seidel (17th) and Sam Laskowitz (7th) all busted just outside the final six places – and the money – on a dramatic first day of action at the PokerGO Studio at ARIA. With six terrific players fighting to avoid becoming the first player out, it was perhaps the most decorated of them all who eventually became that unlucky victim. Four-time World Poker Tour Main Event winner Darren Elias was all-in with but in a three-way all-in was up against Smiljkovic’s and Artur Martirosian’s . Hoping for a chop with some added Martirosian chips on the side, Elias looked good for that outcome on the flop which ended chances of anyone getting a backdoor flush. The turn was fine too, but a two-outer river shattered Elias’ dreams and sent him back to the East Coast with a score of $40,000, perfectly acceptable, especially for a freeroll event, but some way short of the ‘half-milly’ he’d woken up dreaming of. WPT legend and poker star Darren Elias made the money in the PGT Championship but was first to leave the final table felt. ## World Champion Can’t Claim Second Crown With five left, Russian player Martirosian had doubled up to over 1.6 million chips, and while he was still some way behind Smiljkovic’s stack of 2.23 million, had made some ground up. Of the remaining five, Arden Cho was considerably shorter than the others, with only 540,000 chips. The Hollywood actress had less than half of anyone else’s stack but took some from the Russian player and soon, Martiroisan was at the bottom of the chipcounts again. Calling off his stack of 710,000 chips, Martirosian’s was flipping against the newest chip leader, Leon Sturm. The German held but the flop of vaulted Martirosian’s hand into the lead. The Russian only had to fade two outs twice but the on the turn immediately gave him cause to grimace and after the completed the river, he left wishing his friends good luck at the felt on his way to collecting $60,000 in fifth place. It wasn’t long before the podium places were reached and it as the current world champion, the 2023 WSOP Main Event winner Daniel Weinman, who missed out on the top three places. Weinman moved all-in with on the river of a board showing . Smiljkovic was the man with the decision to call Weinman or not, but the German held and while there were scary straight cards out there, ultimately decided correctly that his hand was too strong to fold, sending Weinman to the rail for $80,000. World Champion Daniel Weinman came oh so close to another major title in Las Vegas. ## Arden Undone by the Unsmiling Smiljkovic Three-handed was a rollercoaster ride and none of the remaining players seemed to want to get off for the longest time. All three led the way at different points, with Hollywood actress Arden Cho at one point holding 4.75 million of the 7 million chips in play. Her strength contributed to Sturm’s short stack and the German missed out on the heads-up, cashing for $120,000 in third place. Sturm shoved with but his ‘Texas Dolly’ hand was called by Smiljkovic holding and the board of paid off the leading German in the counts. That gave Sturm a well-earned cash of $120,000 and sent the event heads-up with $700,000 still to be won. Heads-up, Cho held the lead with 4.99 million, but Smiljkovic was still a big danger with 1,875,000 chips to his name. A big double-up came soon. Smiljkovic flopped trips and got it in on the turn, only needing to fade Cho’s open-ended straight draw, which he did to take a marginal lead. Cho retook the lead in a pot that didn’t go to showdown but soon the stacks were even again. Cho held a very slim lead when Smiljkovic’s hit gold on the flop and after a turn, his pot-sized bet of 500,000 was shoved on by Cho with and Smiljkovic’s quick call and the led to Cho saying “Oops!”. Down to just under two big blinds, Cho shoved in the next hand with and lost to the German’s , the board of ended the ‘Cho Show’ and proclaimed Daniel Smiljkovic the winner as the runner-up Cho claimed the biggest cash of her poker career to date. Smiljkovic, the runner-up a week earlier was finally a champion on PokerGO… and in the biggest tournament of the year so far! Watch all the action here on PokerGO’s free YouTube streaming of the final table with Remko Rinkema, Donnie Peters, Jeff Platt, Brent Hanks and Natalie Bode.
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