The PGT 2024 Super High Roller Series continued its run at the luxurious Merit Royal Diamond Hotel & Spa in Cyprus with the second event, a $25,750 No-Limit Hold’em (7-Max), crowning a winner in Quan Zhou. The Chinese pro topped a field of 39 entries and bested England’s Lewis Spencer in heads-up, claiming his first-ever PGT title and a hefty $316,000 first-place prize. This marked his third title of 2024 and took his live tournament earnings to more than $9,535,000. This was the eighth-largest career score for Zhou, with his best score coming in the 2023 Triton Monte Carlo $125K Main Event for his 5th place for $1,165,000. After the victory, he climbed to 4th place in China’s All-Time money list.
Seven players returned to the seven-handed final table of Event #2: $25,750 7-Max, but only six spots got paid out. Ben Heath led the final seven with 74 big blinds, far ahead of Quan Zhou. The action was a little slow and took nearly two hours for the first elimination coming in Aram Zobian, who started the final table as the shortest stack and fell to Felipe Ketzer, exiting the tournament empty handed.
Once the bubble burst, Lin emerged as the new chip leader and grew his advantage when Jeremy Ausmus shoved the ace-queen from the button and Lin called with pocket tens. The board ran out in favor of Lin, eliminating Ausmus in sixth place and giving Lin a massive chip lead. The next player to fall was Ketzer. The lone Brazilian pitted three-deuce against the king-eight of Zhou to exit in fifth place. Zhou continued his momentum and busted Benjamin Heath from the United Kingdom. Heath went all-in with queen-jack against Zhou’s ace-three. Zhou flopped two pairs to bust his opponent.
Zhou continued his dominance, busting Lin in third place. Ren Lin’s king-jack could not overcome Zhou’s ace-king. Zhou flopped top pair. The turn and river blanked out, ending Lin’s run in the event.
The heads-up lasted only two hands. On the final hand, Spencer shoved all-in holding pocket sixes against Zhou’s ace-deuce suited. The board brought an ace but no six for Spencer, ending his run in second place. Zhou collected the $316,000 first-place prize and the coveted PGT Gold Cup.
2024 Super High Roller Series Event #2 Results
| Place | Player | Prize Money |
| 1st | Quan Zhou | $316,000 |
| 2nd | Lewis Spencer | $220,000 |
| 3rd | Ren Lin | $158,000 |
| 4th | Benjamin Heath | $116,500 |
| 5th | Felipe Ketzer | $83,000 |
| 6th | Jeremy Ausmus | $62,000 |
Tunisia’s Maher Nouira Takes Down 2024 Super High Roller Series Event #3
The third event of the 2024 Super High Roller Series was the $25,750 buy-in no-limit hold’em event, which drew in 41 total entries, resulting in a prize pool of $1,004,500. Following two days of high-stakes action, Tunisia’s Maher Nouira emerged victorious to claim the top prize of $333,000 and his first PGT title. He eventually defeated the four-time WSOP bracelet winner Adrian Mateos. The Spanish superstar walked away with $231,000 for his runner-up finish in the tournament.
This win marks Nouira’s third-largest career score, with the biggest being a fourth-place finish in the 2024 Triton Montenegro $100K No-Limit Hold’em for $933,000. Nouira now has more than $3.5 million in live tournament earnings and is ranked first in Tunisia’s All-Time Money List.
Nouira faced stiff competition on the final table from Samuel Ju (6th – $65,000), two-time bracelet winner Daniel Dvoress (5th – $87,500), Yulian Bogdanov (4th – $122,000), and Jamil Wakil (3rd – $166,000). He eventually battled it with Adrian Mateos for the title.
The Spanish pro began heads-up with 1,135,000 to Nouira’s 7,070,000. He managed to close the gap, quickly doubling up with ace-king against seven-eight. After a back-and-forth battle, Mateos eventually lost after attempting a bluff against a straight to finish runner-up.Mateos pitted his 10s 4s against the 10c 9d of Nouira. The board ran out 8d Ac Js Qd 5c, giving Nouira the pot and the title.
2024 Super High Roller Series Event #3 Results
| Place | Player | Prize Money |
| 1 | Maher Nouira | $333,000 |
| 2 | Adrian Mateos | $231,000 |
| 3 | Jamil Wakil | $166,000 |
| 4 | Yulian Bogdanov | $122,000 |
| 5 | Daniel Dvoress | $87,500 |
| 6 | Samuel Ju | $65,000 |
Japan’s Masashi Oya Wins 2024 Super High Roller Series Event #4
The most recent victory at the 2024 Super High Roller Series came from Japan’s Masashi Oya, who topped a field of 30 entries and defeated Jeremy Ausmus in heads-up in Event #4: $51,500 No-Limit Hold’em (7-Max) to claim his second PGT title and massive $535,000. This was third-largest career score, surpassing his runner-up finish in the 2022 U.S. Poker Open $50k Main Event for $504,000. This was Oya’s second live title of 2024. His live career earnings now exceed $8.5 million and he is currently ranked first on Japan’s All-Time Money List.
The seven players returned for the final table but only five of them got paid out from the $1,470,000 prize pool. The first player to finish in the money was Canada’s Sorel Mizzi who shoved with queen-ten against Oya’s queen-jack. With no help from the board, Mizzi exited in fifth-place. He was followed by Austria’s Matthias Eibinger who shoved with queen-jack-suited against the king-queen-suited of Oya to exit in fourth place.
After the elimination of Spain’s Adrian Mateos in third, it came down to heads-up battle. Oya began with more than a 4:1 chip lead against Ausmus. Despite the odds, Ausmus quickly doubled with his ace-king against the ten-eight of Oya. Ausmus won a few more key pots and was able to move into the lead but lost his lead very soon.
The final hand saw Ausmus making a stand with pocket kings. Oya flopped two pairs with ace-six. After a series of bets on the flop A-8-6 and the turn 5, Ausmus shoved all-in and Oya called. The river was a blank, and Oya secured his second PGT title and a hefty $535,000 payday.
2024 Super High Roller Series Event #4 Results
| Place | Player | Prize Money |
| 1st | Masashi Oya | $535,000 |
| 2nd | Jeremy Ausmus | $231,000 |
| 3rd | Adrian Mateos | $166,000 |
| 4th | Matthias Eibinger | $122,000 |
| 5th | Sorel Mizzi | $87,500 |
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