Dylan Weisman Wins PGT Kickoff 2024 Event #2 for $121,500

Dylan Weisman dominated the PGT Kickoff Event #2 Final Table, eliminating five of his six opponents en route to his taking it down for $121,500.

Weisman began the final table second in chips and pulled ahead early on, winning a few small pots. During this point, Victoria Livschitz fell in seventh place. Perhaps the hand that jumpstarted Weisman's run was when he shoved the river against Sergei Kislinskii, which the live stream showed to be a bluff with six-five offsuit on a board showing a full house. Kislinskii laid down pocket tens, surrendering the pot to Weisman. From there, everything went Weisman's way as he eliminated each remaining player.

Jesse Lonis fell in sixth place after Weisman limped in from the small blind. Lonis raised from the big blind, Weisman reraised all in with his chip-leading stack and Lonis called with ace-ten suited, leading Weisman's king-queen offsuit. Both paired on the flop, but Weisman made a winning two pair on the river to send Lonis out in sixth place.

Next to exit was Event #1 winner David Coleman, making his stand with with ace-jack suited against Weisman's pocket tens. Weisman flopped a set, turned a full house, and faded Coleman's remaining outs to eliminate him in fifth place. Coleman, though, is on top of the PGT leaderboard with his two final-table finishes so far.

Matthew McEwan was the next to go, getting his chips in with ace-king against Weisman's pocket nines. Weisman instantly flopped nines full and held up to eliminate McEwan in fourth place.

With Weisman applying pressure and accumulating chips against his two remaining short-stacked opponents, Jeremy Becker ultimately busted in third place. Becker committed his final 10 big blinds with king-six offsuit and Weisman looked him up with queen-nine offsuit. A river queen came for Weisman and ended Becker's final table in third place.

With more than an 8-to-1 chip lead to begin heads-play, it didn't take long for Weisman to close it out and eliminate Kislinskii. It was more than likey going to be a chop as Weisman held king-four offsuit against Kislinskii's king-three offsuit, but it continued to be Weisman's final table as two fours found the flop. No miracle runout came for Kislinskii and he was out in second place.

Event #2: $5,100 No-Limit Hold'em Payouts

Place	Player	Country	Payout	PGT Points
1	Dylan Weisman	United States	$121,500	243
2	Sergei Kislinskii	Russia	$78,750	158
3	Jeremy Becker	United States	$56,250	113
4	Matthew McEwan	United States	$40,500	81
5	David Coleman	United States	$31,500	63
6	Jesse Lonis	United States	$22,500	45
7	Victoria Livschitz	United States	$18,000	36
8	Sean Winter	United States	$18,000	36
9	Lewis Spencer	United Kingdom	$13,500	27
10	Jeremy Ausmus	United States	$13,500	27
11	Joao Simao	Brazil	$13,500	27
12	Jared Bleznick	United States	$11,250	23
13	Adam Walton	United States	$11,250	23

Here is a look at the PGT leaderboard through the completion of Event #2.

PGT Leaderboard

Rank	Player	PGT Points
1st	David Coleman	303
2nd	Dylan Weisman	243
3rd	Sergei Kislinskii	158
4th	Aram Zobian	156
5th	Jeremy Becker	113
6th	Stephen Chidwick	111
7th	Jeremy Ausmus	107
8th	Matthew McEwan	81
9th	Nikita Kalinin	62
10th	Lewis Spencer	49

Leaderboard standings as of Saturday, January 13, 2024. See the complete and current PGT leaderboard at pgt.com/leaderboard.

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