Onyx HR Series ends with two more millionaire titles in PLO; check

Over the past few days, high-stakes players gathered at Merit Casino in Cyprus to compete in the Onyx HR Series. After holding a series of Hold’em tournaments, the festival concluded with Omaha events. Spain’s Cesar Garcia and the Netherlands’ Nino Pansier took home the last two titles.

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Cesar Garcia became the champion of the PLO Grand Slam, with a buy-in of US$50,000. After starting the final table with a significant chip advantage, the WSOP bracelet winner skillfully applied pressure to secure the victory, defeating Wales’ Pugh-Jones in heads-up play and pocketing US$1.2 million.

Check out the final standings of the PLO Grand Slam:

1. Cesar Garcia (Spain) – US$1,200,000
2. Gruffudd Pugh-Jones (Wales) – US$840,000
3. Filip Aleksic (Austria) – US$555,000
4. Sean Rafael (USA) – US$430,000
5. Nino Pansier (Netherlands) – US$340,000
6. Danielle Noja (Australia) – US$265,000
7. Espen Myrmo (Norway) – US$210,000

Days later, this Friday (13th), the Onyx HR Series closed its schedule with a bang by crowning the champion of the PLO Main Event, with a US$25,000 buy-in. Nino Pansier, who had already placed fifth at the PLO Grand Slam final table, completed the job this time, becoming champion and earning US$1,125,000.

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With this result alone, Pansier has practically matched the sum of all his other career live poker winnings. According to Hendon Mob, the Dutchman had earned US$1.3 million in payouts up to the moment of his title. In heads-up play, he defeated Germany’s Justin Steinbrenner, in a final table that also featured players of the caliber of Artur Martirosian and Lautaro Guerra.

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See how the PLO Main Event finished:

1. Nino Pansier (Netherlands) – US$1,125,000
2. Justin Steinbrenner (Germany) – US$710,000
3. Youness Barakat (Italy) – US$483,000
4. Espen Sandvik (Norway) – US$340,000
5. Artur Martirosian (Russia) – US$250,000
6. Lautaro Guerra (Spain) – US$190,000
7. Tomasz Krzesinski (Poland) – US$143,000