Sergio Benzo won WSOP Pick Your PLO 2026

Sergio Benzo won the inaugural WSOP Pick Your PLO

In the inaugural WSOP $1,500 Pick Your PLO event, 857 players participated, creating a prize pool of $1,137,667. The tournament ran from July 9 to 11 at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.

The winner was the Italian Sergio Benzo, who won $196,431 and claimed his first gold WSOP bracelet. This was his second final table at the WSOP (in 2024 he finished 4th in the $600 NLHE/PLO mix event, earning $75,518). After this victory his career earnings exceeded $905,000.

In the final hand Benzo defeated Farhad Jamasi, who had top set on the flop, and Benzo completed a straight on the turn and won thanks to a blank on the river. The final also featured players such as Farhad Jamasi (2nd place, $130,904), Steven Liu (3rd, $90,762) and Justin Liberto (4th, $64,007).