Two days ago, Monday 28, Andria Gogelidze claimed his first WSOP Circuit Ring as he won Ring Event #2: €555 PLO4/5. The Georgian is not done yet, though, as he’s one of the 18 players remaining in Ring Event #6: €1,100 PLO4/5. Will he be able to get back-to-back circuit rings in the same game? The poker.pro live reporting team sat down with Andria to talk about his win, his journey in the €1,100, and his poker in general.
Even though specializing in cash game, Andria proved his ability to adapt to the tournament format. He was a big stack all throughout the €555 event, and even though losing his chiplead Taago Tamm during heads-up, he managed to turn things around and claim the title.
One must admire how fast Andria’s been able to develop his PLO tournament skills:
“I started studying PLO MTT’s roughly two months ago. I play Texas NLH as well, but I’m much better in PLO. In tournaments, you should be more aggressive than cash games. I think many players are a little bit too passive. My agression is the biggest key to my success.”
Ring Event #2: €555 PLO 4/5 – Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Andria Gogelidze | Georgia | €27,100 |
| 2 |  Taago Tamm | Estonia | €18,000 |
| 3 |  Arturas Zukovas | Lithuania | €12,100 |
| 4 |  Sami Säämänen | Finland | €8,900 |
| 5 |  Christoffer Jensen | Denmark | €6,100 |
| 6 | Sami Pulliainen | Finland | €4,500 |
| 7 | Kasper Mellanen | Finland | €3,525 |
Andria’s profile on The Hendon Mob confirms he’s mainly a cash game player. Don’t look down on his tournament resumé, though; at the 2024 WSOP Europe Rozvadov, he finished twenty-seventh out of 768 entries in the €10,350 Main Event for €40,700.
Considering this reporter is far from a PLO specialist, Andria had to tell me whether the 4- or 5-card orbit is the most manageable:
“I am better with four cards. I actually started to study som 6-card a while ago, but 5-card is my worst game out of the three.”
As previously stated, Andria is one of the remaining players in the €1,100 edition, competing for his second WSOP Circuit Ring and back-to-back titles. €41,000 is the first-place payout, and after eliminating Markus Ristola during the last hand before the break, Andria is now fifth in the chip counts. Time will tell if he’ll be able to pull off what would be a very impressive second WSOP Ring Event win.
