The stakes rose again in Event #3 at WSOP Paradise. After Matthias Eibinger claimed the first bracelet in The Bahamas in the $70K PLO, the high rollers returned for the $100K Triton PLO Main Event.
Re-entries were unlimited again — and PLO continues to grow. The same event last year drew 88 entries, with Lautaro Guerra taking the title. He couldn’t defend, finishing in 38th position out of 103 entries this time, a field that created a prize pool of $10.3 million. The winner would take home $2,594,000, a Triton trophy, and a WSOP bracelet.
Double bubble for Kabrhel?
Martin Kabrhel bubbled the $75K PLO on Thursday. Lightning couldn't strike twice, could it?
It came close. With 18 players left and play on the stone bubble, Kabrhel moved all in, leaving himself just one chip behind, holding 
on a 
flop. Richard Gryko had chips to spare and called with 
[8s2s] but just 23% equity.
“Thank you, my friend,” Kabrhel said when he saw what Gryko had called with.
“You know what? I think I may pre-pay,” Gryko said.
The 
turn left Gryko with eight outs, but he couldn’t hit, and the double up would see Kabrhel make the money in 16th.
Ivey eliminates Negreanu
The bubble burst after two all-in hands. Daniel Negreanu and Phil Ivey tangled in one. Negreanu was at risk but doubled. Ben Tollerene ended up taking the long walk after running kings into Nacho Barbera’s aces.
Negreanu grabbed his vlogging equipment and trained it on Ivey after the hand. “You’re still smiling... I’m the worst winner,” he said, laughing.
But it was Ivey who had the last laugh. Just before the dinner break, he knocked out Negreanu at the second attempt.
- Negreanu:
- Ivey:
- Flop:
Negreanu had the worst of it, with just 23% equity. The 
turn gave both players a straight, but Ivey’s was good enough to send his friend to the rail with his first Triton cash worth $211,000.
Ivey bounced in 9th
Ivey couldn't make the most of Negreanu's chips to use and ended up busting in a pretty gross spot in 9th.
He called from the button with 
and hit top and bottom on the 
flop. He bet 130K, and Philip Sternheimer called with 
– in really bad shape with just 21% equity. That flipped to 60% when the 
dropped on the turn to make him a superior two pair.
Ivey had picked up a redraw to the flush and got the rest of his chips in to see that he needed to hit to survive. The 
river sent the chips to Sternheimer.
It took 90 more minutes to get to the final table of seven. Nacho Barbera raised preflop and called a three-bet from Gryko. The rest of the chips went in on the 
flop. Barbero had a wrap with 
and was up against Gryko's aces but the 
runout sent him to the rail.
Overtime required with two left
With the big $250K buy-in Invitational starting on Sunday, this one really needed to find a winner. Discussions were held about stopping for the night when play was three-handed at 2.30am, but the players decided to carry on for an extra hour.
With three world-class players left – Sam Soverel, Andras Nemeth, and Daniel Dvoress – and fairly flat and deep stacks, no one was sure that would be enough.
And so it proved, with Dvoress getting eliminated at 3.30am, when regulations meant play had to end for the night. Soverel took his chips after cracking kings with a set of threes that turned into quads on the river.
It means Soverel will take a 4/1 lead into heads-up, with the two players having to return tomorrow to play for the win.
Update: Sam Soverel won the $100K PLO event on Sunday night for his fourth WSOP bracelet.
$100K PLO Main Event results
- Sam Soverel: $2,594,000
- Andras Nemeth: $1,751,000
- Daniel Dvoress: $1,135,000
- Richard Gryko: $941,000
- Philip Sternheimer: $760,000
- Ben Lamb: $598,000
- Joni Jouhkimainen: $457,500
- Nacho Barbera: $354,000
- Phil Ivey: $257,000
- Daniel Negreanu: $211,000
