The Tremendous Excessive Curler Bowl PLO on PokerGO was the positioning of a very tough cooler final weekend involving flopped quads and a turned full home. The hand introduced loads of fireworks and concerned two of the extra adorned PLO gamers within the subject, together with the event’s defending champion Jared Bleznick, and former PGT PLO Sequence champion Samuli Sipila.
With blinds at 3,000-6,000 with a 6,000 large blind ante, Sipila raised to 21,000 with A A 8 5, having began the hand with 310,000. Bleznick referred to as on the button with Q J J 10 and a overlaying stack.
At this level, Sipila was a 65% favourite to win the hand, in accordance with the Card Participant Poker Odds Calculator.
The flop got here down J J 10, giving Bleznick quads. Sipila checked his pocket aces, which additionally held a diamond blocker, and Bleznick instantly fired in 25,000. Sipila referred to as and the flip introduced the disastrous A, giving him the absolute best full home.
“It’s only a matter of how the cash goes in, not if the cash goes in,” two-time bracelet winner Alex Livingston stated on the livestream.
Sipila checked once more and Bleznick wager 35,000. Sipila would wish the final ace within the deck on the river to truly win the hand, however thought he was in nice form as he raised to 85,000. Bleznick merely referred to as and the river introduced the 5.
Sipila seemed stone-faced as he thought of his choices, finally saying that he was all in. That acquired a right away name and Bleznick confirmed him the unhealthy information. The Finnish participant exited the PokerGO Studio featured desk and Bleznick raked in a pot of 635,000.
Watch all the hand beneath.
Bleznick went on to complete fourth within the occasion for $450,000, following his $1.3 million victory in 2023. He’s additionally coming off a WSOP bracelet win this summer time within the $50,000 excessive curler which was price $2 million.
The event attracted 42 runners for a $4.2 million prize pool. Excessive-stakes standout Seth Davies was the final man standing, incomes his second SHRB title in a row. He banked $1.5 million, including to the $3.2 million he earned within the SHRB Cyprus occasion.
Whereas Sipila could not have reached the cash on this one, he did money 3 times within the PLO Sequence. That included a runner-up end within the $25,000 championship occasion for $310,000. He additionally recorded two wins at Triton Poker Montenegro in Could for a complete of $1.4 million.
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