The no-limit maintain’em portion of the 2025 Triton Poker Jeju collection is within the books, which leaves 4 high-stakes pot-limit Omaha occasions and a trio of equally costly quick deck occasions left on the agenda.
The primary PLO match of that slate attracted 117 entries at $25,000 every, leading to a prize pool of $2,925,000. In the long run, 64-year-old Norwegian Tom-Aksel Bedell emerged victorious along with his first Triton trophy and a career-best payday of $709,000.
This was the second main PLO title of the yr for Bedell, who additionally took down a €10,300 buy-in occasion within the self-discipline on the PLO Grand Slam Tirana in Albania again in January. Each scores got here with 840 Card Participant Participant of the 12 months factors, which is collectively sufficient to position Bedell in twenty fifth place within the 2025 POY race standings introduced by World Poker.
Bedell now has greater than $4.7 million in profession match earnings to his identify, along with his three largest paydays all coming in PLO occasions.
The highest 19 finishers made the cash on this match, with six-figure payouts for the ultimate seven. Large names that ran deep included Jeremy Ausmus (twelfth), Seth Davies (eleventh), Jose ‘Nacho’ Barbero (ninth), and Erik Seidel (seventh). The ten-time bracelet winner fell one spot shy of the official six-handed remaining desk.
11-time bracelet winner and five-time Triton champion Phil Ivey scored the primary knockout on the remaining desk, busting Lin Wei in sixth place ($166,000). Ivey was in the end the following to fall, although, along with his double-suited pocket kings operating into the single-suited pocket aces of Shi Ning Dan. Ivey earned $213,000 for his fifth-place displaying, rising his profession earnings to $48.1 million within the course of.
Eelis Parssinen was the following to fall, along with his high pair and wrap draw dealing with the center pair, flush draw, and open-ended straight draw of Bedell. The river accomplished Bedell’s flush and Parssinen settled for $264,000 because the fourth-place finisher.
Richard Gryko quickly adopted, along with his A
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5 unable to beat out the 77
64 of Bedell in a battle of the blinds. Bedell made a seven-high straight to win the pot and take a large chip lead into heads-up play. Gryko earned $320,000 for his podium displaying.
Bedell was in a position to convert his sizable chip benefit into the title after not too lengthy, making a seven-high straight once more to greatest the flopped set of sixes of Shi (2nd – $486,000).
Ultimate Desk Outcomes
Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors
1
Tom-Aksel Bedell
$709,000
840
2
Shi Ning Dan
$486,000
700
3
Richard Gryko
$320,000
560
4
Eelis Parssinen
$264,000
420
5
Phil Ivey
$213,000
350
6
Lin Wei
$166,000
280
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