“Wait, he is occurring the board already!?”
That was the exclamation from Jason Koon, who is aware of a factor or two about being a a number of Triton Poker champion, after seeing Finland’s Samuli Sipila be a part of the Triton Corridor of Fame after successful his second title within the area of two days.
Sipila took down Occasion 15 – $50,000 PLO for $839,000, coming from behind to defeat Nacho Barbero heads-up.
Triton Montenegro Occasion #15 – $50,000 PLO Last Desk Outcomes
Sipila is the fourth participant in Triton Poker historical past to win their first two titles on the identical cease, becoming a member of the illustrious firm of Bryn Kenney (Montenegro 2019), Tom Dwan (Madrid 2022), Michael Addamo (Madrid 2022) and Phil Ivey (London 2023).
However Sipila did one thing none of these gamers achieved — he gained them each in Pot Restrict Omaha, proving that he is a drive to be reckoned with within the four-card streets for years to come back.
Last Desk Recap
From a subject of 61 gamers, simply eleven returned for the ultimate day. One participant, nonetheless, was not, in reality, there. Chris Parker had a flight to catch to make it to the Monte Carlo Grand Prix on Sunday, and subsequently, his stack was unattended. Nevertheless, he would ladder all the best way to eighth place, effervescent the ultimate desk, with Ding Biao main the ultimate seven.
Danny Tang had already final-tabled the $100,000 PLO Important Occasion, ending sixth, however he would fall in seventh right here so as to add but extra factors to his Ivan Leow Participant of the Yr tally.
Alex Komaromi was eradicated by fellow South American Nacho Barbero, adequate for his first-ever Triton money, with Barbero occurring a tear to observe it up by eliminating Biao in fifth place.
Three End gamers remained, however that turned two when Eelis Parssinen — one other participant who final-tabled the $100,000 PLO Important Occasion — fell by the hands of Sipila, with Sipila rivering a flush to beat the flopped straight of his compatriot.
Barbero was nonetheless in a commanding chip lead, and even a participant with the calibre of Patrik Antonius could not muster up an excessive amount of of a battle and settled for third, bringing the competition to heads-up. The Argentinian held three-times the chips of his opponent, nevertheless it wasn’t plain crusing.
The back-and-forth heads-up match was of the best high quality, with each gamers holding the lead at instances. Barbero would transfer forward, just for Sipila to double. Sipila would transfer forward, with Barbero rivering a double to stage issues out.
Finally, Sipila crafted a double with Q♠Q♦J♦9♣ towards the A♥Ok♥Ok♣Ok♦ of Barbero, flopping a set on Q♣7♥2♠and wrapped issues up on the very subsequent hand to win his second Triton title in two days.
*Photographs courtesy Joe Giron/Triton Poker
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Primarily based in the UK, Will began working for PokerNews as a contract stay reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time workers in 2019.
He graduated from the College of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He additionally holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports activities Journalism.
