The back-and-forth, topsy-turvy heads-up match might’ve gone both method, however fortune lastly smiled on Puk Nabuurs because the Dutchman ended up because the Diamond Poker Sequence PLO Grand Slam Tallinn €2,200 The Million Opener champion.
Nabuurs defeated Danyil Zaremba with a turned straight to win the glass trophy and €200,000 first prize by conquering a discipline of 416 of a few of the hardest Pot-Restrict Omaha gamers in Europe. The prize simply surpasses all of his earlier reside outcomes mixed, his earlier finest money being $21,000 in an occasion in Las Vegas greater than 15 years in the past.
€2,200 The Million Opener Remaining Desk outcomes
“It’s fairly unreal. I by no means made such a giant run, or deep run, or a giant money. I’m very pleased with it,” an elated Nabuurs stated after securing the title.
Nabuurs says he’s largely a PLO specialist and determined to return right here to the Chesterfield Poker Membership within the Estonian capital for an opportunity to play in a collection devoted to his favourite sport. “I strictly play Omaha. I barely play some other video games. It’s undoubtedly my favourite sport,” he stated.
“I’m very pleased with this collection, so I can come right here and play a bunch of PLO tournaments as a substitute of going to a collection the place they possibly host one or two PLO occasions. So it’s fairly cool.”
Remaining Desk motion
Nabuurs led the remaining 9 gamers who returned to play at 2 p.m. within the collection’ opening occasion as he took 14,250,000 into the ultimate desk. Nabuurs wasted little time including to his lead, taking out native participant Taago Tamm when he flopped two pair in opposition to Tamm’s kings to make the Day 1 chip chief the primary casualty of the ultimate desk.
Mihkel Vitsur then had his queens cracked as Lauri Varonen spiked the nut flush on the flip to ship Vitsur out in eighth place. Dario Alioto, a WSOP bracelet winner and most achieved participant left within the discipline, known as off his final 1,000,000 with a straight draw however couldn’t enhance in opposition to Zaremba’s two pair as he needed to accept seventh.
Nabuurs hit aces and kings to bust Robin Palm in sixth place as he climbed up over 20,000,000. Zaremba took over the chip lead as Varonen received his final 2,450,000 in on the flop with journeys, however Zaremba confirmed down a flopped full home to depart Varonen with only one out. No miracle arrived and Varonen was despatched to the rail in fifth.
Zaremba hit 30,000,000 when he made quad fours and received paid on a 2,200,000 river wager by Fredrik Lindstrom. Tobias Andersen was then all in for 1,150,000 and up in opposition to Zaremba and Nabuurs. Each gamers checked down the board and Nabuurs confirmed kings and sevens to beat Andersen’s queens and ship Andersen out in fourth.
Nabuurs jumped again in entrance when he bombed the river for 7,500,000 as Zaremba tanked for a minute earlier than folding. Lindstrom and Zaremba then checked to the river on a queen-high board the place Lindstrom wager 2,000,000. Zaremba raised all in and Lindstrom went into the tank earlier than calling for his final 5,500,000. Zaremba confirmed nines stuffed with fives and Lindstrom mucked a straight on his method out in third place.
Nabuurs held a slim lead over Zaremba initially of heads-up play with 34,700,000 to 30,100,000. The stacks had been almost equal as the 2 gamers settled in for a duel that ended up that includes a number of lead modifications and merciless twists of destiny.
First, Zaremba doubled up with journey fives to maneuver up previous 40,000,000. Nabuurs took again the lead when he made two pair and received known as on a 7,600,000 wager on the river. Zaremba made a full home to double up once more, then had Nabuurs all in for 14,100,000 as Zaremba confirmed down a set in opposition to Nabuurs’ straight draw. Nabuurs missed the flip and Zaremba was a card away from the title, however Nabuurs spiked a king on the river to make his straight and survive. “It was wanted. A lot wanted,” Nabuurs stated about that fortunate king he gained’t quickly overlook.
Nabuurs took a giant chip lead when he made the nut straight and Zaremba known as a pot-sized wager of 13,600,000 on the river. Left with simply 12,000,000, Zaremba received his final chips in just a few palms later with two queens, however Nabuurs linked on a gutshot straight draw on the flip to win the title.
