Triton $100k PLO Requires Extra Day for Heads-Up Duel
With both bracelets awarded so far at the 2025 WSOP Paradise festival going to first-timers, there could be another maiden bracelet winner. But we're going to have to wait to find out who that is.
Sam Soverel and Andras Nemeth will head into overtime on Sunday to decide the winner in Event #3: $100,000 Triton PLO Main Event after calling it quits at 4 a.m. local time.
Soverel holds a 4:1 chip lead and will be looking for a fifth WSOP bracelet just five months after securing his last, but will also be looking for his first Triton title. Meanwhile, Nemeth will be looking for that elusive WSOP bracelet to add to his collection.
Event #3: $100,000 Triton PLO Main Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | $2,594,000 | ||
| 2nd | $1,751,000 | ||
| 3rd | Dan Dvoress | Canada | $1,135,000 |
| 4th | Richard Gryko | United Kingdom | $941,000 |
| 5th | Philip Sternheimer | United Kingdom | $760,000 |
| 6th | Ben Lamb | United States | $598,000 |
| 7th | Joni Jouhkimainen | Finland | $457,500 |
| 8th | Nacho Barbero | Argentina | $345,000 |
Day 2 Action
The field in the $100,000 Triton PLO Main Event swelled to 103 players thanks to 26 late registrations, generating a prize pool of over $10 million. The winner will walk away with $2,594,000 but in the early part of the day it was all about making it to the money, let alone who was going to win.
The plan for the day was to play down to a winner, but a 90-minute bubble and an extended dinner break to allow the $250,000 Triton Invitational seat draw to take place meant that tournament officials were anxiously looking at their watches.
The bubble did at least provide some drama, with Daniel Negreanu on the verge of elimination by fellow Poker Hall of Famer Phil Ivey, only for Negreanu to survive and Ben Tollerene to fall short of the money.
A sixth WSOP Paradise cash for Negreanu, with Martin Kabrhel and Jesse Lonis among those also finishing in the money. Ivey fell short of the final table in ninth place, with Nacho Barbero's eliminated in eighth — the same position he finished in Event #2: $75,000 Triton PLO.
Dvoress and Richard Gryko were the only players at the final table to have won Triton PLO titles, but the congested chip counts saw five of the seven players sitting on around four million chips. Joni Jouhkimainen and Ben Lamb were the outliers, falling in seventh and sixth place, respectively.
Nemeth led after the elimination of Lamb, but Dvoress closed the gap after a double through Philip Sternheimer, with Sternheimer eliminated shortly thereafter. Soverel then shot into the lead with the elimination of Gryko, with all three remaining players guaranteed seven-figure scores.
The trio were given the option to keep playing or bag for the night, but they battled on with the chip lead switching between all three. However, it was Dvoress who finally fell at the hands of Soverel. In a three-bet pot, the flop came 10♦3♦2♣ with Dvoress check-shoving on Soverel. Soverel called, putting Dvoress at risk.
Dan Dvoress: K♥K♣10♣7♥
Sam Soverel: 4♠4♣3♥3♠
Soverel had flopped a set and improved to quads on the 9♥3♣ runout to eliminate his opponent. The remaining pair bagged for the night and will return on Sunday (time TBC) to contest the final heads-up battle.
