Tyler Brown limped the button and Sean Troha checked his option in the big blind.
On the Q♦8♠2♥ flop, Troha checked to Brown who bet pot of 360,000. Troha responded with a check-pot to 1,440,000, leaving himself around 1,400,000 behind. Brown contemplated his options before he ultimately decided to lay it down.
Tyler Brown limped on the button and Sean Troha raised to 360,000. Brown called.
Troha continued for 265,000 on the 10♥K♣K♦ flop and Brown raised to 650,000. Troha called.
Action checked through on the 7♥ turn and then Troha led out for 850,000 after the 9♦ completed the board. Brown went deep into the tank, but eventually put in calling chips and Troha turned over K♠Q♣Q♦J♠ for a straight.
Brown revealed he held KxQx and said, “I’ll never know why I say it’s hard to find bluffs and then pay people off anyways,” as Troha collected the pot.
Sean Troha raised to 360,000 on the button and Tyler Brown raised pot to 1,080,000. Troha called.
Troha called a 400,000 bet from Brown on the 3♥8♣A♠ flop, but then shoved all in for around 2,800,000 after facing a 600,000 bet from Brown on the Q♦ turn.
Brown quickly laid his hand down and Troha took the pot uncontested.
Sean Troha limped the button, Tyler Brown potted to 480,000 from the big blind, and Troha called.
The 10♦6♠2♣ flop check through.
The 3♠ landed on the turn and checked through again.
The river brought the Q♠. Brown checked, Troha bet 900,000, and Brown check-potted to 3,820,000. Troha went deep into the tank but eventually found the call.
Tyler Brown: A♦8♥8♣4♦
Sean Troha: Q♣J♥J♣2♥
Troha had queens and twos for the high, while Brown held ace-four for the nut low and the pot was chopped
In addition to the bracelet, Troha also took home $536,713 for his efforts here inside the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
Final Table Results
Place
Player
Country
Prize
1
Sean Troha
United States
$536,713
2
Tyler Brown
United States
$357,807
3
Joao Simao
Brazil
$247,874
4
Yuri Dzivielevski
Brazil
$175,321
5
Robert Tanita
United States
$126,662
6
Tsz Shing
United States
$93,512
7
Brad Ruben
United States
$70,585
8
Luis Velador
Mexico
$54,499
9
Joshua Thibodaux
United States
$43,065
Sean Troha Wins EV24 $10k PLO HiLo 8 or Better
Winner's Reaction
“I’m still kind of in shock," Troha explained shortly after winning the bracelet. "I’m trying to make plans for the celebration, which will be muted. It all happened so fast."
Troha, who entered Day 3 as the short stack, said he was fortunate enough to double up a couple of times at the beginning of the tournament but otherwise remained a fairly unassuming presence.
“Those two double-ups were crucial, obviously. But I had really good hands (in those spots). There wasn’t too much variance in my stack until about three or four-handed. I was just lucky enough to come out on top.”
As far as making it four bracelets in a row, Troha said, “I imagine I’ll be back next year, God willing. And the rest of this series. I’ll be in almost any PLO event.”
Day 3 Action
Thirteen hopefuls entered Day 3 looking to add a bracelet, and in many cases, another bracelet to their collection. Of the remaining players, six were already bracelet winners, with 16 between them. As mentioned, Troha entered Day 3 as the short stack but got off to a hot start after doubling up twice in succession on the first hands of the day.
The other short stacks didn’t fare as well, as Sean Winter, Magnus Edengren, and Jonathan Cohen were all eliminated before the first break of the day.
Brown entered the final table as the chip leader and immediately made his presence known after eliminating Joshua Thibodaux in an aces vs. aces confrontation that left Brown with trips.
Shortly after Luis Velador made his exit in eighth place, Brown would claim another final table casualty by eliminating four-time bracelet winner Brad Ruben with a rivered straight. Tsz Shing made the best he could of the nine big blinds he entered the final table with, but eventually fell in sixth place.
Despite entering Day 3 as the chip leader, Robert Tanita found himself short on the final table after Joao Simao doubled through him. Unsurprisingly, Brown would be the one to bust Tanita shortly thereafter.
Yuri Dzivielevski was largely absent in large pots but managed to double through the seemingly unstoppable Brown. However, Brown wouldn’t be denied, and he got his revenge on the Brazilian poker phenom a short while later to claim his fourth elimination at the final table.
Tyler Brown
After a short dinner break, Brown went right back to work and eliminated Simao within a few hands to get to heads-up play. Brown started with a 2:1 chip advantage over Troha and, at one point, extended that lead to 3:1.
A key hand occurred to shift momentum in Troha’s favor after he shoved facing a turn barrel from Brown in a bloated pot. Brown ended up folding, and then Troha doubled up through Brown several hands later after catching Brown bluffing.
The final hand occurred when Brown got all in preflop against Troha’s kings. Troha improved to a full house, ending the tournament and clinching his third bracelet.
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