button in SafariEelis Parssinen Storms Past Alex Foxen Into a Commanding Lead on Day 3 of Event #47: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha
The final table plodded along at a tepid pace for much of the night, but Eelis Parssinen ended up making the loudest bang on his way to taking control of Event #47: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha.
Parssinen and Alex Foxen tangled in the biggest pot of the day, getting all their chips in the middle before the flop. Both players showed two aces, but Parssinen spiked a set of sevens on the flop and the nut flush on the turn to double up into an overwhelming chip lead. He continued climbing from there, ending Day 3 with 35,225,000, He is in a commanding position over the final five players to capture his second World Series of Poker bracelet once action resumes tomorrow at 2 p.m local time.
Final Table chip counts
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Aaron Mermelstein | United States | 5,300,000 | 13 |
| 3 | Levon Khachatryan | United States | 20,100,000 | 50 |
| 5 | Jeremy Druckman | United States | 2,850,000 | 7 |
| 8 | Sergio Martinez Gonzalez | Spain | 4,225,000 | 11 |
| 9 | Eelis Pärssinen | Finland | 35,225,000 | 88 |
The Finnish online legend known as “EEE27” is no stranger to some of the biggest PLO games around the world. He has more then $18 million in live career earnings, according to The Hendon Mob, and won a bracelet in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha event in 2021.
The player with the best chance to catch him tomorrow is Levon Khachatryan. The California native sits in second place after bagging up 20,100,000. Khachatryan has already far exceeded his previous total earnings, which amounted to $185,000 before this event. The top two stacks combined have more than 80 percent of the chips in play.
Aaron Mermelstein (5,300,000), Sergio Martinez Gonzalez (4,225,000), and Jeremy Druckman (2,850,000) round out the final table lineup. Martinez Gonzalez is coming off a final table run in the $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty a few days ago and also finished runner-up in this event in 2023.
Foxen began the day as chip leader over the remaining 31 players as he tried to win his second bracelet this week. He sat at a star-studded final table that also included Chance Kornuth and Daniel Negreanu, and Foxen took care of both of them. He first cracked Negreanu’s top set of kings by making a flush on the river to bust Negreanu in 26th place, then flopped the nut flush to finish off Kornuth in 22nd.
Joni Jouhkimainen (30th), Artur Martirosian (29th), Ka Kwan Lau (27th), Bryce Yockey (24th), Dylan Linde (18th), and Ian Matakis (16th) also fell before the final table.
Parssinen scored the double elimination of Chongxian Yang and Barrett Threadgill by rivering the nut straight as he took the chip lead into the final table with 15,200,000. After Brevin Andreadis fell in ninth place, it took nearly three hours for another elimination. Richard Gryko got in his last 4,900,000 with kings against Parssinen’s queens, but Parssinen spiked a set on the flop to win the pot and bust the UK pro in eighth place.
Parssinen doubled up for 11,475,000 in that massive pot against Foxen, leaving Foxen with less than a big blind. While Foxen did manage one double up, Parssinen finished him off shortly afterward in seventh. Martinez Gonzalez then brought the night to an end by busting Matthew Costanzo in sixth place.
Final Table payouts
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (in USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,161,056 | ||
| 2 | $1,440,680 | ||
| 3 | $990,849 | ||
| 4 | $694,268 | ||
| 5 | $495,769 | ||
| 6 | Matthew Costanzo | United States | $360,930 |
| 7 | Alex Foxen | United States | $267,993 |
| 8 | Richard Gryko | United Kingdom | $203,027 |
The action on Day 4 picks up with 15 minutes remaining in Level 30 with blinds of 200,000/400,000 and a 400,000 big blind ante. The remaining five players have already locked up $495,769 for making it this far out of the 451-entry field, while the champion will earn $2,161,056 and the WSOP gold bracelet.
Stay tuned as PokerNews returns tomorrow to provide all the action leading up to the crowning of a new PLO champion.