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Event #47: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 3 Completed
2026 World Series of Poker
Event #47: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 3
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Final Table
Level 30
: Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
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.
Level 30
: Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
Level 30
: Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
Sergio Martinez Gonzalez raised to 1,400,000 on the button as action went on Matthew Costanzo in the big blind. "Alright, I call," he said as he committed his last 1,300,000.
Matthew Costanzo: 8♣8♦7♥3♦ 
Sergio Martinez Gonzalez: K♥J♦6♥4♦
Costanzo hit trips on the 9♦7♠7♣ flop to take the lead, while the turn was the Q♦. The river, though, was the 10♣ to give Martinez Gonzalez a straight and send Costanzo to the rail in sixth place.
The remaining five players are bagging up their chips for the night.
Level 30
: Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
Eelis Pärssinen checked the stack of Matthew Costanzo in the big blind who has become the far shortest stack in a quartet of misery against the two run-away chip leaders. Pärssinen then potted to 1,400,000 and Costanzo reluctantly folded.
One hand later, second in chips Levon Khachatryan potted to 1,400,000 from under the gun. Pärssinen flat-called on the button and both blinds folded.
The J♦10♠4♠ flop saw Khachatryan check-call when Pärssinen bet 1,200,000 into 3,800,000 and then checked the 10♥ turn. Pärssinen loaded up a bet of 2,100,000 and won the pot without further resistance to cement his status as the clear number one on the leaderboard.
Level 30
: Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
Eelis Parssinen raised to 1,400,000 under the gun and Alex Foxen called for his last 850,000 in the small blind.
Alex Foxen: Q♣10♣9♣6♣
Eelis Parssinen: A♠Q♠8♠4♣
Parssinen hit two pair on the A♥9♦8♦ flop, and the rest of the board ran out 6♦5♣ to spell the end of Foxen's quest for a second bracelet this series.
Level 30
: Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
Jeremy Druckman limped in from the cutoff and Eelis Parssinen checked his option on the big blind to the A♠K♣10♥ flop. Parssinen checked over to Druckman, who bet 425,000. The Finn then check-raised to 1,500,000 and won the pot.
In the very next hand, Alex Foxen called all-in for 350,000 in the cutoff. Sergio Martinez Gonzalez raised the pot on the button and both players in the blinds folded.
Alex Foxen: K♦10♠10♣2♣
Sergio Martinez Gonzalez: A♥A♠J♦7♥
The dominated pair hit a set on the 10♦9♥6♥ flop, while Gonzalez still had several outs with his overpair, gutshot straight draw and flush draw. Nothing changed with the 5♣ turn, and the river came the J♣ for Foxen to survive.
Level 28
: Blinds 120,000/240,000, 240,000 ante
Eelis Parssinen raised to 1,400,000 under the gun and Alex Foxen potted to 4,600,000 in the small blind. Parssinen then moved all in, and Foxen snap-called.
Eelis Parssinen: A♠A♦7♥7♦
Alex Foxen: A♣A♥Q♦2♣
"I'll take a chop," Parssinen said as both players turned over two aces. The 7♣5♦3♦ flop, though, improved Parssinen to a set, while the 6♦ turn gave him the nut flush. The river was the 4♥ and Parssinen secured the massive pot.
The stacks were counted down, and Parssinen had 11,475,000 remaining. Foxen had him covered by just 350,000, leaving him with less than one big blind.
Level 30
: Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
Eelis Parssinen opened with a pot-sized raise to 1,400,000 and the action folded all the way to Richard Gryko in the big blind. The Brit used one time bank before he repotted to 4,400,000 with 500,000 behind.
Parssinen verified the amount and even vaulted out of his chair while tossing one time bank extension card to the dealer. He then pushed all-in with the marginally covering stack and Gryko called.
Richard Gryko: K♣K♠9♥8♥
Eelis Parssinen: Q♦Q♣10♦4♣
The Q♠5♥4♥ flop gave Parssinen top set while Gryko had outs with his overpair and flush draw. However, the A♠ turn and A♦ river only paired the board to improve Parssinen to queens full of aces. That spelled the end for Gryko, out in 8th place for $203,027.
Level 30
: Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
After several hands went by without a flop being seen, Alex Foxen raised to 1,400,000 in the hijack and finally found a caller in Aaron Mermelstein from the big blind.
Foxen reached for chips on the 10♦6♣A♦ flop, and Mermelstein didn't even wait for him to finish betting before folding.
