Triton Invitational Sets New Record; Eibinger And Soverel Win Bracelets in PLO Tournaments

Omaha newcomer Matthias Eibinger wins the $75K PLO Triton PLO WSOP Paradise

Before this event, Matthias Eibinger had played an Omaha tournament only once. Luck was on his side: in heads-up, Eibinger defeated Michael Watson. You can watch the final hand on Twitter. Effective stack = 30 bb. Preflop, Eibinger raised to 3 bb, Watson called. On the flop, Eibinger bet 4.7 bb into a 7 bb pot.

Final table payouts of the $75K PLO Triton PLO WSOP Paradise (93 entries total):

Position	Country	Player	Payout
1		Matthias Eibinger	$1,570,640
2		Michael Watson	$1,459,360
3		Dylan Weisman	$809,000
4		Richard Gryko	$655,500
5		Stephen Chidwick	$526,500
6		Ding Biao	$412,000
7		Ben Lamb	$324,000

This is Eibinger’s first bracelet and his fifth Triton trophy. Interestingly, this was Michael Watson’s eighth career heads-up loss for a WSOP bracelet.

Sam Soverel defeats Andras “probirs” Nemeth in the $100K PLO Main Event

Day 2 of the tournament lasted 14 hours — the organizers had to add an extra day to finish it.

On Day 3, Soverel returned with 83 bb, Nemeth with 20 bb. It took 7 hands to determine the winner. In the final hand, Soverel limped with K K 5 3 , Nemeth raised with A J J 9 , Soverel three-bet, and all of Nemeth’s chips went into the middle. The board ran out 7 10 6 2 K .

Final table payouts of the $100K PLO Main Event WSOP Paradise (103 entries total):

Position	Country	Player	Payout
1		Sam Soverel	$2,594,000
2		Andras Nemeth	$1,751,000
3		Dan Dvoress	$1,135,000
4		Richard Gryko	$941,000
5		Philip Sternheimer	$760,000
6		Ben Lamb	$598,000
7		Joni Jouhkimainen	$457,500

Soverel rose to second place on the Florida all-time money list with $30.7M in earnings, surpassing Michael Mizrachi. Only Sean Winter is ahead of him with $36.7M.

Soverel mainly plays in Las Vegas. In November, he became the second player in PGT history to reach 100 ITM finishes (the first was Alex Foxen).