Eelis Parssinen Wins World Series of Poker $25,000 PLO Bracelet

Eelis Parssinen now stands on the very peak of pot-limit Omaha match poker.

The Finnish high-stakes star emerged victorious from a subject of 451 entries within the 2026 World Series of Poker $25,000 PLO eight-max occasion to earn $2,161,056 and his second profession bracelet. His first got here in a $5,000 blended no-limit maintain’em and PLO occasion on the 2021 WSOP.

This was the 37-year-old’s second multi-million greenback win in a PLO occasion, having taken down the Triton Monte Carlo $100,000 buy-in within the format in 2024 for a career-best rating of $2,270,000.

This newest triumph was the second-largest but for the Finn. He now has almost $22.6 million in complete earnings, with greater than $12 million of that coming from his success on this explicit recreation. That places him in first place on the PLO cash checklist, surpassing Lautaro Guerra’s $10.9 million because of this triumph on the sequence. This achievement got here mere days after Calvin Anderson turned the all-time winningest razz participant in WSOP historical past.

“I mean, the last 15 years I’ve mostly been playing PLO, some tournaments, and yeah, mostly PLO,” Parssinen advised PokerNews stay reporters when requested about profitable his second bracelet within the recreation he’s targeted on for thus lengthy. “So yeah, it really feels special. Especially the $25,000, which I think is one of the nicest tournaments of the year.”

Quad Nines Over Kings Full Flips Final Showdown On Its Head

Parssinen was trailing throughout the early heads-up motion on this match, however one wild cooler helped kickstart his surge throughout the end line. Levon Khachatryan raised to 3 massive blinds from the button with Ok♥Ok♦10♣5♦ and Parssinen known as from the massive blind with Ok♠Q♣9♠9♥. The flop got here down Ok♣9♣9♦ for essentially the most motion flop conceivable. Parssinen checked his quads and Khachatryan fired 1,200,000 into the pot of 4,200,000 with kings full. After calling the flop, Parssinen checked once more on the 4♥ flip. Khachatryan checked behind and the J♦ accomplished the board. Parssinen fired 3,600,000 and Khachatryan raised to 12,000,000. Parssinen shoved for 13,900,000 complete and, of course, obtained a fast name. With that, the lead and momentum swapped palms. Soon sufficient, Parssinen was posing for his newest winner’s picture.

In addition to the {hardware} and the cash, Parssinen additionally scored an enormous haul of rankings factors with this victory. He secured 2,520 Card Player Player of the Year factors because the champion. This was his second title and eighth final-table end of 2026. With 4,821 complete factors, he now sits in fourth place within the 2026 POY standings introduced by CoinPoker.

The 800 PokerGO Tour factors that got here with the title additionally moved him into twelfth place within the PGT’s season-long rankings.

Thinning A Hefty Field

The turnout for this occasion, whereas down 7.8 % from the earlier 12 months’s file subject of 489, was nonetheless the third-largest since this match first debuted in 2015. The 2024 working drew 476 for the second-highest quantity of entries to this point. As a consequence of this 12 months’s spectacular draw, the ultimate prize pool swelled to $10,598,500. The prime 68 finishers made the cash, with stars like Jason Koon (sixty fifth), Gus Hansen (sixty fourth), Josh Arieh (63rd), Chad Eveslage (fiftieth), James Obst (forty sixth), Santhosh Suvarna (forty fifth), Robert Cowen (forty fourth), Jason Mercier (thirty fourth) had been eradicated late on day 2.

Day 3 started with 31 remaining and four-time bracelet winner Alex Foxen within the lead. More high-stakes crushers had been despatched to the rail on the march to the ultimate desk, with the likes of Artur Martirosian (twenty ninth), Ka Kwan Lau (twenty seventh), Daniel Negreanu (twenty sixth), Bryce Yockey (twenty fourth), Chance Kornuth (twenty second), Dylan Linde (18th), Joao Simao (seventeenth), Ian Matakis (sixteenth), and Ding Biao (twelfth) working deep.

Parssinen had claimed the highest spot on the leaderboard by the point the remaining subject match round a single desk. Brevin Andreadis quickly fell in ninth, together with his second-nut flush draw working into the nut flush draw and straight wrap of Matthew Costanzo. The latter draw got here in on the top to ship Andreadis residence with $156,997.

Bracelet winner and up to date Triton Montenegro $75,000 PLO six-max occasion champion Richard Gryko and Parssinen squared off in a giant conflict throughout eight-handed play. The chips went in preflop with Ok♠Ok♣9♥8♥ for Gryko and Q♦Q♣10♦4♣ for the Finn, who had fallen out of the lead within the early final-table motion. The Q♠5♥4♥A♠A♦ gave Parssinen queens fulls of aces for the knockout. Gryko settled for $203,027 because the eighth-place finisher.

Foxen Loses With Aces vs. Aces To Fall In Seventh

Alex Foxen

Parssinen was not carried out with the large preflop showdowns, although. He was quickly all-in once more, this time with A♠A♦7♥7♦ towards A♣A♥Q♦2♣ for current $10,000 no-limit maintain’em tremendous turbo bounty champion Alex Foxen. The 7♣5♦3♦ flop was all Parssinen, because it improved him to prime set and the nut flush draw. The 6♦ flip was the clincher, and the 4♥ formally despatched the large pot to Parssinen.

Foxen was left with fewer than two massive blinds after that crushing defeat. He managed one double up, flopping prime set to crack the pocket aces of Sergio Martinez Gonzalez, however was quickly in danger once more. Foxen’s Q♣10♣9♣6♣ was unable to beat the A♠Q♠8♠4♣ of Parssinen, who made aces as much as finish Foxen’s run in seventh place ($267,993). The four-time bracelet winner now has over $60.8 million in profession cashes to his identify after this newest deep run. It was his fourth final-table end of the sequence, which has additionally seen his spouse Kristen Foxen earn her sixth bracelet.

Foxen earned 630 POY factors for his eleventh general final-table end of 2026. He has received 5 titles to this point this 12 months. With 6,759 complete factors, Foxen has seized the highest spot on the POY leaderboard. He now sits 242 factors forward of second-ranked Brandon Wilson (6,517 factors). Kristen Foxen is in third with 5,017 factors accrued throughout eight POY-qualified closing tables. Both Foxens are additionally among the many leaders within the PGT standings, with Alex at the moment ranked second and Kristen in fourth place.

Costanzo, Druckman Sent Packing By Martinez Gonzalez

Day 3 concluded after the elimination of Costanzo in sixth place ($360,930). It was a rollercoaster runout between his 8♦8♣7♥3♦ and Martinez Gonzalez’s Ok♥J♦6♥4♦. The flop got here down 9♦7♠7♣ to provide Costanzo journeys and the lead, just for the Q♦ flip to provide Martinez Gonzalez a jack-high flush draw and a gutshot. The 10♣ on the river accomplished Martinez Gonzalez’s straight to finish Costanzo’s match. This was the most important rating but for the Miller Place, New York resident.

Even with that knockout, Martinez Gonzalez was nonetheless towards the underside of the chip counts when the ultimate 5 bagged up on the finish of day 3. Parssinen was effectively out in entrance, with Khachatryan on the next-largest stack.

Just 5 gamers stay in Event #47: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller, and Eelis Parssinen sits atop the leaderboard.

The Finnish pot-limit Omaha specialist is in search of his second WSOP gold bracelet and over $2.1 million for first place!!

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On the primary deal of day 4, Jeremy Druckman acquired all-in with 10♦10♣5♥4♠ and Martinez Gonzalez known as with A♣Ok♣J♥10♥. The 5♣3♠2♠Q♣ runout gave the Spaniard his second consecutive knockout, though there was an in a single day break in play in between. Druckman earned $495,769 because the fifth-place finisher. This was the Philadelphia resident’s largest rating but. It topped two earlier cashes for $182,000 every, which included a win in a $10,000 buy-in on the PGT PLO Series At Venetian.

Mermelstein and Martinez Gonzalez Bow Out Ahead Of Heads-Up Finale

Two-time World Poker Tour foremost occasion champion Aaron Mermelstein misplaced all however a handful of massive blinds from his stack when his pocket queens butted heads with the pocket kings of Martinez Gonzalez. Not lengthy after that, he acquired all-in after a 9♦7♠5♥ flop after committing most of his stack preflop. His Ok♠Q♠J♦8♦ was behind the Ok♣J♣9♥9♣ of Khachatryan. The A♦ flip gave Mermelstein a diamond draw to go together with his gutshot, however the 5♣ river locked it up for Khachatryan. Mermelstein secured $694,268 because the fourth-place finisher. He now has almost $5.8 million in profession cashes.

Martinez Gonzalez’s stack dwindled throughout early three-handed motion, however he quickly discovered a double-up by way of Parssinen. That hit moved Parssinen out of the highest spot. Khachatryan then received a giant pot towards Martinez Gonzalez with pocket aces to increase his lead.

In Martinez Gonzalez’s closing hand, Parssinen limped the button with Q♣J♠8♣7♣. Martinez Gonzalez checked with Ok♠10♣4♥3♣ from the massive blind and the flop got here down 6♠4♦2♠. The Spanish PLO crusher led out for 1,300,000 and Parssinen known as. The 5♦ flip made straights for each gamers. Martinez Gonzalez checked together with his six-high straight and known as when Parssinen fired 2,650,000 together with his eight-high straight. The 2♥ accomplished the board and Martinez Gonzalez checked. Parssinen guess sufficient to cowl his opponent’s remaining 7,650,000. Martinez Gonzalez thought for a number of minutes, utilizing up his remaining time extensions earlier than ultimately making the decision to complete third ($990,849).

This was the second time that Martinez Gonzalez had made a podium displaying on this match, having been the runner-up in 2023 for $1.4 million. He additionally received a Triton Jeju $100,000 PLO occasion in 2025 for greater than $2.3 million. Thanks largely to those three scores, he now boasts simply shy of $5 million in lifetime earnings.

Parssinen Rides Momentum From Crazy Cooler To Victory

The heads-up showdown started with 39,200,000 for Khachatryan and 29,000,000 for Parssinen. The huge cooler talked about earlier, with quads over prime boat, noticed that lead turned on its head in a rush.

The Dream Flop… For Both Players

With a WSOP bracelet and $2,161,056 up prime, Levon Khachatryan and Eelis Pärssinen collide in an unbelievable heads-up cooler. Khachatryan flops prime full home, whereas Pärssinen flops quads, creating one of the wildest PLO palms of the summer time. pic.twitter.com/eqbK2p4U5S

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Khachatryan strung collectively just a few pots to bounce again, however quickly misplaced a large conflict to see Parssinen’s chip benefit develop to over 2:1. That hole continued to widen because the evening wore on.

By the time the ultimate hand arrived, Parssinen had greater than a 5:1 lead. Khachatryan limped in from the button for 800,000 complete with A♦Q♣3♥3♦. Parssinen raised to 2,400,000 with A♥A♣6♦2♣ and Khachatryan jammed for 11,200,000. Parssinen made the decision and the board rolled off 10♥5♥2♥J♠10♠, retaining his pocket aces finest to convey the match to a detailed.

Khachatryan earned $1,440,680 because the runner-up, by far the most important rating but for the Glendale, California resident.

Final Table Results

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