Samuli Sipila is knocking on the door of the highest 15 within the 2024 Card Player Player of the Year standings thanks solely to his success in pot-limit Omaha tournaments. The 31-year-old PLO specialist from Finland has cashed for greater than $2.1 million up to now on the dwell circuit throughout six final-table finishes, with 4 titles received alongside the best way.
The newest victory was additionally the biggest, with Sipila taking down a $50,000 buy-in PLO occasion on the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Montenegro competition for a career-best payday of $839,000. The win got here simply two days after he emerged victorious within the $25,000 buy-in PLO occasion on the similar sequence for $535,000.
“I had hopes, obviously,” Sipila mentioned in his interview with Triton reporters after popping out on prime. “Obviously there’s a lot of skill. It’s not just going all-in… but to be fair, I have run really well.”
Sipila now has greater than $2.9 million in profession match earnings, with greater than two-thirds of that having been received this spring. This newest victory elevated his POY level complete to 2,878, which is nice for sixteenth place on the POY leaderboard offered by Global Poker.
Prior to his spectacular run on the Maestral Resort & Casino in Montenegro, Sipila dominated the PokerGO Tour PLO Series, successful two titles and making two extra ultimate tables to safe the sequence champion honors.
This occasion drew 61 entries, making a prize pool of $3,050,000 that was paid out among the many prime 11 finishers. Among people who ran deep have been 2023 PGT PLO champion Lautaro Guerra Cabrerizo (eleventh), ten-time Triton champion Jason Koon (tenth), five-time Triton champion Danny Tang (seventh), and Biao Ding (fifth).
Eelis Parssinen, recent off of a fourth-place displaying within the $100,000 PLO foremost occasion, wound up busting in the identical spot on this occasion. The Finnish bracelet winner cashed for practically $1.1 million throughout the 2 scores, with $300,100 coming for his most up-to-date run.
Patrik Antonius made his eighth money of the sequence his finest, putting third for $390,000. The Finnish excessive curler has climbed to thirty first place within the POY standings with 4 final-table finishes and one title earned up to now this yr.
Heads-up play started with two-time Triton winner Jose ‘Nacho’ Barbero holding roughly a 3:1 chip lead over Sipila. Sipula surged again to even thanks to creating a jacks full to finest the flopped fours full held by Barbero. The bracelet winner from Argentina was in a position to pull again out in entrance after that, solely to have Sipila make the nut flush in an enormous pot that gave him the lead.
Sipula then received an enormous pot with prime set to go away Barbero on fumes. In the ultimate hand, Sipila rivered a nine-high straight to lock up the pit and the title. Barbero earned $596,300 for his sixth final-table displaying of the yr. With two titles and a couple of,799 complete factors, he’s now ranked twenty first within the POY rankings.
Here is a take a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the ultimate desk:
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Samuli Sipila | $839,000 | 612 |
| 2 | Jose Barbero | $596,300 | 510 |
| 3 | Patrik Antonius | $390,000 | 408 |
| 4 | Eelis Parssinen | $300,100 | 306 |
| 5 | Biao Ding | $238,000 | 255 |
| 6 | Alex Komaromi | $186,000 | 204 |
| 7 | Danny Tang | $146,000 | 153 |
| 8 | Chris Parker | $115,000 | 102 |
| 9 | Aku Joentausta | $87,000 | 51 |
Photo credit score: Triton Poker / Joe Giron.
