Sean Troha Wins His Third World Series of Poker Bracelet In Three-Year Span

Sean Troha took down his first World Series of Poker title again in 2022, rising victorious within the $10,000 pot-limit Omaha championship. The following summer season he secured his second WSOP win because the final participant standingg within the $1,500 buy-in pot-limit Omaha occasion. Just a pair weeks into the 2024 collection, Troha has already managed to win his third profession bracelet. He took down the $10,000 pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better championship for $536,713.

The pot-limit Omaha specialist from North Olmstead, Ohio now has greater than $3.1 million in profession match earnings, with over $2.4 million of that coming from his 29 cashes in bracelet occasions.

Troha’s three bracelet wins, earned in consecutive years, additionally symbolize his three largest match paydays. His fourth largest rating was a $200,00 rating earned because the winner of a PLO8 occasion on the 2023 PGT PLO Series.

This newest victory additionally awarded Troha 1,020 Card Player Player of the Year factors, sufficient to maneuver him simply outdoors the highest 150 within the 2024 POY race standings introduced by Global Poker. With 594 complete PokerGO Tour factors, Troha climbed to eleventh within the PGT rankings.

This occasion drew 259 entries, constructing a prize pool of $2,408,700. The high 39 finishers made the cash, with large names like five-time bracelet winner Scott Seiver (twenty fourth), ten-time bracelet winner Phil Ivey (twenty third), bracelet winner Alex Foxen (sixteenth), and bracelet winner Jonathan Cohen (eleventh) working deep.

Troha sat in second chip place when the unofficial remaining desk of 9 was set. He trailed solely 2023 WSOP thriller hundreds of thousands champion Tyler Brown, who added to his lead when he knocked out Joshua Thibodaux in ninth place ($43,065). Troha’s flopped high pair and turned nut low had been sufficient to get rid of Luis Velador (eighth – $54,499) from the occasion.

Four-time bracelet winner Brad Ruben was the following to his the rail. Brown made a six-high straight on the tip to scoop Ruben, who had dedicated the final of his very quick stack with a single-suited Okay-J-7-3. Ruben earned $70,585 for his seventh-place exhibiting.

Philip Shing additionally ran right into a scoop-worthy six-high straight, with Robert Tanita scoring the knockout blow this time round. Shing cashed for $93,512 because the sixth-place finisher. Despite successful that pot, Tanita was in the end the following to be despatched packing. Brown made a queen-high straight to get rid of Tanita in fifth place ($126,662).

Four-time bracelet winner Yuri Dzivielevski got here near including a fifth title on the collection to his resume. He ultiamtely bowed out in fourth place, although, getting all-in with a pair, a low draw and a flush. Brown referred to as with a better flush draw and a greater kicker on the identical pair of nines. The flip and river introduced working kings to offer Brown the identical two pair with a successful queen kicker. Dzivielevski now has greater than $7.4 million in lifetime earnings after including the $175,321 he secured with this deep run.

Shortly after the ultimate three gamers returned from a dinner break, two-time bracelet winner Joao Simao bought all-in with a flush draw, wrap straight draw, and low draw dealing with a pair, gutshot straight draw, and better flush draw for Brown. The attracts all bricked out and Brown’s excessive hand gained him the whole pot. Simao settled for $247,874 because the third-place finisher.

Heads-up play started with Brown holding greater than a 2:1 lead over Troha. After closing the hole a bit, Troha gained a giant pot with a flopped king-high straight to maneuver into the lead.

Brown was quickly all-in preflop with AQ106 dealing with the OkayOkayQ3 of Troha. The board ran out Okay10229 to offer Troha kings full for the win. Brown cashed for $357,807 because the runner-up, the second-largest rating of his profession.

Here is a have a look at the payouts and rankings factors awarded on the remaining desk:

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