While most of the poker community these days turns its attention to Cyprus and its record-breaking EPT stop, many remain loyal to Vegas, where one high-stakes event follows another. After the Poker Masters, SHRB and PGD Mixed Games, another treat for high-stakes lovers took place, which was the premiere of Omaha's Super High Roller Bowl.
Unlike the NLH SHRB, the Omaha one brought "only" a $100,000 buy-in instead of a $300,000 price tag, which was enough to make this tournament the most expensive PLO poker tournament in history. A lucrative holiday for all lovers of 4-fold poker brought a difficult tournament lasting three days, which, thanks to 38 entries, brought a prizepool worth $3,800,000.
After two days of play and the elimination of Daniel Negranu on the bubble, the final 7 players, all of whom were guaranteed $152,000 in mincash, battled it out for the title. The list of finalists was really packed, you could watch the SHRB champion Isaac Haxton, the owner of the purple jacket Stephen Chidwick, and the winner of the aforementioned Mixed Games series Chino Rheem.
Chino Rheem was the first to leave the final table, but the other aforementioned champions made it all the way to the podium. Here, Stephen Chidwick had to say goodbye on the bronze stage of the $570,000 tournament, which led to a heads-up between Isaac Haxton and Jared Bleznick. However, one of the most successful players of 2023 failed to beat the last opponent, so this time Ike had to settle for the runner-up position and the $836,000 prize.
The champion of this tournament was a truly unique phenomenon named Jared Bleznick, who performed several over-the-line situations during the tournament. At one point, for example, he was eating pizza right at the table and couldn't play until someone brought him tissues, and at another time he used his time banks to open boxes of trading cards at the table. Whether it was just a psychological game on the opponents, we will leave that to your consideration, but it does not change the fact that in addition to the diamond ring, a reward of $1,292,000 also went to his account.
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