Event #79: $50,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 3 Completed
Event #79: $50,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 3 Completed
Out of a field of 187 entries in Event #79: $50,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha at the 2024 World Series of Poker, Germany's Daniel Perkusic has come out on top after a heads up duel with Danny Tang. They earned the two biggest slices of the $8,929,250 prize pool, with Perkusic walking away with the top prize of $2,100,325 whereas Tang had to settle for a runner-up score of $1,400,217.
Perkusic was the only contender without a WSOP gold bracelet to his name when the final day resumed. In fact, this was the first-ever live WSOP event he managed to cash in. However, he navigated the final table expertly and sealed the victory after a masterclass heads-up performance. His two-million-dollar score is by far the largest cash of the Omaha specialist's career, more than tripling his total live recorded earnings.
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
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1 | Daniel Perkusic | Germany | $2,100,325 |
2 | Danny Tang | Hong Kong | $1,400,217 |
3 | Jim Collopy | United States | $973,882 |
4 | Ronald Keijzer | Netherlands | $692,232 |
5 | Santhosh Suvarna | India | $503,085 |
6 | Gabriel Andrade | Ecuador | $374,020 |
7 | David Benyamine | France | $284,604 |
8 | Brian Rast | United States | $221,778 |
The day started with just five players returning to the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Indian high roller Santhosh Suvarna entered the day as the shortest stack and hit the rail after only a few hands. Suvarna got it in with aces on the flop, but ran into the set of Perkusic and received no help.
Dutch pot-limit Omaha giant Ronald Keijzer and Tang then created a huge pot of over 20,000,000 chips. Keijzer check-shoved on the river on a paired board against chipleader Tang. Tang eventually sniffed out Keijzer��s bluff, who had put all his chips in with blockers to full houses. Tang played the second nuts and made the correct call to eliminate Keijzer.
With over half the chips in play, Tang seemed to run away with it at that point. However, Perkusic won some pots against the leader to close the gap. Perkusic eventually even overtook the lead and solidified it when he knocked out two-time bracelet winner Jim Collopy in third place when his pocket aces held against the pocket kings of Collopy, setting up the heads-up match with Tang.
Early in the heads up, Tang momentarily took back the lead, and it looked like a comeback was in the cards for the Hong Kong native. However, after a while, Tang could not seem to win any hand, with Perkusic winning small pot after small pot while being cheered on by his friends on the rail.
Tang managed to double twice, with four big blinds to his name the first time and three the second time. On the final hand, Tang got it in good again as he had flopped bottom set against Perkusic's top two pair, but the river gave the German a full house to secure his victory and award him his maiden bracelet.
This concludes our coverage of the $50,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha. However, the 2024 World Series of Poker is still in full swing with the iconic $10,000 Main Event just getting underway, so keep checking in with PokerNews to not miss any of the action from all the bracelet events going on.
Daniel Perkusic raised the pot to 2,400,000 and Danny Tang called out of the big blind, then asked "are you folding any flops?"
The K?9?6? flop saw Tang move all-in for the rest of it and Perkusic called.
Danny Tang: K?6?6?5?
Daniel Perkusic: A?K?9?2?
Tang had flopped bottom set while Perkusic had the top two pair. On the A? turn, Perkusic asked for an ace or nine and got his wish granted with the 9? river to seal his victory.
Tang was denied a second WSOP gold bracelet, but has earned a handsome payout of $1,400,217.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Perkusic |
56,100,000
6,400,000
|
6,400,000 |
|
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Danny Tang | Busted | |
Prior to the hand, Daniel Perkusic promised that there would be a "blind all-in" and Danny Tang then got his last 2,800,000 in from the button with Perkusic coming along.
Danny Tang: A?K?9?2?
Daniel Perkusic: A?Q?6?3?
The board ran out A?10?7?J?5? and the king kicker played to ensure the double-up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Perkusic |
49,700,000
-3,600,000
|
-3,600,000 |
|
||
Danny Tang |
6,400,000
3,600,000
|
3,600,000 |
Danny Tang limped in on the button and called Daniel Perkusic's raise to 2,400,000 from the big blind. Perkusic then jammed all in on the 3?K?A? flop and Tang folded.
The next hand, Perkusic made it 2,400,000 on the button and Tang called in the big blind. Tang check-folded to yet another shove on the Q?5?2? flop, leaving himself just over three big blinds.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Perkusic |
53,300,000
7,600,000
|
7,600,000 |
|
||
Danny Tang |
2,800,000
-7,600,000
|
-7,600,000 |
Daniel Perkusic raised the button to 2,400,000 and Danny Tang folded.
Tang potted to the same amount in the next hand and Perkusic called, then check-folded when Tang potted the 6?5?4? flop.
Perkusic raised the pot on his next button for Tang to call. The flop came A?10?2? and Tang checked, then folded when Perkusic bet 1,600,000.
Tang potted the next button once more and Perkusic folded. Right after that, both players went on a short bathroom break.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Perkusic |
45,700,000
3,700,000
|
3,700,000 |
|
||
Danny Tang |
10,400,000
-3,700,000
|
-3,700,000 |
Danny Tang went all in preflop for 3,400,000 chips and Daniel Perkusic made the call.
Danny Tang: A?J?8?2?
Daniel Perkusic: 10?9?7?3?
The board ran out 3?Q?5?J?10? to give Tang a flush and double him up.
The next hand, Perkusic raised to 2,400,000 on the button and Tang called in the big blind. Both players checked on the Q?4?10? flop before Tang check-called 800,000 on the 9? turn.
The Q? river was knuckled down again and Tang showed Q?8?3?2? for another flush.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Perkusic |
42,000,000
-8,400,000
|
-8,400,000 |
|
||
Danny Tang |
14,100,000
8,400,000
|
8,400,000 |
Throughout a series of smaller pots that mostly went to Daniel Perkusic, the momentum heavily shifted in his favour as Danny Tang dropped to 15 big blinds without any showdown whatsoever.
Tang then limped in and Perkusic checked to the 10?3?3? flop. Both players checked and did so again on the 2? turn. Perkusic bet the A? river for 2,000,000 and Tang folded.
Perkusic limped in the next hand and Tang checked. On a 10?7?3? flop, Tang check-called for 1,200,000 and they checked the 8? on the turn.
After the A? river, Tang bet 3,500,000 and folded when Perkusic raised the pot. Perkusic flashed the 9?4x4?3? for a bluff.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Perkusic |
50,400,000
9,800,000
|
9,800,000 |
|
||
Danny Tang |
5,700,000
-9,800,000
|
-9,800,000 |
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Level: 30
Blinds: 400,000/800,000
Ante: 800,000