10 Dec 2025 Beginner This material is for beginner players The second day of the 2025 World Series of Poker's Paradise Triton $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event was long and tiring, going on until late at night. But the third day, the narrative was different. It began as a long race but ended as a short one. When action resumed again for a third day that wasn’t planned, it only took about 15 minutes for American pro Sam Soverel to win the event and capture the title. He won his fourth WSOP bracelet and earned $2,594,000, which is the biggest score of his career. After this win, Soverel’s lifetime earnings rose to $31.3 million. In 2016, he won $1,024,364 in a high roller tournament with a buy-in of $100,000 at ARIA. That was his last big win. He was pleased to be at the event and enjoyed playing, so he gave a short, warm reaction after winning the title. Soverel’s success this year has earned him a fourth bracelet. He won the title in six-max, no-limit hold 'em in Las Vegas earlier in 2025, taking home $10,000. He also won the $5,300 High Roller WSOP Online 2023 and the $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha WSOP 2016 at the WSOP. Following this latest win, he’s won five titles in 2025 and finished fifteen times at the final table. A Big Field and a Bigger Prize Pool The event had 103 entrants at Atlantis Paradise Island, and the prize pool was $10,300,000. Only the top 17 players received cash prizes, and the bubble for the $161,000 second-day prize burst when Ben Tollerene finished just outside the money. Nacho Barbero was eliminated in eighth place for the second time in the Triton series. Nacho Barbero kept up his streak with another eighth-place finish. This was his second eighth-place finish in two days. This time he earned $345,000, which is more than the $247,000 he won the day before in the $75,000 PLO event. Finnish pro Joni Jouhkimainen was sent to the rail right after that. He started well with two pair, but Philip Sternheimer had pocket aces and a straight draw. Big Swings and Tough Knockouts As more players were eliminated, tension at the table kept rising. Ben Lamb, a two-time bracelet winner, was the next player eliminated in a brutal way. With a harmless-looking seven-high flop, Lamb moved all-in with aces. But Andras Nemeth stayed right where he was. He had a gutshot straight draw and two pairs. The turn gave him the perfect card for a ten-high straight, leaving Lamb drawing dead. Even though he lost, Lamb got $599,000 for coming in sixth place, which was more than the $75,000 he got for coming in seventh the day before. Sternheimer’s run ended in fifth place when Daniel Dvoress flopped a wheel, beating Sternheimer’s gutshot and overpair of kings. Sternheimer earned $760,000 for his efforts. Richard Gryko came in fourth in a $75,000 event earlier this week, and he did it again here. He went all-in with against Soverel’s . Soverel’s trip fours knocked Gryko out of the game in fourth place. Gryko took home $943,000. Dvoress’ run ended in third place after suffering a bad beat. The Canadian professional still earned $1,138,000, which put his overall career earnings over fifty million dollars. A Quick End to a Long Battle Soverel had a massive chip lead when the heads-up match started: 20,750,000 chips compared to Nemeth's 5,000,000. After the late finish, both players decided to come back for day three, giving themselves a chance to rest before the head-up duel. On the following night at 10:30 PM, action resumed. Within minutes, Soverel pulled ahead by an even greater margin. The game started again the next night at 10:30 PM. Soverel got even further in just a few minutes. He limped in with to start the last hand. Nemeth had and raised. Soverel then reraised the pot in response. Nemeth called all-in with his last 3,800,000 chips. The board fell . Soverel had the top set on the river and the winning hand. Nemeth's second-place finish earned him $1,751,000, the biggest score of his career. It brought his total earnings to almost $13.5 million. Heads Up contest in the event (Image courtesy of Triton Poker Series) Final Table Results Rank Player Winnings 1 Sam Soverel $2,594,000 2 Andras Nemeth $1,751,000 3 Daniel Dvoress $1,138,000 4 Richard Gryko $943,000 5 Philip Sternheimer $760,000 6 Ben Lamb $599,000 7 Joni Jouhkimainen $458,000 8 Jose Barbero $345,000 9 Phil Ivey $257,000
