Event #3: $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Super High Roller
Day 3 Completed
2024 WSOP Paradise
Event #3: $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Super High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2024 WSOP Paradise
Buy-in
$100,000
Prize Pool
$8,800,000
Entries
88
Level
27
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Entries
2
Players Left
1
Specialist Lautaro Guerra Achieves his Dream in Event #3: $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Super High Roller
Level 27
: Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante
When Spanish pro Lautaro Guerra saw Event #3: $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Super High Roller on the schedule at the 2024 World Series of Poker Paradise series, he began to visualize taking down the prestigious title. As the tournament progressed, those visions became clearer until the final cards were dealt.
“During the whole tournament, I had that feeling like I was going to win it, even before coming here,” Guerra told PokerNews moments after claiming the biggest title of his career.
“I think this is the way to approach a tournament; you have to visualize yourself winning, and you achieve it.” That’s exactly what Guerra did, coming from behind on the added Day 3 at Atlantis Paradise Island Bahamas to defeat Ben Tollerene and earn his first WSOP gold bracelet.
“Cannot be a better feeling than this; to take this down was what I came for.”
Event #3: $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Super High Roller Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lautaro Guerra | Spain | $2,126,770 |
| 2 | Ben Tollerene | United States | $1,577,660 |
| 3 | Jared Bleznick | United States | $1,170,360 |
| 4 | Veselin Karakitukov | Bulgaria | $868,220 |
| 5 | Jason Koon | United States | $644,070 |
| 6 | Pascal LeFrancois | Canada | $477,800 |
| 7 | Patrik Antonius | Finland | $354,440 |
| 8 | Sorel Mizzi | Canada | $277,230 |
Record-Setting Event
For just the fifth time in history, poker’s Pot-Limit Omaha royalty battled in a six-figure PLO buy-in and the first at WSOP Paradise. This week’s event boasted a total of 88 entries, setting a new record among this elite short list of tournaments. That created a massive prize pool of $8,800,000, which was divided up among the top 17 finishers.
Guerra was part of the previous events, earning a 12th-place finish in the $100,000 Triton Monte-Carlo PLO Main Event just last month. This victory in The Bahamas is the largest of his career, taking home $2,126,770.
“This is the dream of any poker player when we start to play,” he explained. “We are looking to have a bracelet, and it feels really good to have it from a 100k.”
Added Day 3
Originally scheduled to finish a night earlier, players endured more than 12 hours of play before the decision was made to bag for an added Day 3. Tollerene held the chip lead as play resumed, but that lasted just three hands.
After trading raises, Guerra’s stack was in the middle with Tollerene looking to close it out. The Spaniard’s aces held to double into a commanding chip advantage, and Guerra finished the job on the very next hand.
The pair shook hands and Guerra celebrated with his rail, as they quickly inspected his new piece of gold jewelry. The PLO specialist smiled for his winner’s photos and quickly turned his attention to the next event on his schedule.
Guerra will aim for another deep run this week in Event #8: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship, but will also take the time to celebrate the largest score of his career.
“I cannot ask for anything else.”
That concludes our coverage of this record event, but PokerNews coverage continues here at WSOP Paradise so don’t miss a moment of the action.
Level 27
: Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante
Ben Tollerene checked his cards on the button and moved all in, which was quickly called by Lautaro Guerra in the big blind.
Ben Tollerene: 8?7?5?4? 
Lautaro Guerra: A?6?6?5?
Tollerene was at risk as the dealer revealed the Q?3?10?3?5? board. That left Guerra in front to claim the title, as Tollerene finished in second place for $1,577,660.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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52,800,000
1,800,000
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1,800,000 |
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Busted | |
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Level 27
: Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante
After trading a pair of small pots, action picked up on the third hand of the day.
Lautaro Guerra on the button and Ben Tollerene in the big blind traded raises until all of the chips were in the middle.
Lautaro Guerra: A?A?10?2?
Ben Tollerene: Q?Q?8?6?
Guerra's aces were well in front and held through the 5?4?5?J?10? runout to take almost all of the chips in play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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51,000,000
28,000,000
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28,000,000 |
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1,800,000
28,000,000
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28,000,000 |
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Level 27
: Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante
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Level 27
: Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante
Cards are in the air and play is underway.
Level: 27
Blinds: 400,000/800,000
Ante: 800,000
The third gold bracelet of the 2024 World Series of Poker Paradise series will be awarded today, as Event #3: $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Super High Roller heads into an added Day 3 to decide a champion.
Lautaro Guerra trails chip leader Ben Tollerene, with heads-up play resuming at 2 p.m. local time at Atlantis Paradise Island Bahamas.
Day 2 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Tollerene | United States | 29,800,000 | 30 |
| 2 | Lautaro Guerra | Spain | 23,000,000 | 23 |
Tollerene bagged up 29,800,000 last night as play wrapped up at 3 a.m. for an advantage over Guerra’s 23,000,000 chips. Tollerene boasts almost $18 million in career earnings, hoping to better his runner-up finish in the $250,000 Super High Roller at the 2024 WSOP this past summer and earn his first bracelet.
This event represents Guerra's first WSOP final table, with each player locking up a minimum of $1,577,660.
Play will resume on Level 28 and blinds of 500,000/1,000,000 and a 1,000,000 big blind ante, leaving a total of just 53 big blinds in play. Today's champion will earn $2,126,770 and the WSOP gold bracelet.
Final Table Payouts
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,126,770 | ||
| 2 | $1,577,660 | ||
| 3 | Jared Bleznick | United States | $1,170,360 |
| 4 | Veselin Karakitukov | Bulgaria | $868,220 |
| 5 | Jason Koon | United States | $644,070 |
| 6 | Pascal LeFrancois | Canada | $477,800 |
| 7 | Patrik Antonius | Finland | $354,440 |
| 8 | Sorel Mizzi | Canada | $277,230 |
Don't miss a minute of the action, as the PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand as the tournament crowns its champion in The Bahamas.
Event #3: $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Super High Roller
Day 3 Started