Being able to outlast a field of 901 entries is an achievement done by Ronald Keijzer, who won his very first bracelet and he takes home with him a plump $475,033 payday in Event #69 $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed.
Keijzer, a 26-year-old poker pro from Amsterdam, is the fifth Dutch player in WSOP history to win a gold bracelet. The cash player regular was able to overcome a difficult final table that included the likes of Scott Bohlman who settled in 3rd place, and French poker pro Romain Lewis, who he went heads-up with to win the event.
Keijzer said, "I'm very happy. I love PLO tournaments and I came to Vegas especially for that. It was really fast. I joined the table with 1.8 million and in 20 minutes I had 4 million... I think my position on the table was just very good with my stack, the other stacks and a lot of ICM pressure."
He plays cash games online usually at home, so a live tournament is a rare thing for him, and in this event, it would definitely be a memorable one for him now that he won the whole thing.
Even though he had the chip lead early in three-handed play, Scott Bohlman finished in 3rd place when he got his stack in preflop with Aces against Romain Lewis' suited Ace and a pair of Jacks, making a flush and taking the pot.
The heads-up match was rather brief - it was a straight-vs-straight battle that ended it once and for all:
Event #69: $3,000 PLO 6-Handed Final Table Results
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Place
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Player
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Country
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Prize
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1
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Ronald Keijzer
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Netherlands
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$475,033
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2
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Romain Lewis
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France
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$293,553
|
|
3
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Scott Bohlman
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United States
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$199,572
|
|
4
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Mohammad Abedi
|
United States
|
$137,954
|
|
5
|
James Chen
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Taiwan
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$96,987
|
|
6
|
Ryan Lenaghan
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United States
|
$69,369
|
Source:
https://www.pokernews.com/tours/wsop/2018-wsop/event-69-3000-plo-6-max/chips.230419.htm
