Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller
The Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller is a poker tournament played once a year at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas . It is the world's most expensive poker tournament in the variant PLO .
Mode and story
The Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller was first played in 2015 and won by Anthony Zinno . With a buy-in of 25,000 US dollars , the tournament was variant Pot Limit Omaha in his first three sweeps each of the Poker Player's Championship and the High Roller for One Drop , the third most expensive event on the tournament schedule. In 2018 and 2019 , it was fifth in this ranking. The tournament will be played twice at the 2020 WSOP , with a buy-in of US $ 25,000 and US $ 50,000.
Previous events
year | Buy-in (in $ ) | Attendees | winner | origin | Prize money (in $) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | 25,000 | 175 | Anthony Zinno | 1,122,196 | |
2016 | 184 | Jens Kyllönen | 1,127,035 | ||
2017 | 205 | James Calderaro | 1,289,074 | ||
2018 | 230 | Shaun Deeb | 1,402,683 | ||
2019 | 278 | Stephen Chidwick | 1,618,417 | ||
2020 | because COVID-19 pandemic postponed | ||||
50,000 | postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Event # 60: $ 25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha on the World Series of Poker website, accessed July 6, 2017