In an unraised pot, Sean Troha and Ryan Coon saw a flop of 6♦6♣2♠. Coon started with a check and Troha bet 400,000, which Coon called.
The turn was the 7♠, bringing the second spade to the board and Coon took the initiative, betting 925,000. Troha made the call and together they saw the 5♠.
The river was the 5♠ and Coon checked. Troha bet 2,400,000 and when Coon called he showed 7♣7♦Q♥A♦ for a full house.
Sean Troha called in the small blind and in the big blind, Ryan Coon potted for 750,000 which Troha called.
On the 10♦4♣4♦ flop, Coon potted to 1,750,000 and Troha moved all in for 5,900,000 effective and Coon called.
Ryan Coon: A♦K♥10♣8♦
Sean Troha: K♠J♣J♦4♠
The board ran out 8♣6♣ and Troha's three fours held up against Coon's two pair and Coon shook hands with Troha as his impressive run came to an end in second place.
Sean Troha was left standing after a fun and exciting three days here in Event #34: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha, capturing his second career WSOP gold bracelet here at the World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
Coming into Day 3, only ten players remained and it was anyone’s game. When the dust settled, it was Troha took home the top prize of $298,192, adding to his victory in Event #69: $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship in 2022.
“I guess I’m as confident as I’ve been, there are still better players out there, but I’ve done a little bit of work and I guess I’m just trying to do my best”, Troha told PokerNews following his win on his confidence level in Omaha.
Troha went on to say that he’s been playing Omaha for about eight years now and it was a transition that just happened naturally, it was just the most fun game to play in Cleveland, Ohio, his home town. He credits his older brother, Kevin, who just had his first baby, for turning him onto the game back when he was in high school. Both brothers deserve a congratulations!
An unlikely runner up to Troha was Ryan Coon, who had told his wife at the start of the day that he might not even make it through the level as he started the day short, but there he was - eight pay jumps later. Matthew Parry gave his opponents hell along the way but had to settle for the bronze. There were plenty of big names this trio had to battle through to arrive on the main stage, including the likes of multiple-bracelet winners Robert Mizrachi, Daniel Negreanu, and Josh Arieh, just to name a few.
Final Table Results
Place
Player
Country
Prize
1
Sean Troha
United States
$298,192
2
Ryan Coon
United States
$184,305
3
Matthew Parry
United States
$134,156
4
Benjamin Voreland
Norway
$98,575
5
Matthew Beinner
United States
$73,530
6
Naor Slobodskoy
Israel
$55,381
7
Robert Mizrachi
United States
$42,200
8
Jason Bullock
United States
$32,537
9
Ryan Christopherson
United States
$25,387
Final Day Action
Going into Day 3, only ten players remained and the chip leaders were clustered closely together. It was the unfortunate Antonin Teisseire, from France, who bubbled the unofficial final table of nine when he couldn’t out chase the kings of Ryan Coon. John Racener, Daniel Negreanu, and Josh Arieh all battled to the final two tables on Day 2 but came up short at the end of the day.
Naor Slobodskoy was representing Israel at this final table and has cashes at the WSOP dating back to 2018. Focused and tuned in, Slobodskoy was lacking cards this final table and fell in 6th place when he ran into Troha’s kings.
Heads up wasn’t the longest ordeal, as Coon lost a big pot to Troha’s full house early on. As mentioned before, Coon had entered the day as one of the short stacks but was able to double early and shortly after he eliminated Teisseire and moved into contention. His wife also competed in this event and could be seen on the rail, rooting her husband from the end of Day 1 on. Troha got the last of Coon’s chips when his jacks were able to outrun the broadway cards of Coon, ending Day 3 after just six hours of play.
This concludes PokerNews coverage of Event #34: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha. Stay tuned as we continued to cover every WSOP event here in Las Vegas.