Event #79: $50,000 HIGH ROLLER Pot-Limit Omaha

Out of a field of 187 entries in Event #79: $50,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha at the 2024 World Series of Poker, Germany's Daniel Perkusic has come out on top after a heads up duel with Danny Tang. They earned the two biggest slices of the $8,929,250 prize pool, with Perkusic walking away with the top prize of $2,100,325 whereas Tang had to settle for a runner-up score of $1,400,217.

Perkusic was the only contender without a WSOP gold bracelet to his name when the final day resumed. In fact, this was the first-ever live WSOP event he managed to cash in. However, he navigated the final table expertly and sealed the victory after a masterclass heads-up performance. His two-million-dollar score is by far the largest cash of the Omaha specialist's career, more than tripling his total live recorded earnings.

Event #79: $50,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha Final Table Results

Day 3 Action

The day started with just five players returning to the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Indian high roller Santhosh Suvarna entered the day as the shortest stack and hit the rail after only a few hands. Suvarna got it in with aces on the flop, but ran into the set of Perkusic and received no help.

Dutch pot-limit Omaha giant Ronald Keijzer and Tang then created a huge pot of over 20,000,000 chips. Keijzer check-shoved on the river on a paired board against chipleader Tang. Tang eventually sniffed out Keijzer's bluff, who had put all his chips in with blockers to full houses. Tang played the second nuts and made the correct call to eliminate Keijzer.

With over half the chips in play, Tang seemed to run away with it at that point. However, Perkusic won some pots against the leader to close the gap. Perkusic eventually even overtook the lead and solidified it when he knocked out two-time bracelet winner Jim Collopy in third place when his pocket aces held against the pocket kings of Collopy, setting up the heads-up match with Tang.

Early in the heads up, Tang momentarily took back the lead, and it looked like a comeback was in the cards for the Hong Kong native. However, after a while, Tang could not seem to win any hand, with Perkusic winning small pot after small pot while being cheered on by his friends on the rail.

Tang managed to double twice, with four big blinds to his name the first time and three the second time. On the final hand, Tang got it in good again as he had flopped bottom set against Perkusic's top two pair, but the river gave the German a full house to secure his victory and award him his maiden bracelet.

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Prior to the hand, Daniel Perkusic promised that there would be a "blind all-in" and Danny Tang then got his last 2,800,000 in from the button with Perkusic coming along.

Danny Tang:     
Daniel Perkusic:     

The board ran out       and the king kicker played to ensure the double-up.

Daniel Perkusic	49,700,000	-3,600,000
Danny Tang	6,400,000	3,600,000

Daniel Perkusic raised the button to 2,400,000 and Danny Tang folded.

Tang potted to the same amount in the next hand and Perkusic called, then check-folded when Tang potted the     flop.

Perkusic raised the pot on his next button for Tang to call. The flop came     and Tang checked, then folded when Perkusic bet 1,600,000.

Tang potted the next button once more and Perkusic folded. Right after that, both players went on a short bathroom break.

Daniel Perkusic	45,700,000	3,700,000
Danny Tang	10,400,000	-3,700,000

Throughout a series of smaller pots that mostly went to Daniel Perkusic, the momentum heavily shifted in his favour as Danny Tang dropped to 15 big blinds without any showdown whatsoever.

Tang then limped in and Perkusic checked to the     flop. Both players checked and did so again on the   turn. Perkusic bet the   river for 2,000,000 and Tang folded.

Perkusic limped in the next hand and Tang checked. On a     flop, Tang check-called for 1,200,000 and they checked the   on the turn.

After the   river, Tang bet 3,500,000 and folded when Perkusic raised the pot. Perkusic flashed the      for a bluff.

Daniel Perkusic	50,400,000	9,800,000
Danny Tang	5,700,000	-9,800,000

Both players limped in and then folded to a pot-sized raise in consecutive hands.

Daniel Perkusic then limped and Danny Tang checked to the     flop. Both checked again to see the   turn on which Tang check-called for 900,000. The   river was checked and Tang won the pot with the     .

Tang then limped and Perkusic checked. The     flop was checked and Perkusic's bet of 600,000 on the   turn took it down.

Perkusic raised his next button to 1,500,000 for Tang to call. Without any betting action, the board of       was checked down. Tang showed    but Perkusic won the pot with the      for tens and fours.

Daniel Perkusic	33,700,000	-400,000
Danny Tang	22,400,000	400,000

Daniel Perkusic raised to 1,500,000 on the button and Danny Tang defended the big blind. On the     flop, Tang checked and subsequently folded when Perkusic bet 1,500,000.

One hand later, Perkusic bet the     flop for 1,400,000 and Tang called. They checked the   turn and Perkusic bet the   river for 2,200,000. Tang only gave it brief consideration to then fold.

Daniel Perkusic	28,600,000	7,100,000
Danny Tang	27,500,000	-7,100,000

Danny Tang limped the button and Daniel Perkusic checked to the     flop, on which Perkusic check-folded to a bet worth 800,000.

Perkusic then opened to 1,500,000 on his next button and Tang defended. Tang check-called the     flop for 1,000,000 and check-folded the   turn when Perkusic increased his sizing to 4,000,000.

Daniel Perkusic	33,100,000	2,200,000
Danny Tang	23,000,000	-2,200,000

Daniel Perkusic limped in from the button and Danny Tang checked in the big blind. Both players checked through the     flop before the   fell on the turn.

Tang checked, Perkusic bet 1,000,000, and Tang called. Tang then led out for 3,500,000 on the   river. Perkusic used one time bank before tossing in a call.

Tang tabled      for the second nuts and raked in the pot.

Daniel Perkusic	30,900,000	-4,300,000
Danny Tang	25,200,000	4,300,000

Daniel Perkusic and Danny Tang have found their way back to the table and have started their duel for the $50,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha bracelet.