Overview
- The third PLO edition of the Super High Roller Bowl drew 37 entrants for a $3.7 million prize pool in Las Vegas.
- After starting Day 3 in the middle of the pack, Riordan overcame a heads-up deficit and closed it out when his nut flush draw completed against Soverel’s two pair.
- Official payouts: John Riordan $1,250,000; Sam Soverel $825,000; Joao Simao $550,000; Joni Jouhkimainen $400,000; Artur Martirosian $300,000; Bryce Yockey $225,000; Jared Bleznick $150,000.
- Soverel dominated earlier, busting Dylan Weisman on the bubble, then eliminating Bleznick (7th) and Yockey (6th) on Day 2 before knocking out Martirosian (5th) and Jouhkimainen (4th) at the final table.
- The win is a career-high cash for Riordan, surpassing his prior best of $210,180 and lifting his recorded earnings to more than $6.3 million.