The Thailand number one crusher, Punnat Punsri, just added another massive chapter to his incredible high-stakes legacy. He absolutely dominated the $30,000 NLHE PLO mixed event at the Triton Poker Series in Jeju, taking home $504,000 and locking up his sixth prestigious Triton title.
This victory pushes Punnat Punsri past absolute legends of the game. He now holds more Triton titles than Phil Ivey, Bryn Kenney and Mikita Badziakouski. His win rate is so relentless that even Jason Koon is starting to feel the mathematical pressure at the very top of the leaderboard.
Punnat Punsri is a master of structural leverage. He openly stated that grinding both Texas Hold’em and Omaha Poker since his university days gave him the exact theoretical baseline needed to crush this hybrid format. Mixing Pot Limit Omaha into a No Limit Hold’em structure completely destroys players who only study two cards. When the stacks get shallow and the antes become massive, Punnat Punsri excels where other players completely crumble under the pressure of escalating blinds and shifting equities.
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The Brutal Action And Bubble Dynamics
The hybrid format forced elite Hold’em specialists to survive deep Omaha waters, and it created incredible variance across the entire field. The independent chip model pressure near the money was absolute torture. Mario Mosbock experienced the ultimate poker nightmare, stone bubbling the tournament in brutal fashion. After already bubbling the massive anniversary event, Mosbock got his last chips in with J♠️ 7♠️ against the K♣️ 6♣️ of Laszlo Bujtas. Mosbock flopped a Jack to take the lead, but the board ran out to give Laszlo Bujtas a backdoor straight, sending Mosbock to the rail empty-handed.
The Final Table Bloodbath
With the bubble burst, the final table was set, and the elite names came out to play. The early casualties included poker icons Patrik Antonius, Ding Biao and Jesse Lonis, who fell in tenth through eighth place, respectively. Once the official final table began, the stack-to-pot ratios shrank dramatically, forcing absolute precision from every single player.
Returning for the final day, the short stacks had to force the action or get eaten alive by the increased blinds. Dan Dvoress came in with a critical stack deficit and clashed with Punnat Punsri in a massive Pot Limit Omaha pot. Punnat Punsri opened A♠️ K♥️ Q♠️ 4♦️ under the gun, showcasing premium broadway connectivity. Dan Dvoress committed his short stack on the button with A♣️ A♦️ 9♣️ 7♥️. The board ran out 4♠️ T♣️ J♦️ 3♠️ K♣️, giving Punnat Punsri the absolute nut broadway straight and sending Dan Dvoress out in seventh place for $87,000.
Punnat Punsri then targeted the aggressive Hungarian crusher Laszlo Bujtas. Better known by his online moniker, Omaha4rollz, Laszlo Bujtas is a feared Omaha specialist, but he met his end during a Texas Hold’em round. Facing escalating blinds, Laszlo Bujtas shoved 23 big blinds holding K♠️ J♠️ but could not crack the dominating A♥️ T♥️ of Punnat Punsri. Laszlo Bujtas took home $112,000 for his deep run while Punsri continued to build his massive chip tower.
The Austrian Matthias Eibinger was the next victim of the brutal multiway math. Down to just four blinds, Matthias Eibinger committed everything from the big blind with T♠️ 7♠️ 8♦️ 3♣️ in PLO. He was called by his fellow countryman, Daniel Rezaei, holding K♠️ K♥️ A♣️ 7♦️ and Zhou Quan holding K♦️ J♣️ T♥️ 6♠️. The board checked down to 8♣️ 6♥️ 5♠️ Q♦️ 5♣️, allowing Rezaei to scoop the pot with two pair Kings and Fives.
Matthew Wantman entered the tournament specifically for the PLO action but found his end during a Holdem round. Matthew Wantman shoved his short stack from the button with A♦️ T♠️, and Zhou Quan made the mathematical call from the big blind with A♠️ 4♠️. The 4♠️ on the flop was an absolute dagger. Hitting a three-outer in a massive equity spot is the brutal reality of tournament variance, eliminating Matthew Wantman in fourth place for $183,000.
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The Three-Handed Variance War
With three players remaining, the swings became violently unpredictable. Switching between four cards and two cards every orbit completely alters optimal pushing and folding ranges. Punnat Punsri, Daniel Rezaei and Zhou Quan traded massive blows as the blinds escalated into the danger zone. Rezaei managed to boat up in PLO holding J♠️ T♠️ 5♥️ 5♦️ against the K♣️ Q♣️ T♦️ 3♦️ of Punnat Punsri, briefly taking the chip lead and shifting the tournament dynamic.
But Punnat Punsri refused to back down from the warfare. He rivered a massive flush holding Q♠️ J♠️ against the 9♥️ 9♦️ of Rezaei in a Hold ’em round, leaving the Austrian on absolute life support. Rezaei was eliminated shortly after cashing for $240,000 in third place.
The Heads Up Masterclass
Punnat Punsri entered heads-up play with a commanding 40 to 8 blind lead over Zhou Quan. While Zhou Quan managed a few desperate double-ups, it was not enough at the end.
In the final hold ’em hand, all the chips went into the middle preflop. Zhou Quan held A♠️ J♠️ and Punnat Punsri held 5♥️ 3♥️. The flop came 2♠️ K♦️ A♦️, keeping Zhou Quan firmly in the lead with top pair. But the dealer dropped the 4♥️ on the turn, delivering Punnat Punsri a miraculous wheel straight. Zhou Quan was drawing completely dead and secured $356,000 as the runner-up.
Event 13 $30K PLO NLH Mix Official Payouts
Total Prize Pool: $1,800,000
Total Entries: 60
1st Punnat Punsri $504,000
2nd Zhou Quan $356,000
3rd Daniel Rezaei $240,000
4th Matthew Wantman $183,000
5th Matthias Eibinger $144,000
6th Laszlo Bujtas $112,000
7th Dan Dvoress $87,000
8th Jesse Lonis $69,000
9th Ding Biao $56,000
10th Patrik Antonius $49,000
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