If you ever wanted a reminder that Pot Limit Omaha creates absolute chaos at tournament depth, WSOP Paradise Event #7 $10,000 Super PLOSSUS delivered it. We got legends. We got swings. We got a final table where every stack looked one pot from disaster. And we got Viktor “Isildur1” Blom doing Viktor Blom things running over the table, getting everyone nostalgic, then falling one hand short of finally grabbing that first WSOP bracelet.
And sure, Tom Vogelsang won the title but let’s not lie to ourselves.
Most of us were watching this one because Isildur1 was deep in a big PLO event again. It felt like 2009 on Full Tilt, just with slightly better lighting.
Still, Vogelsang earned it. He started short, survived the meat grinder, and walked away with $609,800 and his first WSOP bracelet. Calm, disciplined, unflappable, pretty much the opposite of Blom’s career arc, which is exactly why this heads-up matchup worked so well.
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The $10K Super PLOSSUS: A Field Loaded With Firepower
The $10,000 Super PLOSSUS drew 284 entries and built a $2.75 million prize pool, a huge turnout for a PLO major outside Las Vegas. And the field absolutely justified the price tag. You had high-stakes crushers, mixed-combo wizards, and the occasional legend taking a shot at another banner.
Phil Hellmuth even made Day 2 and started chirping about bracelet #18… right before busting in 16th for $26K. A nice run, but not the one he keeps insisting is “coming any day now.”
Other notables grabbing payouts but missing the final table included Kane Kalas, Sean Winter, Bryce Yockey, and a handful of other regulars who usually crush these formats but couldn’t survive the PLO variance treadmill this time.
Isildur1 Steals the Spotlight: A Throwback to the Nosebleed Era
Look. There’s winning the event, and then there’s winning the narrative.
Vogelsang got the bracelet.
Isildur1 got the storyline.
Seeing Viktor Blom deep in a big PLO tournament hits different. No player in poker history has taken bigger swings, played more insane lineups, or generated more railbirds out of thin air. When he first appeared on Full Tilt, nobody knew who he was just that somebody was blasting away at Tom “durrrr” Dwan, Patrik Antonius, Brian Townsend, and anyone else brave enough to sit.
Now he’s older, calmer, and somehow still terrifying.
Blom didn’t creep into this final table. He attacked it. He won pots people don’t win. He made plays people don’t make. He reminded the entire room why his name still means something a decade and a half after those nosebleed wars.
He also reminded us how cruel PLO can be.
Vogelsang Survives Early, Then Turns It Around
Tom Vogelsang entered the final day with one of the shortest stacks, which is not ideal when your opponents all seem willing to pot it at any moment. But PLO tournaments aren’t like no-limit your stack isn’t dead until it’s dust. One pot changes everything.
Vogelsang boxed up the small stuff, picked his moments, and chipped up without ever forcing the issue. When the table shifted into high-variance mode, Blom pushing tempo, Eychenne and Luo applying pressure, he stayed steady.
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Final Table Bustouts: The Quick and Dirty Run
Here’s how the final table carnage unfolded:
- 9th Dongwuk Moon ($48,000)
- 8th Tom-Aksel Bedell ($61,000)
- 7th Andreas Torbergsen ($79,000)
- 6th Sean Rafael ($105,000)
- 5th Yuri Dzivielevski ($143,000) no fifth bracelet today
- 4th Xixiang Luo ($199,000)
- 3rd Thomas Eychenne ($281,000)
Once Eychenne busted, the tempo changed instantly. Blom and Vogelsang were nearly even. One pot would decide everything.
The Final Hand: A Classic Omaha Cooler
The last hand summed up PLO beautifully: 1 strong hand, one nasty cooler, and zero forgiveness.
The flop came A-5-3.
Blom held A-A-5-6, which feels like the hand you script for him. Top set and straight blocker.
Except Vogelsang had 9-7-4-2, which meant one very important detail:
He already had the wheel.
With stacks close, the money went in fast. Blom needed the board to pair, any pair, and PLO being PLO, you’d normally expect one of those river punches to land.
Not this time.
The board bricked out clean, and just like that, Isildur1 was denied again. Vogelsang had the bracelet.
Runner-up: $406,000.
Champion: $609,800.
What This Win Means for Tom Vogelsang
This is only Vogelsang’s second WSOP cash ever and his first since 2021. He already had over $6 million in live results, but never a bracelet. Now he’s finally got one, and he admitted afterward that he hadn’t really thought much about winning bracelets until now.
He also pointed out that he’s never played a WSOP in Las Vegas but he’s moving to the U.S. and next year will be his first full series.
Final Table Payout Snapshot
- Tom Vogelsang — $609,800
- Viktor Blom — $406,000
- Thomas Eychenne — $281,000
- Xixiang Luo — $199,000
- Yuri Dzivielevski — $143,000
- Sean Rafael — $105,000
- Andreas Torbergsen — $79,000
- Tom-Aksel Bedell — $61,000
- Dongwuk Moon — $48,000
Plus deep runs from Phil Hellmuth, Bryce Yockey, Sean Winter, Kane Kalas, Joni Jouhkimainen, and a long list of crushers sprinkled across the payout sheet.
Conclusion
Vogelsang walked away with the bracelet, the payday, and a fantastic story. But for many fans — especially the ones who watched online poker explode — this event will always belong to Isildur1. He didn’t win, but he didn’t need to. Just seeing Viktor Blom back in a major PLO spotlight, wrecking people and making finals, is a win for anyone who loves the chaos and beauty of Omaha Poker.
He’ll get that bracelet someday.
And when he does, it’ll probably look a lot like this — high variance, high drama, and unforgettable.
Key Takeaways
- Tom Vogelsang wins the WSOP Paradise Event #7 Super PLOSSUS for $609,800.
- Viktor Blom continues his resurgence with another deep run.
- Dzivielevski, Hellmuth, and other stars reached late stages.
- Final table was fast, aggressive, and swing-heavy — classic PLO.
- Vogelsang will target his first full WSOP Las Vegas next year.
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