Startup Founder Seth Gottlieb Wins Triton London $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Title

Seth Gottlieb came into the 2023 Triton Poker Super High Roller Series London with a limited background in pot-limit Omaha. Despite being relatively new to four-card poker, the startup founder based out of New Jersey overcame a tough field of 77 entries in the $25,000 buy-in PLO event, earning his first Triton title and the top prize of $511,000.

“It feels amazing,” Gottlieb told Triton reporters after securing the victory. “I care a lot more about the trophy than the money.”

“Triton is amazing,” professed Gottlieb. “I love Triton. Businessmen like me can have a lot of fun and maybe win some money. It’s the best series in the world.”

Gottlieb now has more than $1.3 million in recorded tournament earnings across 13 cashes. Five of those have now come in Triton events, including a tenth-place finish in the $200,000 high roller event earlier this series for $348,000.

The top 13 finishers made the money in this event, each taking a piece of the $1,925,000 prize pool. A pair of two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winners in Chris Brewer (11th) and Keith Lehr (10th) both fell just short of the final table.

Gottlieb sat atop the chip counts by the time the field was narrowed to nine contenders. Recent $50,000 buy-in event winner at this festival Ole Schemion was the first to fall. The two-time World Poker Tour champion and bracelet winner took home $54,000 as the ninth-place finisher. Anton Morgenstern soon followed (8th – $71,200) when he ran pocket kings into pocket aces preflop.

The next big hand resulted in a double elimination. Yian Zeng was all-in with a ten-high double-suited rundown facing the pockets aces of Gavin Andreanoff (who had Zeng covered) and the double-suited A-K-Q-8 of bracelet winner Daniel Dvoress. Zeng made a queen-high straight on the turn, but the river improved Dvoress to an ace-high straight to scoop the pot. Zeng cashed out $91,500 as the seventh-place finisher, while Andreanoff was awarded $115,500 for his sixth-place showing.

Michael Rossi, who won his way to this series via a promotion on the Moneymaker Tour, got all-in with the nut flush draw and some backdoor straight possibilities facing top set for Pascal Lefrancois. Rossi earned a career-best payday of $148,200 after blanks rolled off the deck on the turn and river.

Matthew Wood got all-in with single-suited pocket aces after a king-high rainbow flop. Dvoress called with an open-ended straight draw and got there on the turn. Wood was drawing dead and was sent home with $184,800 for his fourth-place finish.

Gottlieb won the next notable clash, eliminating Pascal Lefrancois to set up the heads-up showdown for the title. Lefrancois, a WSOP bracelet winner based in Canada, earned $234,000 to grow his career earnings to more than $7 million.

Gottlieb and Dvoress started out relatively even, but the decisive clash of the match swung things dramatically in the American’s favor. All of the chips went in on a 974Q turn with Gottliev holding 8775 against the KQJ9 of Dvoress. The river brought the 7 to give Gottliev quad sevens for the win.

Dvoress was left on fumes after that and was soon knocked out in second place. The Mississauga, ON resident secured $355,000 for his latest deep run, bringing his lifetime tournament earnings to nearly $27.5 million.

Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at the final table:

Photo credit: Triton Poker / Joe Giron.

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