Two Brazilians at a seven-handed final table, and a bracelet decided in under five hours. Event #14 of the 2026 WSOP Online, the $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha, wrapped up on Thursday with Murilo Milhomem in third and Erick "xErick" Mossinger in fourth. The bracelet went to Finland with PLO specialist Kai Lehto, who banked $147,225 in prize money and bounties combined.
The facts: 721 entries and a seven-figure prize pool
The event drew 721 entries for a $1,027,425 prize pool, paying 84 spots. The final table opened with Taiwan's "Shufuu" out in seventh ($32,293 including bounties) and the Dominican Republic's "Pelmsh88" in sixth ($23,875).
Then came the bust-out nobody wanted to see. Lex Veldhuis, at his first WSOP final table since 2009, got his chips in with a pair of aces and ran into a flopped set with a straight-draw redraw held by Cyprus's "Cursed79". Fifth place and $41,465: his deepest WSOP finish in 17 years.
The Brazilians fell back to back. Mossinger exited in fourth for $39,742 plus $10,281 in bounties ($50,023 total), and Milhomem, knocked out by Lehto, took third for $52,440 plus $11,320 ($63,760). Lehto then closed out "Cursed79" heads-up; the runner-up collected $97,263. The champion's haul: $69,195 in prize money, $78,030 in bounties and a $30,000 Super Pass to the WSOP Paradise Super Main Event.
Milhomem's run is no fluke: in August he won two PLO Series titles in a single night. The next bracelet won't be awarded until Sunday, September 6: Event #15, the $1,000 Rounder Cup, runs regional Day 1s on Saturday (the Americas included) and sends the top 10% of each continent to the final.
Why it matters: in Omaha, aces are just one pair
Veldhuis's hand is the lesson Hold'em players struggle with most. In PLO, pocket aces are a favorite preflop, but after the flop they are exactly that: one pair. Against a set with a straight draw on the side, your equity (your real share of the pot) collapses. If you're moving to Omaha, start with why aces are worth less and how equity actually works before you sit down.
The second lesson is in Lehto's numbers: he earned more from bounties ($78,030) than from first place ($69,195). In a progressive bounty event half the money sits on your opponents' heads, and in a super turbo the blinds climb so fast that every short stack with a bounty becomes a target. Players who understand how value is split in a PKO are playing a different tournament.
The third is about process. Milhomem has spent a month cashing hard in the format he knows best. Specializing, putting in volume and accepting that variance will do its thing is still the path that pays.
Brazilian poker doesn't stop, either: BSOP Floripa kicks off today in Florianópolis. Have you tried PLO yet, or are you still a Hold'em-only player? Tell us in the community and let's break down this final table together.