Elie Nakache wins the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship at the 2024 World Series of Poker

Pot-Limit Omaha has gained popularity in the poker tournament scene in recent years. This year’s World Series of Poker 10,000 US dollars PLO The championship event attracted a massive field of 811 entrants, compared to 731 in 2023 and 683 in 2022. Due to the strong participation, this event ended with a prize pool of $7,542,300. Frenchman Elie Nakache emerged victorious from the sea of ​​four-card enthusiasts, winning $1,320,945 and his first bracelet for the win.

This was Nakache’s first seven-figure tournament win. In fact, he had never made a six-figure win before this event. After this breakthrough, he now has nearly $1.5 million in total winnings.

In addition to the money and hardware, Nakache also earned 2,280 Card player Player of the Year points, putting him 62nd in the 2024 award. POY Ranking presented by Global Poker.

The 1,100 PokerGO Tour The points Nakache earned as champion pushed him up to sixth place on this leaderboard.

This event lasted four days. The high number of participants meant that the top 122 players made the money, with a minimum prize of $20,099 and six-figure or more for the final nine. Prominent players who went far included bracelet winner Stephen Chidwick (17th), bracelet winner and recent fifth-place finisher at the Poker Players Championship David Benyamine (8th), and bracelet winner Eelis Parssinen (6th).

On the last day there were only five players left, 2019 World Poker Tour best Bounty Scramble Champion Joshua Adkins in the lead and Nakache in second chip position.

Oshri Lahmani (5th – $315,098) was the first to be eliminated on the final day, followed by Manh Nguyen in fourth place ($436,751). Adkins sent Nguyen home with aces and fours to take a comfortable lead into the three-way match.

A flush on a flush ended Jonathan Bowers’ run to third place, with his ten of diamonds high no chance against Adkins’ ace of diamonds high. Bowers earned $615,251 in third place.

Heads-up play began with Adkins holding a chip advantage of over 3:1 over Nakache. The first pot went to Nackache, as did most of the following during the final battle for the bracelet. He made a full house in a large pot to take the chip lead, and then managed to extend his lead in time for the final hand of the event. Adkins raised to 900,000 from the button with AAKQ and Nakache defended his blind with 8543. The flop brought 642 to give Nakache a six-high straight. He checked and Adkins bet 600,000. Nakache check-raised to 2,000,000 and Adkins called with his overpair and two nut backdoor flush draws. The K On the turn, Nakache bet 3,500,000. Adkins called and the 10 completed the board. Nakache moved all-in and Adkins called with his last 9,500,000. Adkins won second place for a career-high $880,621.

Here’s a look at the payouts and leaderboard points awarded at the final table:

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