A professional poker player from Chicago, United states Brandon Shack-Harris has won the event#51 of the world series of poker. The event was $10,000 buy in Pot Limit Omaha eighth handed. The player collects first prize of amount $894,300 and a gold bracelet.
Total 400 entrants participated to the game and created $3,760,000 as cash prize pool. Out of 400, top 60 places were paid. This was the 20th cash and 9th final table participation and second gold bracelet for the player. The first bracelet was in 2014 and it was for $1,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha, whereas all time money for the player now $2,613,068.
He said that “this is definitely the most gratify moment of my poker career”. The player is professional and loves to play poker in big tournament. The high stake poker player also said that this tournament was a tough one and some of the best poker players were sitting around me, he added.
The game played over for four days and three nights and just concluded on the Main stage of the ESPN at one of the best casino destination in the world that is Rio, Las Vegas. The player said that there were lots of great players in the final table with me, and I’ve been lucky enough to get this title.
Final Nine Places:-
Loren Klein, from Verdi was the runner up in the game and took home $552,713 as winning prize. Klein is playing really well in this particular series and had through to the event#45 as well.
Tommy Le, from Tustin was the third position holder for $376,667 and Melad Marji, from Oneida Castle from New York got fourth place for a winning total $261,652.
Fifth, sixth and seventh positions were for Matthew Parry($185,337), Harley Stoffmaker, from Cote Saint($133,918) and Junayed Khan, from New York, who got out with $98,748.
Meanwhile Dominique Mosley was the first player who got eliminated from the final table of the game, just after a few hands were played. He claimed $74,339, being eighth in the winners list.