US poker pro Paul Volpe has won the first of this year’ World Series of Poker championship events, taking down the $10,000 buy-in Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better competition to win his third bracelet and a first prize of $417,921, bringing his live tourney career earnings to over $3 million.
The event drew a field of 169 entries, generating a prize pool of $1,588,600 and enabling 26 players to cash.
In the heads up Volpe faced fellow US professional player Eli Elezra, starting out with the chip lead and building rapidly on the back of a series of high value pots. It was too much for Elezra to overcome, and he departed as runner up with $258,297.
Other final table cashes included:
Adam Coats $181,374
Kyle Miaso $129,648
Viacheslav Zhukov $94,730
Dustin Dirksen $69,971
Robert Mizrachi $52,866
Daniel Zack$40,715
Per Hildebrand $31,977