Allan Le, a 30-year-old poker professional from Huntington Beach, California, has become the latest player to join the elite WSOP gold bracelet winners club. He won the $1,500 Mixed Omaha event for his first-ever WSOP gold piece and the amount of $189,223 in prize money.
Le now has a total of 30 cashes in various WSOP events and his winnings from these amount to a little more than $600,000. He has one previous WSOP final table appearance. The player ended up finishing 4th in the 2011 WSOP $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em for a payout of $233,043.
The $1,500 Mixed Omaha tournament Le won appeared in the WSOP schedule for the very first time this year. The event included several of the most popular Omaha variants, with those being Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low Split, Omaha High-Low Split, and Big O.
The tournament kicked off on June 30 and was played over four days. It attracted 668 entries willing to give the newly introduced event a try. The overall prize pool amounted to $901,800. The top 101 finishers were paid out a portion of the money.
The unofficial final table of eight featured two former gold bracelet winners and several seasoned WSOP participants. However, it was Le who emerged victorious in the end. The player faced German Philipp Eirisch heads-up. Two-handed play kicked off with Le holding a huge chip lead over his last remaining opponent. At that point, Eirisch had only 435,000 in chips, which presupposed a very short duel. Indeed, Le needed only a few minutes to finish off his opponent and to scoop the gold bracelet.
On the very last hand in play, the two players were playing PLO/8. And here is how the hand was actually played. Eirisch potted to 150,00 and Le re-potted. The German then called all in. Le tabled [Ac][3c][2c][2d] against Eirisch’s [As][Jh][7h][6s]. The board ran out [10c][8h][3s][5c][5h], securing Le with the final pot and the victory. His German opponent had to settle for a consolation prize of $116,915.
Cody Crouch from Amarillo, Texas took 3rd place for $79,403. Gavin Smith from Canada finished 4th for a payout of $54,889. Keith Ferrera from Las Vegas, Nevada collected $38,634 for his 5th place in the event.
Yuval Bronshtein from Israel took 6th place, good for $27,696. David Bach from Athens, Georgia received $20,229 for taking 7th place. Gary Bolden from Las Vegas, Nevada rounded the unofficial eight-handed final table to be paid $15,059.
