The US poker player Benjamin Zamani became the one to take home the first Omaha bracelet of the 2017 World Series of Poker (WSOP). Zamani triumphed at the first position early in Sunday, winning the $1,500 buy-in Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better event which took place at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.
This is the second WSOP bracelet that has been won by Zamani in his career so far, with the German-born player also being the only one of the Event #4’s finalists who has previously won one. Apart from the gold bracelet and the event’s title, he was also granted with a largest portion of the guaranteed prize pool, taking home a prize of $238,620. However, the victory was not simply easily handed to him. Instead, it took him about 11 hours to emerge victorious from Event #4 of the 2017 WSOP.
As mentioned above, Zamani has so far won a total of 2 gold bracelets in his career as a poker player. He won his previous gold bracelet in 2015, when he emerged victorious from a $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em event. So far, the poker player has generated total live earnings estimated to $3,966,509, while his best live cash to date amounts to $1,000,000 thanks to him ranking fourth in the PCA Paradise Island’s $10,300 No Limit Hold’em Main Event in 2010.
The $1,500 buy-in Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better event gathered a total players field of 905 entries, who accounted for a total guaranteed prize pool estimated to $1,221,750. Day 3, which was the final day of the tournament’s event, saw only 29 players return to enter an epic battle for the first gold bracelet of 48th edition of WSOP.
Some of the poker players who managed to finish in the money were Valentin Vornicy, Benny Glaser, David Levi, Jim Collopy, Bruno Fitoussi, Dan Heimiller, etc.
At the time when Benjamin Zamani, Jared Hemingway and Alex Ferrari were the only ones around the event’s final table, the three of them had been almost equal in chips. However, Ferrari got quickly eliminated at the third position, leaving Zamani with an approximately 3:1 lead over Jared Hemingway in the heads-up battle. A few hands later, he became the one who grabbed the first-place prize as well as the shiny WSOP bracelet, eliminating Hemingway at the second position.
With Benjamin Zamani being crowned as the event’s winner, scooping a prize of $238,620, Jared Hemingway finished as a runner-up, being granted with a prize of $147,428 for his efforts. Alex Ferrari remained third, taking home a guaranteed prize pool portion estimated to $103,471.
The fourth position of the ranking was taken by Ryan Paluf, followed by Gary Vick. Forrest Auel occupied the sixth place, while Scott Buller remained second. Positions eight and nine were taken by Martin Corpuz and Dustin Sitar, respectively.
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Harry Evans
