Omar Eljach, the winner of the 2024 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event, won his
second bracelet in the 🏀 second event of the this year’s Series at King’s Report in
Rozvadov. Eljach outlasted 413 players (305 rebuys) in the 🏀 €550 Pot Limit Omaha 8-Max
that had a prize pool of €341,525, easily surpassing its €300,000 guarantee. He wins
€65,900.
Omar 🏀 Eljach won his second WSOP bracelet. (Image: WSOP)
“I’m very happy to get
my second [bracelet],” Eljach told a WSOP pool 🏀 reporter. “I was actually more excited
for the bracelet than the laddering of the money, which has not been the 🏀 case before.
It’s my favorite game.”
The 33 year-old Swede is not just whistling “Mama Mia” when he
said “I definitely 🏀 consider myself more of a PLO player.”
Eljach nearly won his first
WSOP bracelet at the same casino in 2024 in 🏀 the €2,200 PLO event, but stalled in
second. The same thing happened in 2024 in the €5,000 PLO event only 🏀 a week before he
went on to win the €10,350 Main for a life-changing €1,318,000.
Also that summer, he
took down 🏀 a €1,650 PLO event at the European Poker Tour in Barcelona for €129,820 — his
first EPT title and his 🏀 largest cash up to then.
Eljach was able to use his deep
knowledge of PLO and a big stack to bully 🏀 the final table, maneuvering in a way that
prevented players from being able to pick up any traction.
“I knew I 🏀 could apply a lot
of pressure because there were a lot of short stacks. The stacks that were half my 🏀 size
couldn’t really move as long as the short stacks were there. It was a good spot for me
to 🏀 be able to steamroll the table,” he said.
Eljach said he will be gunning for another
bracelet during this year’s series, 🏀 particularly in the remaining PLO events.
Roland
still searching
Two of the players who fell victim to Eljach’s strategy late in the
🏀 tourney, Diana Volcovschi and Roland Israelashvili, were both going for their first
WSOP bracelet.
Israelashvili might be the best tournament player 🏀 in the world without a
WSOP bracelet. With 10 WSOP Circuit rings, the goose egg next to his bracelet count 🏀 is
befuddling and stands out like a an ugly baby, especially knowing that he has cashed
459 times in WSOP 🏀 events since 2005.
Runner-up Volcovschi is still searching for her
first piece of WSOP hardware. She came as close as possible 🏀 once before in a €1,100
turbo event in 2024, but lost heads-up to Milad Oghabian Langar. The young poker pro
🏀 from Portugal is still looking for her first six-figure cash.
The €40,700 for coming in
second this week is her largest 🏀 cash to date.
Diana Volcovschi missed winning her first
WSOP bracelet a second time in Rozvadov. (Image: WSOP)
The 2024 WSOP Europe 🏀 continues
through Nov. 13, with the first flights of the €10,350 Main Event beginning Nov. 10.
