Sweden’s Omar Eljach, the winner of the 2024 World Series of Poker Europe main event,
earned the second WSOP bracelet 💸 of his career on Tuesday by triumphing in the 2024 WSOP
Europe‘s Event #2, €550 Pot Limit Omaha 8-Max.
Eljach, whose 💸 full name is Omar
Francisco Eljach Huang, is a native of Stockholm who’s made a meteoric rise in the
poker 💸 world since beginning as a participant in private poker games in Sweden last
decade. His latest win was worth €65,900, 💸 giving him aboutR$2.2 million in career
live-tournament winnings and making him Sweden’s 15th-ranked all-time earner in that
category.
Eljach tops Volcovschi 💸 for bracelet win
The 33-year-old Eljach secured the
win by eliminating Portugal’s Diana Volcovschi, who earned €40,700 as the runner-up in
💸 the best finish of her live career. Third place went to record-extending WSOP grinder
Roland Israelashvili, the American who has 💸 now cashed in 459 WSOP bracelet or Circuit
ring events around the world.
Eljach emerged from a 719-entry field to secure 💸 the win,
which was based on 414 unique players who also added 305 re-entries. The event produced
a €341,925 prize 💸 pool, and the top 109 finishers made the money.
The final-table
finishers in 2024 WSOP Europe Event #2, €550 PLO 8-max, 💸 were as follows:
Omar Eljach
(Sweden) – €65,900 Diana Volcovschi (Portugal) – €40,700 Roland Israelashvili (United
States) – €29,100 Michael Rodrigues 💸 Pires Santos (Portugal) – €21,000 Ihar Pliashko
(Belarus) – €15,500 Martino Cito (Italy) – €11,500 Patrik Jaros (Czech Republic) –
💸 €8,700 Anson Tsang (Hong Kong) – €6,700
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