WSOP Europe Main Event Champ Omar Eljach Wins Second Bracelet in Rozvadov
November 01, 2024 Dan O'Hair Live Reporter
Omar Eljach has 🎅 overcome a 719-entry field and defeated Diana Volcovschi heads-up in Event #2: €550 Pot Limit Omaha 8-Max at the 2024 🎅 World Series of Poker Europe. Eljach earns his second WSOP bracelet, along with the €65,900 first-place prize here at King's 🎅 Resort in Rozvadov.
The victory comes fresh off of a breakout year in 2024, in which Eljach won the WSOPE Main 🎅 Event — padding an already impressive poker resume that includes over €2,000,000 in live-tournament earnings.
Eljach entered the final table with 🎅 more than twice that of his next closest opponent and put on a clinic in big-stack play by continually applying 🎅 pressure to his opponents in the face of significant pay jumps. En route to his victory, Eljach claimed six final-table 🎅 eliminations and at no point gave up the chip lead.
Winner's Reaction
"I'm very happy to get my second [bracelet]. I was 🎅 actually more excited for the bracelet than the laddering of the money, which has not been the case before," Eljach 🎅 said.
Eljach remained confident throughout the final table and explained how he was able to apply a lot of pressure to 🎅 the medium stacks using his big stack.
"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."
Eljach said he will be gunning 🎅 for another bracelet during this year's series, particularly in the upcoming PLO events.
"It's my favorite game. I definitely consider myself 🎅 more of a PLO player."
Event #2: €550 Pot Limit Omaha 8-Max Final Table Results
Place Winner Country Prize (in EUR) 1 🎅 Omar Eljach Sweden €65,900 2 Diana Volcovschi Portugal €40,700 3 Roland Israelashvili United States €29,100 4 Michael Rodrigues Portugal €21,000 🎅 5 Ihar Pliashko Belarus €15,500 6 Martino Cito Italy €11,500 7 Patrik Jaros Czechia €8,700 8 Anson Tsang Hong Kong 🎅 €6,700
Final Table Action
Day 3 began with an unofficial final table of nine looking to claim WSOPE glory. The action started 🎅 relatively slow, with the first elimination of the day occurring after Michal Mrakes found himself short and losing the rest 🎅 of his chips to Eljach's straight after getting all-in preflop.
Anson Tsang came into the final day second in chips but 🎅 was unable to build any momentum and lost the majority of his stack after getting his aces cracked by Eljach, 🎅 who claimed the rest of Tsang's chips a few hands later.
After an extended period of action that saw Roland Israelashvili 🎅 survive facing elimination six times, Patrik Jaros, Martino Cito, and Ihar Pliashko all fell in seventh, sixth, and fifth place 🎅 respectively in rapid succession with Eljach claiming two more eliminations.
Michael Rodrigues remained relatively quiet throughout the table, but escalating blinds 🎅 forced him to take a stand in a blind versus blind confrontation against Eljach that unsurprisingly went Eljach's way.
Israelashvili, who 🎅 was down to just 15,000 chips at one point, finally saw his good fortune come to an end after running 🎅 into the nut flush of Volcovschi.
Volcovschi entered the final table as the short stack but managed to navigate all the 🎅 way to heads-up play, which ended nearly as soon as it began. On the second hand of heads-up, Volcovschi found 🎅 herself committing the rest of her chips against Eljach in a cooler wherein both players flopped a flush. With that, 🎅 Eljach secured his victory in a convincing manner.
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