2023 WSOP Europe

Event #6: €5,000 Pot Limit Omaha
Day: 2
Event Info

2023 WSOP Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq103
Prize
€230,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€911,525
Entries
202
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
52
Players Left
1

Wing Po Liu Wins First Bracelet in Event #6: €5,000 Pot Limit Omaha (€230,000)

Level 30 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Wing Po Liu
Wing Po Liu

The sixth gold bracelet of the 2023 World Series of Poker Europe has been awarded to Wing Po Liu here at King's Resort in Rozvadov. Liu overcame a 202-player field and defeated Omar Eljach heads-up to claim their first gold bracelet along with the €230,000 first-place prize in Event #6: €5,000 Pot Limit Omaha.

Liu has had a couple of close calls as far as tournament wins go, including a third-place finish earlier this year in a WSOP $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed event in Vegas. Liu's victory today marks a career-best cash along with his first-ever tournament win.

Winner's Reaction

Humble in victory, Liu explained that playing Pot-Limit Omaha tournaments is still relatively new to him, with most of his past results coming from Hold'em events.

"I still cannot believe I won because I rarely play PLO tournaments," Liu said. "I wanted to try some new games because No-Limit Hold'em can be boring. Some days just fold fold fold fold."

As far as winning the tournament, Liu explained that some of his skill in No-Limit tournaments can be applied to PLO tournaments as well.

"I don't really study PLO, but some [strategy] is similar to No-Limit tournaments, like ICM pressure or something like that. I'm mostly just learning while I'm playing... it's actually so ridiculous because my first professional win was a PLO tournament."

Event #6: €5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Wing Po LiuHong Kong€230,000
2Omar EljachSweden€141,800
3Kasparas KlezysLithuania€97,600
4Anson TsangHong Kong€68,850
5Marco Di PersioItaly€49,800
6Gergo NagyHungary€36,900
7Wooram ChoSouth Korea€28,100
8Tong LiChina€22,000
Final Table
Final Table

Day 2 Action

Day 2 began with 52 hopefuls all looking to claim the lion’s share of the €911,52 prize pool. Eliminations came swiftly with many notables busting out within the first few levels. Among the less fortunate were Jerry Odeen, Roland Israelashvili, Jan-Peter Jachtmann, and Felipe Ramos — all of whom were eliminated before making the money.

The money bubble burst after Daniel Dvoress ran trips into a full house, at which point the rest of the field was assured a min-cash of €7,875.

It didn't take long for the remaining field to work its way down to a final table, with Ren Lin (31st - €7,875), Dario Alioto (29th - €7 875), Michael Rodrigues (19th - €9,850), Renji Mao (15th - €10,900), and Michael Rocco (13th - €12,425) alll bowing out short of the finale.

Despite coming into the final table with a significant chip lead, the tone was set for what ended up being a rough day for Gergo Nagy after Tong Li doubled through him immediately after play began. After Oleksii Kovalchuk, Li, and Wooram Cho exited in ninth, eighth, and seventh place respectively, Liu began his ascent at the final table after cracking Nagy's pocket aces in a massive pot.

From that point on, Nagy failed to gain any momentum back and was eliminated in sixth place after getting all-in preflop and falling to Kasparas Klezys' aces.

Liu continued his rise after eliminating Marco Di Persio in a two-hand combo that left Liu vying for the chip lead.

Anson Tsang was able to hang on and double up multiple times throughout the final table before finally hitting the rail in fourth place thanks to Eljach, who spiked an ace on the turn after getting Tsang all in on the flop.

Liu claimed one more victim in Klezys, who was sent out in third place after Liu flopped two pair against him — setting up what would be a brief heads-up battle between him and Eljach.

Omar Eljach and Wing Po Liu
Omar Eljach and Wing Po Liu

Eljach, who has been on an absolute tear this series after getting fourth place in Event #3: €1,350 Mini Main Event and flat-out winning Event #2: €550 Pot Limit Omaha 8-Max, entered heads-up play at a chip disadvantage but quickly assumed the lead after getting paid off with a full house.

Liu wouldn't be denied, however, as just a few short hands later he put a big move on Eljach to win a massive pot. Liu finished the job after getting all in with queens and cracking Eljach's kings to make his first tournament victory official.

That wraps up PokerNews' coverage of Event #6: €5,000 Pot Limit Omaha. Be sure to check out our live-reporting hub for continuing coverage of the 2023 World Series of Poker Europe right here at King's Resort in Rozvadov.