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World Series of Poker
WSOP Event #50

The British Isles finally have something to shout about as Belfast's Marty Smyth wins PLO World Championship

World Series of Poker Event #50, Pot-Limit Omaha World Championship, 29 June - 1 July 2008

Entrants: 381

Buy in: $10,000

Prize pool: $3,581,400

Final results:
1. Martin Smyth, $859,549
2. Peter Jetten, $528,256
3. Michael Mizrachi, $331,279
4. Billy Argyros, $268,605
5. Richard Harroch, $214,884
6. Kido Pham, $170,116
7. Tom Hanlon, $134,302
8. Brandon Moran, $107,442
9. Greg Hurst, $80,581

The $10,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha World Championship (Event #50) attracted 381 entries, creating a record prize pool totaling $3,581,400. The top 36 finishers collected prize money.

This was the largest Pot-Limit Omaha tournament prize pool in poker history, and was won by Marty Smyth, from Belfast, Ireland. He is a professional poker player with many previous tournament cashes and wins.

 

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Marty Smyth with his big pile of cash

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