2010 WSOP: Miguel Proulx Wins Event 28 $2,500 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha

596 players signed up for Event 28 of the 2010 World Series of Poker, a $2,500 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha event, which netted a total prize pool of $1,370,800, and 54 getting paid with first place winning a WSOP gold bracelet and $315,311 in cash.

Quebec-based poker pro Miguel Proulx of Canada emerged as the winner, which marked his first career WSOP gold bracelet and his first cash at a WSOP event worth $315,311. Miguel Proulx became the third Canadian to win a gold bracelet this year after Aadam Daya and Pascal Lefrancois won their WSOP victories.

The runner up was Las Vegas poker pro Loren Klein, who had cashed six times at the WSOP over the past three years, and received $195,147 for second place.

The third-place finisher was British soap opera actor Michael Greco from London, England, who won $129,691, marking his second time to finish third in a WSOP event.

The fourth-place finisher was Stephane Tayar from St. Mande, France, who made his second final table appearance, and won $96,24, cashing in for the third straight year in the WSOP.

The fifth-place finisher was Joerg Engels from Cologne, Germany, who won $72,227.

The sixth-place finisher was Karl Gal  from Munich, Germany, who won $54,736.

The seventh-place finisher was Trevor Pope from Gainesville, Florida, who now has three cashes in 2010, after taking $41,850 for seventh place.

The eighth-place finisher was Tommy Le from Tustin, California, who cashed for the second time this year - this time witth a payout of $32,254.

The ninth-place finisher was Patrick Hanoteau from Paris, France, who got paid $25,044.

Former WSOP gold bracelet finishers who cashed in this event included – Chau Giang (20th), Joshua Teiman (27th), Scott Clements (28th), T.J. Cloutier (38th), Richard Ashby (40th), and Peter Vilandos (45th).

Chau Giang cashed for the third time this year and now has 54 WSOP career ITM finishes. This currently ranks eighth on the all-time WSOP cashes list.

With his first cash this year, T.J. Cloutier now has 56 career cashes, and currently ranks sixth on the all-time WSOP cashes list.

Tony Cousineau added to his semi-dubious record as the player with the most cashes in WSOP history without a gold bracelet victory, cashing for the 43rd time, moving him one ahead of Johnny Chan on the all-time cashes list.