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2010 WSOP: Daniel Alaei Wins 2010 Pot Limit Omaha World Championsihp

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Event 55 of the 2010 World Series of Poker was the $10,000 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha World Championship, where 346 players vied for a piece of the $3.2 million prize pool. 36 players would be lucky enough to take a share of the prize pool with the biggest winner earning over $780K and a coveted WSOP gold bracelet. The big champion was none other than Daniel Alaei, a 25 year old poker pro from Los Angeles, California, who won his third WSOP gold bracelet, and marked his 20th time to cash at the WSOP for $780,599. According to official records, Daniel Alaei now has three wins, five final table appearances, and 20 cashes at the WSOP. His career WSOP earnings now total $1,535,621. “It’s right up there. It’s really important to me. But they are all important. The first one, of course was special. The second one, too, because it solidifies the first one. And then the third one solidifies the first two. They all feel good. I want to keep on winning more,” says Daniel Alaei about winning h...

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

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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, ...