WSOPE has Second European Poker Champion

11th September

23 year old Dario Alioto of Italy has won the second WSOP bracelet at this year’s first WSOPE event and is also the second European to win a bracelet. Alioto won the pot limit Omaha championship and the grand total of, £234,390 prize pot and the coveted WSOP bracelet.

WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack is exited about the tournament so far, “It’s as though we’ve picked up where we left off at the final table of the 2007 main event in Las Vegas. That was the most international of tables and affirmed the global appeal of poker. Results here in London further suggest that the rest of the world has caught up to American poker professionals. This bodes well for the continued international growth of the game.”

This pot limit Omaha championship was held at The Casino at The Empire in London with the top 5 made up of European players.

The top 5 winners are:-

1st Dario Alioto from Italy wins £234,390
2nd Istvan Novak fromof Hungary wins £137,280
3rd Tony G, from Australia wins £94,380
4th David Callaghan from Ireland’s wins £65,520
5th Antoine Arnault from Paris wins £49,530