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World Series of Poker
WSOP Event #37

French high-stakes player David Benyamine wins Omaha High-Low Split World Championship

World Series of Poker Event #37, Omaha High-Low Split World Championship, 19-21 June 2008

Entrants: 235

Buy in: ,000

Prize pool: ,209,000

Final results:
1. David Benyamine, 5,687
2. Greg Jamison, 1,350
3. Jason Gray, 9,855
4. Toto Leonidas, 1,197
5. Mike Matusow, 8,062
6. Eugene Katchalov, 0,450
7. Ram Vaswani, ,360
8. David Chiu, ,792
9. Hieu "Tony" Ma, ,225

The ,000 buy-in Omaha High-Low Split World Championship (Event #37) attracted 235 entries, creating a prize pool totaling ,209,000. The top 27 finishers collected prize money.

This was the largest Omaha High-Low Split prize pool in poker history. In fact, only one previous event had ever surpassed the million-dollar mark – the ,000 buy-in championship held at the 2006 WSOP. This Omaha High-Low Split tournament ranks as the only million-plus prize pool on poker history.

The 2008 Omaha High-Low Split World Champion is David Benyamine.

 

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