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WSOP Event #50

Marty Smyth with his big pile of cash

Marty Smyth with his big pile of cash

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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