6/30/07posted by Poker Queen @ 3:43 PM

Winner of Event #44, the $2,000 buy-in Omaha High-Low tournament, is Frank O'Dell. With 534 entries, the event was one of the largest Omaha High-Low turnouts in the history of the World Series of Poker.

This was poker pro Frank O?Dell?s second victory at the WSOP. He also won the Omaha High-Low event back in 2003, which makes him one of only a few players who have won Omaha High-Low several times. O?Dell, who has been playing tournament poker for the last ten years, has a total of over $1.4 million in winnings.

The final table began with Marcel "the Flying Dutchman" Luske being chipleader, but he finished fourth in the event. Thang Luu finished second, and Martin Corpuz third. O?Dell started the final table being third in chips, but managed to beat his eight opponents in just slightly more than three hours, making it one of the fastest finals of the 2007 World Series of Poker. During the game, O?Dell acted confident and even told his opponents, "It's my bracelet, I want you all to know. It's my bracelet."

First place in the $2,000 buy-in Omaha Hi Lo tournament pays O?Dell $240,057 in prize money. When asked in an interview what he plans to do with the money, O?Dell said, ?I just want to relax. To me a win is more important than money or anything else. It?s a great experience.?

Event #50, the two-day $10,000 buy-in World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha will start at noon tomorrow Sunday July 1st, followed by Event #51, the two-day $1,000 buy-in S.H.O.E event starting at 5 pm PDT.

Sources:
http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/
http://www.pokernews.com/

Labels: Poker Tournaments Schedule, Poker Tourneys, WSOP

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