John Kabbaj Wins World Series of Poker Omaha/Stud Eight-Or-Better Event

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The World Series of Poker $2,500 Omaha and seven card stud eight-or-better event drew 470 runners, creating a total prize pool of $1,069,250. After three days of action, British poker pro John Kabbaj took down his second WSOP tournament title, banking $267,327 for defeating a stacked final table that included Tom Schneider (8th), Mike Leah (7th), Erik Seidel (6th), Joe Tehan (5th) and Thomas Keller (2nd).

“When you make a WSOP final [table], there is always going to be good players,” said Kabbaj. “I have had probably the worst two years of my life. I lost everything I had and had to rebuild. I have started a new life in the last six months and now this is looking good for the future.”

Kabbaj, who recently moved to Austria, won his first WSOP bracelet in the 2009 $10,000 pot-limit hold’em event.

Other notables to make a deep run in this event included Chris Reslock (12th), Robert Mizrachi (13th), Allyn Shulman (14th), Owais Ahmed (15th) and Konstantin Puchkov (16th).

Here is a look at the final table results.

*Photo courtesy of the WSOP

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