Brandon Shack-Harris Wins 2016 World Series of Poker $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship

Brandon Shack-Harris exploded onto the live tournament scene in 2014, winning his first gold bracelet in a $1,000 pot-limit Omaha event and then making three more top-three finishes in WSOP events that summer. After a disappointing outing in 2015 Shack-Harris got back to his winning ways in 2016, outlasting a field of 400 entries to win the 2016 WSOP $10,000 pot-limit Omaha championship event. For the win the 35-year-old poker pro earned his second gold bracelet and the massive $894,300 first-place prize.

“This is definitely the most gratifying moment for me in my poker career. All of my friends were here and everything ended perfectly,” said Shack-Harris after the win. “I’m trying to soak this in a little bit, which is something I didn’t do in 2014.”

The event ran an extra day longer than scheduled, with Shack-Harris coming into the fourth and final day as the chip leader with six players remaining. He knocked out Matthew Parry in fifth place ($185,337) and Tommy Le in third ($376,667) to take just under a 2-to-1 chip lead into heads-up play against Loren Klein.

Like Shack-Harris Klein is also a pot-limit Omaha bracelet winner, having won the $1,500 buy-in event less than a week earlier for his first WSOP title and a $241,427 payday.

“Loren is a special guy, just as I feel that I am, in that we both play a fairly unorthodox style. We play some street PLO, and street recognizes street,” said Shack-Harris with a smile.

The two battled for a while, with Shack-Harris getting out to a 4-to-1 lead only to have Klein battle all the way back to even. Shack-Harris was able to chip away again and by the time the final hand arose he held a 3-to-2 advantage.

With blinds of 120,000 – 240,000 Klein limped in from the button and Shack-Harris bet the pot for 720,000. Klein made the call and the flop came down A108.

Shack-Harris bet the pot for 1.44 million. Klein moved all in for around 3 million and Shack-Harris quickly called with the A1064 for top two pair. Klein was behind with the A863 for top and bottom pair. The 2 on the turn kept Shack-Harris in the lead and the J sealed the deal. With that Shack-Harris locked up the title and sent Klein to the rail as the runner up with $552,713.

Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at this final table:

For more coverage from the summer series, visit the 2016 WSOP landing page complete with a full schedule, news, player interviews and event recaps.

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