Hassan Kamel Scoops World Series of Poker $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Eight-or-Better Championship

Hassan Kamel has won the 2023 World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better championship, topping a field of 247 total entries to earn $598,613 and his first gold bracelet.

This was not only Kamel’s first win at the series, but also his first-ever cash in a WSOP event. Prior to this huge win, the Australian’s top score was a $22,577 payday earned for finishing 58th in the 2019 European Poker Tour Barcelona main event.

In addition to the title and the money, Kamel also secured 1,020 Card Player Player of the Year points and 599 PokerGO Tour points for the win.

This tournament was slated to run over the course of four days, but the fast and furious action resulted in an early finish after just three days of play inside the Paris and Horseshoe Las Vegas.

The strong turnout saw the top 42 finishers make the money, with notables that cashed including two-time bracelet winner Chris Vitch (19th), two-time bracelet winner Martin Zamani (18th), World Poker Tour champion Dylan Wilkerson (17th), bracelet winner Maxx Coleman (15th), bracelet winner Naoya Kihara (13th), bracelet winner Patrick Leonard (12th), four-time bracelet winner Ben Yu (11th), and three-time bracelet winner Paul Volpe (9th).

By the time the final table was set, Kamel had established a healthy chip lead. In a matter of minutes, European Poker Tour champion Dzmitry Urbanovich (8th – $61,346) and Long Tran (7th – $79,979) were sent to the rail to see the field shrink to six contenders.

Kamel then busted Stephen Deutsch (6th – $105,737) to extend his lead even further. Bracelet winner Dylan Weisman’s run at a second WSOP title ended in fifth place. Weisman earned $141,727 for his efforts, increasing his lifetime tournament earnings to nearly $1.9 million in the process.

Recent WSOP millionaire maker fifth-place finisher Anton Smirnov got all-in trailing the pocket aces of Kamel. Smirnov flopped two pair, but Kamel made the nut flush to scoop the pot and eliminate Smirnov in fourth place ($192,562).

By dinner break, Kamel held more than four times as many chips as the next-largest stack. After play resumed, he made a straight against a short-stacked John Holley to knock him out in third place ($265,156).

With that, Kamel entered heads-up play holding more than a 17:1 lead over Ryan Hoenig. In the final hand, the pair saw a flop of 984. All of the chips went in with Hoenig holding AK94. Kamel had J654. The 7 turn gave Kamel a nine-high straight and a low. The 7 completed the board and Kamel scooped, sending Hoenig home with $369,972 for his runner-up showing.

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

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Winner photo credit: WSOP / Spenser Sembrat.

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