Event #6 at the 2023 World Series of Poker Europe, €5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha, found a second player from Hong Kong, Wing Po Liu, capturing his debut WSOP bracelet in this series. Liu topped Event #2 winner and 2022 WSOP Europe Main Event champion Omar Eljach to capture the PLO title on Wednesday at the home of WSOP Europe, Kings Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic.
Liu joined Event #3 winner Hokyiu Lee as a new bracelet-winner hailing from Hong Kong, and Liu became just the sixth player from that jurisdiction to claim WSOP bracelet gold. Liu currently resides in the United Kingdom, and his triumph in the €5K PLO tourney was worth €230,000 (about US $246,800), making it the largest live cash of his tournament career.
The big payday also marked Liu's first major win, and it followed his third-place finish last summer in a $3K six-handed NLH event at the WSOP in Las Vegas. In topping Eljach, Liu also denied Sweden's Eljach a possible third career WSOP bracelet.
Liu tops 118 other players for €5K PLO triumph
The €5K PLO event offered one of the smaller fields of the 2023 WSOP to date, as 119 unique players also contributed 83 re-entries. The 202 combined total entries generated a €911,525 prize pool. The top 31 finishers cashed in the event.
