It was a great weekend for Julien Martini at this year's WSOP as he became the very first non-American poker player to win a gold bracelet after a tough heads-up match with Kate Hoang in Event #4 $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better. He won his very first WSOP title bracelet plus a sweet $239,771 prize money.
The battle between the last two players at the final table took nearly 3 and a half hours. Finally, it was the Frenchman who won when the dealer revealed a king on the river, which went well with his K-10-4-4 on hand.
Martini described his final opponent after the event, "She is very tough and very hard to play."
As a reward for being in second place, the Vietnamese native Hoang got $148,150. In fact, she also barely missed a gold bracelet in a $3,000 PLO Hi-Lo event, finishing 2nd spot to Kyle Bowker, winning $182,281 in the process.
A 911-player field accumulated a prize pool of $1,229,850, with the action extended to an extra 4th day (the original schedule was supposed to be 3 days only). On Day 4, four players returned, the shortest-stacked William Kopp (4th) and Mack Lee (3rd) stumbling down while Hoang and Martini battled heads-up for the top spot.
Both the champion and runner-up of this event have confirmed that $10,000 of their winnings shall go toward the buy-in of Event #9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship that started its Day 1 on June 3, Sunday.
2018 WSOP Event #4 $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Final Table Results
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Place
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Player
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Country
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Prize
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1
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Julien Martini
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France
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$239,771
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2
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Kate Hoang
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United States
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$148,150
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3
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Mack Lee
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United States
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$104,016
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4
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William Kop
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United States
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$74,058
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|
5
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Brandon Ageloff
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United States
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$53,482
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6
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Chad Eveslage
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United States
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$39,182
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7
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Rafael Concepcion
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United States
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$29,128
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8
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Denny Axel
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United States
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$21,977
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9
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Tammer Ilcaffas
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United States
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$16,832
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Source:
https://www.pokernews.com/tours/wsop/2018-wsop/event-4-1500-omaha8/chips.209282.htm
