The second week of the 2011 World Series of Poker is gaining momentum. 22-year-old Russian Vyacheslav Zhukov wins the first WSOP bracelet for Russia. In the tournament $10'000 Omaha Eight-or-Better Championship he had no equal. For the victory, Vyacheslav received $465'216.
In total, 202 players took part in the tournament. Prize places started from the 27th position, which was taken by Jason mercier... On the 16th line stopped Mikail Tulchinskiy... And literally just before the final table, the tournament left Kirill Gerasimov.
In heads-up, Zhukov fought for over 3 hours with a famous online pro - George Lind aka Jorj95.
$10'000 Omaha Eight-or-Better Championship final table results:
1st place - Vyacheslav Zhukov + $465'216
2nd place - George lind + $287'554
3rd place - Steve billirakis + $214'697
4th place - Richard Ashby + $161'379
5th place - Mack lee + $122'054
6th place - Guillaume Rivet + $92'908
7th place - Jason steinberg + $71'148
8th place - Mikael Thuritz + $54'837
9th place - Josh arieh + $42'514