From a field of 788, who created a prizepool of $3,634,650, it was Brazilian poker pro Joao Simao who bested Marius Gierse heads up to take down his second WSOP bracelet for $686,242 in Event #53: $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha at Ballys and Paris in Las Vegas Nevada.
“I had some very hard spots at the final table,” said the pro shortly after his victory, “some players were better than me in Hold’em, others were better than me in Omaha but I felt that on average I had an edge because I play both well.