Alaskan Business Owner Young Ji Grabs $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Gold
Young Ji took down the 2015 WSOP Event $49: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Friday winning his first WSOP gold bracelet and $231,102.
The 52-year old South Korea born resident of Anchorage, Alaska got the best of an 815-player field and a final table that included 2014 WSOP Player of the Year George Danzer, who finished eighth.
This marks Ji's seventh WSOP cash and he also owns a WSOP Circuit ring.
Mark Dube finished runner-up after a four hour heads-up match earning $142,449. Day 2 Chip Leader Galen Hall finished 13th for $10,969.
“I’m really happy,” Ji said. “The way the game was going I had some faith I was going to win.”
$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Location | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Young Ji | Anchorage, AK | $231,102 |
| 2 | Mark Dube | Newburyport, MA | $142,449 |
| 3 | Alex Dovzhenko | Kiev, Ukraine | $92,310 |
| 4 | Connor Drinan | Arlington Heights, IL | $67,555 |
| 5 | Bryce Yockey | Marina Del Rey, CA | $50,171 |
| 6 | Nick Polydoros | Scottsdale, AZ | $37,760 |
| 7 | Prince of Docness | Aptos, CA | $28,771 |
| 8 | George Danzer | Salzburg, Germany | $22,181 |
| 9 | Joseph Haddad | Portland, OR | $17,284 |