Chris Vitch dominated the final table of Event #48: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha to secure his third career World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet and a $262,734 prize. Entering the final table as the second in chips, Vitch quickly took control of the game and never relinquished his lead. In a decisive heads-up match, he defeated Thomas Taylor, who earned a consolation prize of $175,179.
The victory was particularly emotional for Vitch, marking two years since his mother’s passing. “It’s a strange day,” Vitch explained to WSOP after his win. “It feels kind of incredible that it worked out that I won a random tournament on this day.”
However, it wasn’t as random as he was trying to portray here. Known as “DeathDonkey” online, Vitch is a well-respected mixed-game specialist, and while Pot Limit Omaha might not be his preferred game, his extensive experience and instincts in various poker formats helped him navigate to victory. And PLO is also part of the Nine Game Mix, an event Vitch is heading to next. “I’m excited that I have a win under my belt, but I have plenty more events to play.”
With this win, Vitch has surpassed $2 million in WSOP earnings. His previous two bracelets were won in 2016 and 2017 in the $2,500 Mixed Lowball Triple Draw event and the $10,000 Stud 8 Championship, respectively, the latter being his biggest win to date with $320,103. Vitch now boasts 13 WSOP final table appearances.
Event #48: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
| 1 |  Christopher Vitch | United States | $262,734 |
| 2 |  Thomas Taylor | Canada | $175,179 |
| 3 | David Prociak | United States | $126,853 |
| 4 | Joe Firova | United States | $92,850 |
| 5 |  Jay Harwood | United Kingdom | $68,702 |
| 6 |  Ioannis Angelou Konstas | Greece | $51,396 |
| 7 | Kharlin Sued | United States | $38,877 |
| 8 |  Christopher Frank | Germany | $29,740 |
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Event #48: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Final Table Recap
Only eight players returned to the final Day 3 from the starting field of 2,212 entries in Event #48: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha. Two-time bracelet winner David Prociak, who snagged his second bracelet at the start of this year’s WSOP in the $1,500 Badugi event, was at the top of the leaderboard with 122 big blinds, closely followed by Chris Vitch with 113 big blinds. The rest of the players were far behind with many short stacks, ensuring an explosive final table.
German poker pro Christopher Frank wasn’t the shortest but was the first to exit the final table. He first lost most of his chips to Prociak, and then Thomas Taylor delivered the final blow as he flopped a dominating hand with A♠K♥Q♠Q♦ on an A♣K♠6♥ board. Kharlin Sued, happy with his first-ever WSOP final table, exited in seventh place as his aces didn’t hold up against the full houses of both Vitch and Prociak, with Prociak taking down the full pot.
Vitch then took a big chunk of chips from Prociak and proceeded to eliminate Ioannis Angelou Konstas in sixth place. Konstas moved all-in with K♥Q♣J♥7♥ but was in bad shape against Vitch’s K♦K♣J♦3♠. The flop and turn, Q♠8♦5♣J♣, improved him to two pair, but the case river king gave the American a set of kings, sending Greek to the rail.
Jay Harwood became the next victim of Vitch’s big stack. Harwood check-called the J♥9♥9♣ flop with A♥8♣7♥3♣, and when the 5♣ turn hit, he moved all-in with two big draws. However, he was drawing dead as Vitch had flopped a full house with J♦9♠7♦4♦.
Thomas Taylor then began his run to catch Vitch, starting by knocking out Joe Firova in fourth place. All the chips went into the middle preflop, with Taylor holding A♠K♠10♠3♥ against Firova’s Q♥J♦10♥8♣. The action flop 9♣7♠2♠ gave Firova a wrap, while Taylor had a nut flush draw and high cards. The turn A♦ paired Taylor, and the river 7♥ blanked, giving Taylor the win and sending Firova home.
As Prociak and Taylor battled for second place, Vitch continued to extend his lead hand by hand. While Taylor knocked out Prociak in third place, he still entered the heads-up battle as almost a 1:3 underdog, even with his newly acquired chips.
The North American heads-up match saw Taylor lose nearly every significant pot, including the final hand of the tournament. Vitch opened the pot with K♥10♥7♣4♣, and Taylor called with Q♥10♦9♥8♦. On a J♥6♦2♥ flop, both players had flush draws, but Vitch’s king-high dominated Taylor’s queen-high. The turn 9♠ put Taylor in the lead, and he bet the full pot, which Vitch called. The river 5♥ completed the flush for both players. Taylor pushed all-in, Vitch snap-called, and his king-high flush was good for his third career WSOP bracelet.
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* Images and hands courtesy of WSOP and Pokernews.
