Xixiang Luo won the World Series of Poker Event #41: $1,500 Mixed NLH / PLO Double Board Bomb Pot for $270,820, beating Daniel Hachem, who earned $180,541 for his second-place finish. This is Xixiang Luo’s first WSOP bracelet win.
Xixiang Luo has earned $3,136,858 playing live MTTs, with the most significant score of $311,843 when he won KRW 2,500,000 No Limit Hold’em – APT Main Event.
The event had 1,312 entries, which created a prize pool of $1,751,520 with 197 players in the money, a min-cash of $3,011 and $270,820 reserved for the winner.
Event #41: $1,500 Mixed NLH / PLO Double Board Bomb Pot Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Xixiang Luo | China | $270,820 |
| 2 |  Daniel Hachem | United States | $180,541 |
| 3 | William Kopp | United States | $127,925 |
| 4 | David Funkhouser | United States | $91,891 |
| 5 | Quan Zhou | China | $66,930 |
| 6 |  Marcos Exterkotter | Brazil | $49,439 |
| 7 |  Gabi Livshitz | Israel | $37,044 |
| 8 | Robert Cote | United States | $28,161 |
| 9 | Joseph Dulaney | United States | $21,725 |
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Final Table Action
Opening the final table, none of the players were short-stacked. The shortest stack was Robert Cote, with 12 big blinds; on the other side, William Kopp had 81 big blinds.
The first one to be eliminated wasn’t the shortest stack, but Joseph Dulaney defended his BB against Funkhouser’s open. The flop was 7♦Q♠9♥; Dulaney checked, Funkhouser went for a pot-sized bet, Dulaney repotted, Funkhouser called, and all the chips were in the middle. Dulaney had Q♦Q♣7♥3♦ against Funkhouser’s A♥J♥10♥9♦. The turn was 8♠. Dulaney couldn’t river the full house and was out in ninth place for $21,725.
The next one to hit the door was the shortest stacked Robert Cote, who was all-in on the flop 10♣7♠8♣ with Q♦8♦ and got called by Exterkotter who was holding 7♦7♣. Turn left Cote without any outs, and he was eliminated in eighth place for $28,161.
Seventh place was reserved for Gabi Livshitz, who opened and called a 3-bet from Luo, who was on the BTN. The flop came Q♣9♦7♥, Livshitz check-called a bet, the turn was 2♣, and all the money went in. Livshitz was holding A♥Q♦ against Luo’s K♦K♣. The river was 7♠, and Livshitz was eliminated in seventh place for $37,044.
Xixiang Luo opened-called an all-in from Marcos Exterkotter, who was at risk holding A♣5♠ against Luo’s A♦K♦. The board ran Q♠9♥7♠3♦2♦, no fives came to Exterkotter’s help, and he was out in sixth place for $49,439.
Quan Zhou was out in fifth place when Kopp opened; Zhou 3-bet-called a cold 4-bet from Funkhouser, and Kopp folded. Zhou had A♥K♣10♥2♦ against Funkhouser’s A♦A♣7♥6♥, the flop was Q♦6♦3♦A♠5♣ and the top set was good for Funkhouser. Zhou earned $66,930 for his fifth-place finish.
Funkhouser was all-in on the BTN, and he got called by Kopp from BB. Funkhouser was holding K♣8♣ against Funkhouser’s A♦J♠, the board ran 6♦5♦3♦7♦3♠, giving Kopp a flush on the turn, and eliminating Funkhouser in fourth place for $91,891.
Kopp was all-in from the BTN with K♣4♣, and Hachem called with 8♠8♥. The board ran Q♥4♠5♦7♠10♠, showing no kings on sight, and Kopp was out in third place for $127,925.
The Heads-Up
Going into the heads-up, Luo had a lead over Hachem of 20.6 million chips to 12.1 million chips. $270,820 was reserved for the champion and WSOP bracelet.
Hachem limped from the BTN, Luo raised, Hachem reraised, and Luo called. The flop was 9♠9♥7♠, Lou went all-in, and Hachem snap-called. Hachem was holding A♥K♠10♠7♣ against Luo’s J♠10♥9♣8♥; Luo was ahead with trips on nines, the turn was 5♥, and the river was 4♦, giving Luo the best hand and the win. Hachem was out in the second position for $180,541.
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