Another Bracelet for the Brits
Another Bracelet for the Brits A UK player, Steve Jelinek, has won a championship gold bracelet - the fifth so far for UK players — at this year’s WSOP. So far, UK players have won more than bracelets than any other nation except the US. UK players Praz Bansi, James Dempsey, Richard Ashby, and Mike Ellis have all won bracelets in 2010. Steve Jelinek won the $1,500 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low Split Event #41 to take home the bracelet and $245,871 prize money. Along with the win, Jelinek has made two final poker online table appearances, and four cashes at the WSOP. His career WSOP earnings now total $290,727. This was Jelinek’s first WSOP victory, and he cashed in three other events. From Birmingham, UK, Jelinek is 39 years old and has been playing full-time professional online poker for about two years. He first cashed in the WSOP in 2005. He graduated from the University of Manchester and, prior to becoming a poker pro, he was an IT manager playing online at Everest Poker FR. Some other notables who cashed in the event were Phil Helmuth in 7th place, Barry Greenstein in 12th, Mike Matusow in 49th and Chris “Jesus” Ferguson in 75th. This was Helmluth’s 78th cash in the WSOP, making him first in all-time cash WSOP winners. Men “the Master” Nguyen has 76 and T.J. Cloutier has 75 cash WSOP wins. Second place was taken by John Gottlieb from Houston, TX, who won $151,884.
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