Jim Collopy topped a field with 1,143 entries in 2023 World Series of Poker $1,500 Omaha for an eight or better event, $262,542 win and his third career WSOP Gold bracelet to win.
This victory came nearly a decade after he received his first bracelet in 2013 WSOP Asia Pacific Festival at $1,650 Australian dollars The Omaha Championship is limited by fate. WINNING HIS SECOND BRACELET IN A $3000 HORSE EVENT IN 2021.
Collopy now has more than $5.3 million in lifetime tournament earnings, with more than $1.3 million of that from cash in the pool. WSOP bracelet events.
In addition to the title and money, Collopy also earned a 960 card player Player of the year points for winning. It was his second title and sixth final ranking of the year, with over $693,000 to date. POY Profits accumulated along the way. As a result, it is now ranked 59th in 2023 POY Arrangement submitted by Global Poker.
This event took three days to complete. The top 172 riders have made the most, with big names like three-time bracelet winner ‘Miami John’ Cernuto (22), Giuseppe Pantaleo bracelet winner (18), eight-time bracelet winner WSOP Circuit Ring winner Kyle Cartwright (seventh), and bracelet winner James Obst (fifth).
It was Obst’s first finish at the final table in any live tournament since 2018. Around that time, he took an extended break from poker to pursue his dream of becoming a professional tennis player.
Runner-up Nick Coast earned $162,266 for the second-most score of his career. The bracelet winner from Okemos, MI now has over $732,000 in professional tournament earnings, with the largest part of that being the $283,275 he earned as the winner of that same event in 2014.
Here is a look at the payouts and ranking points awarded in the final table:
| place | player | earnings | POY points |
| 1 | Jim Collopy | $262,542 | 960 |
| 2 | Nicholas Coast | $162,266 | 800 |
| 3 | Kyle Burnside | $117,404 | 640 |
| 4 | Qinghai Pan | $85,977 | 480 |
| 5 | James Obst | $63,737 | 400 |
| 6 | Aubrey Gilbert | $47,838 | 320 |
| 7 | Kyle Cartwright | $36,358 | 240 |
| 8 | Igor Zektser | $27,986 | 160 |
| 9 | Brian Kelly | $21,821 | 80 |
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Winner’s photo credit: WSOP / Omar Sader.
