Barbaro's first tournament highlight previously was also at a WSOP Circuit stop in Hammond Horseshoe (in Indiana), last November, where he won the HORSE championship. Remarkably, this was the first WSOP tournament Barbaro had entered.
Popular player Humberto Brenes made the final table, but finished in sixth.
Final table results:
1. Francesco Barbaro — $262,283
2. Kostas Kalathakis — $161,675
3. Matt Waxman — $104,770
4. Bradley Helm — $76,673
5. Michael Deveronica — $56,943
6. Humberto Brenes — $42,857
7. Cameron McKinley — $32,654
8. Vladimir Shchemelev — $25,174
9. Travis Pearson — $19,617
The total prize pool amounted to $1,248,750. The top 90 finishers collected prize money, the most players ever paid for a live Omaha Split tournament.
Two-time gold bracelet winner Scott Clements finished 21st. He won his first WSOP title in 2006 in the $3,000 buy-in Omaha High-Low Split event. Clements arguably holds the most impressive Omaha resume of any player over the past five years. He’s won one event, and finished 2nd, 3rd, 7th, 9th, 39th, 54th, and now 21st – in what amounts to 16 such tournaments over that span.
