{"id":89565,"date":"2020-07-28T10:27:36","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T10:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=89565"},"modified":"2020-07-28T10:27:36","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T10:27:36","slug":"pareshi-doshi-leads-star-studded-wptwoc-omaha-championship-final-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/pareshi-doshi-leads-star-studded-wptwoc-omaha-championship-final-table.html","title":{"rendered":"Pareshi Doshi Leads Star-Studded WPTWOC Omaha Championship Final Table"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The second of 12 massive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/wpt-world-online-championship\/schedule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>WPT World Online Championship (WPTWOC) Championship Events<\/strong><\/a> has reached its final table and was a star-studded affair it is.<\/p>\n<p>Only seven players remain in the hunt for the <strong>WPT #02 Omaha Championship: $1M<\/strong> title and its huge $196,968 top prize, although three players will walk away with six-figure prizes, which is pretty incredible for a PLO tournament.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll be able to watch all of the action from this $3,200 buy-in event, with cards-up coverage starting on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/partypokertv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Twitch channel<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCwsWa65jkbHfvAblmmW_Z-Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>YouTube channel<\/strong><\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/partypoker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a> pages from 21:00 CEST today, July 28. It\u2019s going to be a fantastic spectacle for certain, so let\u2019s get to know a little more about the seven players competing for one of the biggest PLO events of the year.<\/p>\n<h2>WPT #02 Omaha Championship: $1M Gtd Final Table<\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>Country<\/th>\n<th>Chips<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Paresh Doshi<\/td>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td>9,810,044<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Mike Leah<\/td>\n<td>Canada<\/td>\n<td>6,642,918<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Alex Manzano<\/td>\n<td>Chile<\/td>\n<td>5,915,829<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Laszlo Bujtas<\/td>\n<td>Hungary<\/td>\n<td>5,677,712<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Benny Glaser<\/td>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td>3,925,717<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Jesse Rockowitz<\/td>\n<td>Canada<\/td>\n<td>1,248,412<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Alfred Karlsson<\/td>\n<td>Sweden<\/td>\n<td>979,368<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Final Table Payouts<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Place: $196,968<\/li>\n<li>2nd Place: $146,435<\/li>\n<li>3rd Place: $106,163<\/li>\n<li>4th Place: $76,672<\/li>\n<li>5th Place: $54,870<\/li>\n<li>6th Place: $41,147<\/li>\n<li>7th Place: $30,759<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Paresh Doshi \u2013 United Kingdom \u2013 9,810,044 chips<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-89572\" src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Paresh1-600x287.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Paresh1-300x144@2x.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Paresh1-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Paresh1-702x336.jpg 702w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Paresh1.jpg 1078w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Paresh Doshi<\/strong> is the man to catch going into the final table. Doshi sits down with 9,810,044 chips, a cool 3.2 million more than his nearest rival. He may not be a global name but Doshi is a superb PLO who has several cashes in <strong>World Series of Poker<\/strong> (WSOP) Omaha events.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s racked up more than $130,000 in live tournament winnings, with his largest cash weighing in at $31,623. Laddering up one place in this event would see Doshi have a new career-best score.<\/p>\n<p>Doshi is likely to be railed by a legion of supporters thanks to his ties with the <strong>Amateur Poker Association &amp; Tour (APAT)<\/strong>. Some will say it\u2019s Doshi\u2019s tournament to lose, but he\u2019s experienced enough to know there\u2019s still plenty of work to do here.<\/p>\n<h2>Mike Leah \u2013 Canada \u2013 6,642,918 chips<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-89578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mike_Leah1-600x287.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mike_Leah1-300x144@2x.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mike_Leah1-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mike_Leah1-702x336.jpg 702w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mike_Leah1.jpg 1078w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mike Leah<\/strong> returns to the action second in chips with a 6,642,918 stack. Many of you ill know Leah from his <strong>\u201cgoleafsgoeh\u201d<\/strong> alias that has crushed the online poker world for the past 14 years. Leah has more than $3.85 million in online winnings and almost $8 million in live tournament earnings!<\/p>\n<p>The man from Toronto will be hoping for a repeat his performance in the <strong>$1,100 Pot Limit Omaha<\/strong> event at the <strong>2019 Caribbean Poker Party<\/strong>. Why? Because he took that tournament down, the 24th live victory of an illustrious career.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s already a WPT champion having triumphed in the <strong>C$5,000 WPT Fallsview Poker Classic<\/strong> in February 2018. We know Leah is still hungry for more titles.<\/p>\n<h2>Alex Manzano \u2013 Chile \u2013 5,915,829 chips<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-89584\" src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Alex_Manzano_21-600x287.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Alex_Manzano_21-300x144@2x.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Alex_Manzano_21-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Alex_Manzano_21-702x336.jpg 702w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Alex_Manzano_21.jpg 1078w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Chile\u2019s <strong>Alex Manzano<\/strong> provided the final table with some Latin American flair and is nicely poised to take down yet another Omaha event. Manzano is a PLO specialist who took down a <strong>\u20ac10,300 buy-in PLO<\/strong> event in Barcelona for \u20ac237,500.<\/p>\n<p>Manzano can boast of more than $880,000 in live tournament winnings, an impressive sum helped by his victory an <strong>LAPT Main Event<\/strong> in 2011 that yielded $368,722. If you\u2019ve played high stakes poker in Latin America you\u2019ve probably played against Manzano.<\/p>\n<h2>Laszlo Bujtas \u2013 Hungary \u2013 5,677,712 chips<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-89590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Laszlo-Bujtas1-600x287.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Laszlo-Bujtas1-300x144@2x.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Laszlo-Bujtas1-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Laszlo-Bujtas1-702x336.jpg 702w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Laszlo-Bujtas1.jpg 1078w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Laszlo Bujtas<\/strong> finds himself in the middle of the pack at the restart but is still one of the favourites to win the event. How can you bet against someone whose famous for having the online alias <strong>\u201comaha4rollz\u201d<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>Bujtas, unsurprisingly, specialises in PLO and is one of the most feared and respected Omaha players of his generation. With online winnings in excess of $4.35 million and an additional $2.4 million from his live exploits, Bujtas is one of the biggest winners at this final table.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jesper Hougaard<\/strong> recently named Bujtas as one of the top five PLO players in the world in our exclusive interview with the PLO-loving Dane.<\/p>\n<h2>Benny Glaser \u2013 United Kingdom \u2013 3,925,717 chips<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-89596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Benny_Glaser1-600x287.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Benny_Glaser1-300x144@2x.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Benny_Glaser1-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Benny_Glaser1-702x336.jpg 702w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Benny_Glaser1.jpg 1078w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Benny Glaser<\/strong> finds himself fifth in chips when play resumes but if anyone can turn this around it is the <strong>three-time WSOP bracelet winner<\/strong>. Glaser is regarded as being one of the best mixed game players on the planet and his record confirms these thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>Two of Glaser\u2019s three bracelets came in PLO8 events and he\u2019s so far won more than $2 million in the live arena. Glaser\u2019s known by the online alias <strong>\u201cRunGodlike\u201d<\/strong>, he\u2019ll be hoping that\u2019s how he runs when the this massive event gets back underway.<\/p>\n<h2>Jesse Rockowitz \u2013 Canada \u2013 1,248,412 chips<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-89602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Jesse_Rockowitz1-600x287.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Jesse_Rockowitz1-300x144@2x.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Jesse_Rockowitz1-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Jesse_Rockowitz1-702x336.jpg 702w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Jesse_Rockowitz1.jpg 1078w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jesse Rockowitz<\/strong> is a Californian who has headed to Canada to continue playing online poker. Rockowitz has live cashes dating back to 2006 and is a regular feature at the WSOP in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>Rockowitz has more than 30 WSOP cashes, including an outright victory. He won his bracelet in 2010 when he took down the <strong>$1,500 No-Limit Hold\u2019em<\/strong> event for a career-best $721,373. He came close to winning a WPT Main Event in 2015 when he finished second in the <strong>WPT Rolling Thunder<\/strong> tournament. Will today be the day Rockowitz bags a WPT trophy?<\/p>\n<h2>Alfred Karlsson \u2013 Sweden \u2013 979,368 chips<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-89608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Alfred1-600x287.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Alfred1-300x144@2x.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Alfred1-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Alfred1-702x336.jpg 702w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Alfred1.jpg 1078w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alfred Karlsson<\/strong> of Sweden is the short stack but he\u2019s got the skills to rectify that situation. Karlsson mostly grinds online instead of live, but he\u2019s still managed to accumulate $230,000 in live winnings, including a WSOP Circuit ring.<\/p>\n<p>Online is where Karlsson excels. He\u2019s won more than $2.5 million in online tournaments, where he\u2019s mostly known as <strong>\u201ckzzon\u201d<\/strong>. If Karlsson manages to double up, he\u2019s going to be a massive threat to his six other opponents.<\/p>\n<h3>Ready to join the party?<\/h3>\n<p>If you\u2019re ready to jump into the action, then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/download\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>click here to download partypoker and get started<\/strong>!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you already have an account with us, click here to <a href=\"https:\/\/promo.partypoker.com\/en\/promo\/launch\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>open partypoker and hit the tables!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second of 12 massive WPT World Online Championship (WPTWOC) Championship Events has reached its final table and was a star-studded affair it is. Only seven players remain in the hunt for the WPT #02 Omaha Championship: $1M title and its huge $196,968 top prize, although three players will walk away with six-figure prizes, which<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/pareshi-doshi-leads-star-studded-wptwoc-omaha-championship-final-table.html\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":89566,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[300],"tags":[184,187,200,345,74,15576],"yst_prominent_words":[16943,16941,14778,16950,16948,4773,2826,4138,16949,14251,6070,16945,16947,16944,2357,16946,6303,16942,16940,16939],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89565"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89565"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89615,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89565\/revisions\/89615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89565"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=89565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}