Ben Zamani dominated season XV on the World Poker Tour, earning Player of the Year honors. Early Sunday morning, he reminded the poker world that he’s just as good, if not better at the World Series of Poker by winning his second career bracelet.

The German-born, South Florida resident topped a field of 905 entrants in the $1,500 Omaha eight-or-better event to pick up the title and the $238,620 first-place prize. Zamani now has more than $4 million in career live tournament earnings, with millions more won online. Zamani’s previous bracelet came in 2015, in a $1,500 no-limit hold’em event where he won $460,640.

Zamani was complimentary of his heads-up opponent, Jared Hemingway. “He played well,” said Zamani. “He was aggressive enough to be dangerous.”

Other notables who finished in the money included Benny Glaser (120th), Dan Heimiller (108th), Brandon Shack-Harris (92nd), Shirley Rosario (76th), Tuan Le (42nd), Humberto Brenes (36th), Marco Johnson (23rd) and Jim Collopy (17th).

Here’s a look at the final table results.

Finish
Player Name
Payout
POY Points

1
Ben Zamani
$238,620
912

2
Jared Hemingway
$147,428
760

3
Alex Ferrari
$103,471
608

4
Ryan Paluf
$73,647
456

5
Gary Vick
$53,171
380

6
Forrest Auel
$38,946
304

7
Scott Buller
$28,948
228

8
Martin Corpuz
$21,839
152

9
Dustin Sitar
$16,726
76

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