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The WPT Prime Cyprus Championship surpassed all expectations, attracting 1,391 runners to generate a juicy $1,349,270 prize pool. Virtually everyone who knows how to play Texas Hold’em<\/a> in the region was there to battle for the top prize.<\/p>\n

In the end, Algerian Omar Lakhdari was crowned the champion, taking home $190,430 and the coveted title.<\/p>\n

For Lakhdari, it was the third-largest score of his career, which will take his career live tournament winnings<\/a> to over $3.4 million. Clearly, as Algeria’s all-time leader in tournament earnings, he’s an expert in poker tournament strategy<\/a>. Interestingly enough, he doesn’t play different poker games<\/a> besides Texas Hold’em, with all his career cashes coming in the two-card variant.<\/p>\n

Only Lakhdari’s triumph in the 2023 PokerStars LIVE Belgian Poker Challenge Main Event ($224,330) and his 6th-place finish in the 2022 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Open ($208,025) have bested his latest run.<\/p>\n

Lakhdari’s run didn’t come without its challenges, as he had to get past the likes of established Swiss tournament pro Fabian Rolli (4th, $70,000) and Hungarian wizard Andras Balogh (6th, $40,000) at the final table.<\/p>\n

Lakhdari came into heads up play a little over a two-to-one favorite over tournament newcome Atilla Saracoglu. All the chips got in the middle on a juicy [invalid notations] against Saracoglu’s K<\/span>♥<\/span><\/span>Q<\/span>♥<\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Saracoglu bricked out as the board ran out 3<\/span>♣<\/span><\/span>8<\/span>♥<\/span><\/span><\/span> to give Lakhdari the win, the money, and the trophy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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