There’s only one way to top finishing second in a World Series of Poker event.Dan Idema has just done itOne year to the very day that he finished as the runner up in the $10,000 buy-in Limit Hold’em World Championship at the 2010 WSOP, Idema returned to Las Vegas and outdid himself.Idema won the very same $10,000 buy-in Limit Hold’em Championship in 2011.That’s right. Idema now has two top-two finishes in what is most certainly one of the toughest annual Limit Hold’em tournaments in the world. He also now has a WSOP gold bracelet – his first. Oh, and he also won $378,642 in prize money.Idema is a 26-year-old professional poker player from Vancouver, BC (Canada). This marked his fifth time to cash at the WSOP and was his third appearance at a final table.Just as impressive was how Idema won his victory against as tough a final table lineup as has been seen at this year’s poker series. Idema defeated a formidable lineup that included two former gold bracelet winners (Barry Greenstein--3rd place and Nick Schulman--9th place), in addition to six other highly-accomplished, experienced Limit Hold’em aficionados.With two consecutive top-two finishes and one victory in the last two years of the same event, perhaps this tournament should be re-named. It may be time to start referring to the $10K Limit Hold’em Championship as the “Dan Idema Benefit Tournament."
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