Event #54: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Florian Langmann topped a field of 474 entrants to take down Event #54: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low for $297,650. The German had already amassed more than $2 million in live tournament cashes, but this is his first bracelet victory.

Twenty players advanced to Day 3, and Langmann scored plenty of knockouts on the way to his victory. His game plan was clear.

"I guess I'm going to be the guy that's least afraid to gamble and that's worked out so far for me," he told a PokerNews reporter just before the official final table commenced. "You can't be too aggressive in this game."

Langmann backed up his words, finding himself in plenty of all-in situations, sometimes with less-than-stellar preflop holdings. In one of the most key hands of the final table, he knocked out dangerous Omaha Eight-or-Better player Woody Deck in seventh when he attempted to isolate a short stack and got caught by Deck, eventually making two pair with     .

After accomplished Frenchman Antony Lellouche was eliminated in sixth, TJ Eisenman busted in fifth, and Doug Baughman bowed out in fourth, three-handed play began with Langmann and eventual runner-up Zach Freeman virtually even in chips. Langmann's aggression again paid off with good fortune, as he busted Dylan Wilkerson on a      board with      against     , dodging seemingly infinite outs when a   hit.

At that point, the six-to-one chip deficit was simply too big a hole for Freeman to climb out of heads up.

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Zach Freeman raised the button, and Florian Langmann put him all in. Freeman called.

Langmann:     
Freeman:     

"Aw, you have a good hand, too," Langmann said. "You already have a pair."

"Want to trade?" Freeman asked.

The flop came    .

"Still want to trade?" Langmann said. "You will see, a nine is coming."

Langmann was right: that   was the river, but unfortunately for him it came after an   turn, so Freeman snagged the pot with a straight.

Florian Langmann	3,170,000	-100,000
Zach Freeman	1,100,000	100,000

On fourth street, the board read     , and the two biggest stacks, Dylan Wilkerson and Florian Langmann, clashed all in.

Wilkerson:     
Langmann:     

Langmann had kings up with a flush draw, but the draw was trumped by Wilkerson, who had seemingly countless outs with the nut low draw, nut flush draw, and a double-gutshot straight draw. The dealer peeled off the last card: the   one of the few cards that didn't give Wilkerson any of the pot.

Langmann had a covering stack, and heads-up play begins with him holding a massive lead.

Florian Langmann	3,670,000	2,370,000
Zach Freeman	600,000	-800,000
Dylan Wilkerson	0	-1,650,000

Florian Langmann made it 90,000 in one of the last hands at the previous level, and Dylan Wilkerson defended his big blind. Both players checked on the     flop, and Wilkerson bet 150,000 on the   turn. Langmann called to see the   hit the board. Wilkerson checked, and Langmann bet 300,000.

"Call," Wilkerson said immediately.

"Two pair," Langmann said.

"Set," Wilkerson responded, spreading      for a set of fours.

"Whaaaat," a surprised Langmann said before mucking.

Dylan Wilkerson	1,650,000	785,000
Florian Langmann	1,300,000	-650,000

Florian Langmann raised to 90,000 on the button and got three-bet to 290,000 by Dylan Wilkerson in the big blind. Langmann called, and Wilkerson must have hated the flop, as he check-folded to 150,000 on    .

Florian Langmann	1,950,000	250,000
Zach Freeman	1,400,000	-220,000
Dylan Wilkerson	865,000	-120,000

Players are on break for 12 more minutes.

Zach Freeman raised to 125,000 on the button, and Doug Baughman potted from the small blind after staying relatively quiet for most of the final table. That didn't deter Freeman, who only had to call 220,000 more.

Freeman:     
Baughman:     

The board ran out in Freeman's favor:      , giving him the nut straight and the KO.

Zach Freeman	1,645,000	405,000
Doug Baughman	0	-580,000

Florian Langmann raised to 120,000 under the gun, and Dylan Wilkerson potted from the big blind to 440,000. The two got it in for Wilkerson's last 30,000.

Langmann:     
Wilkerson:     

Langmann had a high-only hand, and it was low cards that hit the board:    , increasing Wilkerson's equity to scoop the pot. The   turn gave him kings up, and a   river was good for the whole pot to the American.

Florian Langmann	2,245,000	-430,000
Dylan Wilkerson	940,000	195,000

Florian Langmann raised to 60,000 under the gun, and Zach Freeman called with position on the button. Langmann checked the     flop before calling 165,000 from Freeman, and the   turned. Freeman jammed it in for 415,000 after Langmann checked this time, and that was enough to convince Langmann to fold.

Florian Langmann	2,215,000	0
Zach Freeman	890,000	0

Zach Freeman raised to 105,000 in the cutoff and was repotted and got it in with TJ Eisenman, putting the latter at risk for 375,000.

Eisenman:     
Freeman:     

Freeman hit queens up for the win on the       flop as his jacks played.

Zach Freeman	780,000	240,000
TJ Eisenman	0	-470,000