WSOP review: Groth wins $1k PLO; Brubaker takes down the 2-7 Lowball

Two cash game Wizards earned their first World Series of Poker bracelets after Tyler Groth netted a $1,000 Pot Limit Omaha win, and Brian Brubaker took down the $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw.

32-year-old, Tyler Groth, from Iowa, has defeated 1,058 players to take down the second Pot-Limit Omaha event of the summer, and the $179,126 first prize.

It was a big moment for Groth, who earlier this year, made the decision to quit his job and pursue poker full time. Groth grinds out his days playing PLO8 and told the WSOP crew that he doesn’t believe the PLO8 players get enough respect from the PLO gang, so it was nice to take some of them out.

Groth is an inexperienced live tournament player with only seven cashes on his Hendon Mob resume, and none of them breaching the $3k mark. Conversely, Groth was up against three players each with a history worth noting.