Pot Limit Omaha is a game favored by the Europeans but several online players and Americans are starting to break the ranks and show some skill in this drawing game of four cards. Event number twenty-three featured PLO with a $1,500 buy in for 576 players to whine about their aces get cracked by wrap draws.

Scott Clements showed his icy stare once again that won him a World Series of Poker bracelet last year and made it his second this year by taking the $194,206 first prize in this event. Eric "Rizen" Lynch fell short of taking down Clements but the runner up prize of $119,508 should help console him.

Pokernews.com has the recap of Clements' win and the other final table participants:

Over the next hour, the players battled for final-table seats. Day One front-runner Sam Abueid was taken out in 17th place and Ayaz Mahmood left in 15th. Hilbert Shirley was taken out by Eric 'Rizen' Lynch in 11th, and the last ten players consolidated to single table.

Soon after, Scott Clements busted two players on the same hand. After a flop of Q-10-8, Anthony MacCanello bet the pot and was re-raised by Clements. K.U. Davis put the rest of his chips in and MacCanello called. The players held:

Davis: A-J-J-10
MacCanello: A-A-K-4
Clements: A-K-J-9

Clements had flopped the straight, but still had to dodge the others' outs. When the turn and river blanked, Clements had eliminated both Davis (ninth) and McConnell (eighth) and opened a dominating lead.

Andy Black, who was quiet for much of the final table, was taken out by Will Durkee in seventh place ($22,408). The players went to dinner with Clements still dominating the chip count:

Scott Clements - 845,000
Will Durkee - 218,000
Mark Davis - 170,000
Eric Lynch - 149,000
Dau 'Tommy' Ly - 148,000
Jason Newburger - 117,000

Post-break, on Hand 68, Tommy Ly eliminated Mark Davis in sixth place when he hit quad tens. Durkee and Ly then took care of the short-stacked Newburger after checking down a board of A-A-J-J-4; Ly showed a jack for trips, and Newburger mucked, exiting in sixth for $38,133.

In the next 25 hands, the tournament would be decided. On Hand 90, Clements extended his lead when he bounced Durkee in fourth place. Tommy Vu left at Clements' hands four hands later in third place, and, on the very next hand, Clements bounced Lynch (another quiet final-table player) in the runner-up spot. Clements dominated the final table to win the bracelet and the $194,206 first-place prize.

PLAYERS -- EARNINGS

1. Scott Clements - $194,206
2. Eric Lynch - $119,508
3. Dau 'Tommy' Vu - $78,624
4. Will Durkee - $52,285
5. Jason Newburger - $38,133
6, Mark Davis - $29,877
7. Andy Black - $22,408
8. Anthony MacCanello - $16,511
9. K.U. Davis - $11,794