Elie Nakache is a professional poker player from Marseille, France, best known for winning the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship at the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas.
Nakache's first live score came in the $1,500 Monster Stack event at the 2018 WSOP worth $5,140. Twelve of his next 13 in-the-money finishes came in tournaments in Makache's native France. The largest of these weighed in at an impressive �60,000 ($68,068), his reward for winning a �600 No-Limit Hold'em France Poker Open Main Event in November 2021.
Nakache cashed three times at the 2022 and 2023 WSOP, including a cash in the 2023 Main Event.
At the 2024 WSOP, Nakache finished in the money in the $1,500 Millionaire Maker. He then entered the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship, where he outlasted a star-studded field of 811 entrants to win $1,320,945 and his first WSOP bracelet.
Elie Nakache's Top 5 Live Poker Results
| Date | Event | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2024 | $10,000 PLO WSOP | 1st | $1,320,945 |
| Nov 2021 | �560 FPO Main Event | 1st | �60,000 ($68,068) |
| Feb 2023 | $3,100 PCA NLHE | 2nd | $63,390 |
| Jul 2023 | $10,000 WSOP Main Event | 1,301st | $15,000 |
| Nov 2022 | �2,200 FPS Aix en Provence | 6th | �13,070 ($13,599) |
