Elie Nakache

Elie Nakache

Nationality
France
France
GPI Rank 1,144
WSOP Bracelets 1
Total Live Earnings $1,663,780
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Biography

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

DateEventPlacePrize
Jun 2024$10,000 PLO WSOP1st$1,320,945
Nov 2021€560 FPO Main Event1st€60,000 ($68,068)
Feb 2023$3,100 PCA NLHE2nd$63,390
Jul 2023$10,000 WSOP Main Event1,301st$15,000
Nov 2022€2,200 FPS Aix en Provence6th€13,070 ($13,599)

PokerNews Covered Events

Event Place Prize
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #87: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
97th $9,952
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #73: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha (8-Handed)
48th $50,211
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #66: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship (8-Handed)
1st $1,320,945
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #54: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em
529th $5,080
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship
1302nd $15,000
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #66: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better
114th $2,634
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #65: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em
106th $6,351
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #66: $1,000 Mini Main Event
846th $1,602
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #62: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout
33rd $9,160
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #48: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MONSTER STACK
255th $5,140

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