Christopher Bell is an American professional poker player from Raleigh, North Carolina who won the 2010 $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better event.
Career
He has also made three final tables at the (WPT). Bell has 14 cashes at the (WSOP) which includes four final tables with one bracelet. bracelets
He came close to another final table when he finished in ninth place at the 2003 Borgata Poker Open. As of 2010, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,300,000.
Achievements
He won his bracelet at the 2010 WSOP in the $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better event, earning $327,040 after defeating professional poker player Dan Shak during heads-up play, other professionals at the final table included English professional Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott (3rd), Eight time bracelet winner and 1988 WSOP Main Event runner-up Erik Seidel (5th), Dutch Pro Rob Hollink (7th) and three time bracelet winner and 1981 WSOP runner-up Perry Green (8th). Bell almost won a bracelet two years earlier at the 2008 WSOP in the $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold"em event where he finished second to Davidi Kitai, earning $155,806, that same year he also made the final table in the $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Hold"em event and finished in 6th place for $157,168. Bell has 13 cashes at the (WPT), which includes three (Six Handed) WPT final tables, third at the WPT 2005 Mirage Poker Showdown to winner Gavin Smith and runner-up Ted Forrest, His second WPT final table was at the WPT 2006 Borgata Poker Open finishing fifth for $314,280 and the third was at the WPT Hollywood Poker Open, finishing in fourth for $124,966.