Event #42: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed High Roller
Dia 1 Começado
Event #42: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed High Roller
Dia 1 Começado
Cards will fly at 3:00 p.m. this afternoon in the biggest buy-in Omaha event at the 2018 World Series of Poker, Event #42: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed High Roller. Last year, James Calderaro triumphed over a predictably stacked and record-large field of 205 entries to claim the $1,289,074 top prize and his first gold bracelet.
This event is scheduled to play out over four days. Day 1 play will consist of 10 one-hour levels with 15-minute breaks every two levels. Players will begin with 125,000 tournament chips. One re-entry per player is permitted; late entry and re-entry will remain open until the conclusion of Level 12 (two levels into Day 2).
Although Day 1 action begins at 3:00 p.m., the restart for each subsequent day of play will be at 2:00 p.m. There is no dinner break on Day 1, but each day thereafter will have a one-hour dinner break after six levels.
Day 1 Blind Structure
Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind |
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1 | 60 min | 150 | 300 |
2 | 60 min | 200 | 400 |
3 | 60 min | 250 | 500 |
4 | 60 min | 300 | 600 |
5 | 60 min | 400 | 800 |
6 | 60 min | 500 | 1,000 |
7 | 60 min | 600 | 1,200 |
8 | 60 min | 800 | 1,600 |
9 | 60 min | 1,000 | 2,000 |
10 | 60 min | 1,200 | 2,400 |
Previous Winners
Year | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize |
---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | 175 | $4,156,250 | Anthony Zinno | $1,122,196 |
2016 | 184 | $4,370,000 | Jens Kyllönen | $1,127,035 |
2017 | 205 | $4,868,750 | James Calderaro | $1,289,074 |
The PokerNews Live Reporting team will be on the floor to provide updates on the action until a champion is crowned on Saturday, June 23.
Nível: 1
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
Action in the $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller is officially underway.
Among those to take their seats right away when the cards went in the air were Ryan D'Angelo, Martin Kozlov, Noah Schwartz, Robert Mizrachi and Christopher Frank. More big names are to follow when they have joined the action, the screens show a total of 47 entries a few minutes into the tournament.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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Ryan D'Angelo |
125,000
125,000
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125,000 |
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Martin Kozlov |
125,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
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Christopher Frank |
125,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
Chance Kornuth |
125,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
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Noah Schwartz |
125,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
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Mosley Dominique |
125,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
Robert Mizrachi |
125,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
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Yuki Ko may not have a WSOP cash to his name yet, but the Korean is especially known in the Asian and Australian poker circuit. He does have a Aussie Millions ring to his name and also took down back-to-back events recently during a festival in Korea.
Ko was just spotted having raised to 1,050 on the button, Chance Kornuth called in the big blind. On a flop of , Kornuth checked and called a bet of 500 before both players opted to check the turn. Kornuth bet the river and Ko quickly folded.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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Chance Kornuth |
127,500
2,500
|
2,500 |
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Yuki Ko |
123,000
123,000
|
123,000 |
Several more familiar faces have taken their seats in the first half hour of this event, including David Benyamine, Josh Arieh, and Ben Lamb.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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Kyle Bowker | 125,000 | |
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Tim McDermott | 125,000 | |
David Benyamine | 125,000 | |
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Josh Arieh | 125,000 | |
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John Beauprez | 125,000 | |
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Ben Lamb | 125,000 | |
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On the tail end of a big pot with a completed board showing , George Chase check-called a bet of 35,000 by Maxime Heroux and mucked when he was shown for the nut flush. Xuedong Li, who had already built a profit early on, mentioned in table chat "I had the queen-high flush."
Chase dropped to fewer than half the starting stack while Heroux became the early chip leader.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Maxime Heroux |
185,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
Xuedong Li |
130,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
George Chase
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Among those to take their seat recently were Craig Varnell, who won the $565 Pot-Limit Omaha bracelet earlier in the summer, David Wang, Aleksandr Gofman, Kory Kilpatrick, Michael Song, Sam Stein and Isaac Baron. Gofman was among those fortunate enough to enter with a massive discount after winning his seat in yesterday's Satellite.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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David Wang | 125,000 | |
Craig Varnell | 125,000 | |
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Aleksandr Gofman | 125,000 | |
Kory Kilpatrick | 125,000 | |
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Isaac Baron | 125,000 | |
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Michael Song | 125,000 | |
Sam Stein | 125,000 | |
Jason Mercier | 125,000 | |
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There were about 3,500 chips in the pot and the board read when we got to the table. Tim McDermott checked from the big blind and his lone opponent, David Benyamine, checked from the button.
Both players checked the river, as well, and McDermott tabled . Benyamine said "good hand" and tossed his cards into the muck. McDermott showed his other two cards before the dealer pushed the pot his way.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
David Benyamine |
114,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
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Tim McDermott |
105,000
-20,000
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-20,000 |