Event #64: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship Dia 1 | 2014 World Series of Poker

Event #64: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship

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2014-07-03 15:45 UTC-7

Welcome to Day 1 of Event #64: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship

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Daniel Alaei, pictured in an event earlier this year.

As No-Limit Hold'em becomes less and less popular at the highest stakes of cash games, the game of choice has become the poker variant whose $10,000 championship event will be played today: Pot-Limit Omaha. PLO is widely considered to be an "action" game, and since many players prefer it to NLHE, hundreds are doubtless eagerly awaiting the biggest PLO tournament of the summer, Event #64.

The structure for this year's PLO championship event is considerably changed from the one won by Daniel Alaei at last year's World Series of Poker. Last year, each player received 10,000 in tournament chips to begin, along with two lammers that they could exchange for another 10,000 at any point during the tournament up to a certain time where they had to be exchanged for chips. The "triple chance" format has been banished to dustbin this year, and a more traditional freezeout format in which each player gets 30,000 in chips has returned. Alaei took down $852,692 for his victory, defeating a field of 386 players.

Players will be in their seats by 4 p.m. local time if they hope to see the first cards come flying off the top of the deck, and they'll be scheduled to play through 10 levels, each lasting an hour. Don't go anywhere, as we'll be bringing you live updates throughout the evening about one of the most exciting events of the summer.

Tags: Daniel Alaei

Nível: 1

Blinds: 50/100

Ante:

2014-07-03 16:00 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal

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Nível 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

The championship Pot-Limit Omaha event is on.

2014-07-03 16:11 UTC-7

Notables from Half of the Room

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Nível 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Ludovic Lacay	30,000
Ole Schemion	30,000
Anthony Zinno	30,000
Jason Mercier	30,000
Brian Hastings	30,000
Dan Kelly	30,000
Ami Alibay	30,000
Loren Klein	30,000
Matt O'Donnell	30,000
Robert Mizrachi	30,000
Josh Arieh	30,000
Sam Stein	30,000
Noah Schwartz	30,000
Chance Kornuth	30,000
Ted Lawson	30,000
Gabriel Nassif	30,000
Josh Pollock	30,000
Naoya Kihara	30,000
Juha Helppi	30,000

2014-07-03 16:22 UTC-7

Notables from the Other Half

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Nível 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Aaron Jones	30,000
Yuri Dzivielevski	30,000
Erick Lindgren	30,000
John O'Shea	30,000
Phil Galfond	30,000
Hac Dang	30,000
Barry Greenstein	30,000
Don Nguyen	30,000
Fabrice Soulier	30,000
Bryan Campanello	30,000
Dani Stern	30,000
Frank Kassela	30,000
Randal Flowers	30,000

2014-07-03 16:45 UTC-7

More Standouts

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More and more well-known players continue to take their seats, and this looks sure to be one of the more stacked fields this summer.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Dermot Blain	30,000
Max Bruel	30,000
Jan-Peter Jachtmann	30,000
David Sands	30,000
Kory Kilpatrick	30,000
Tim West	30,000
Danny Fuhs	30,000
Joe Ebanks	30,000
Vitaly Lunkin	30,000
Florian Langmann	30,000
Jarred Graham	30,000
Andrew Brown	30,000
Sorel Mizzi	30,000
Court Harrington	30,000
Chris Lee	30,000
Felipe Ramos	30,000
Max Greenwood	30,000
David Chiu	30,000
Ben Lamb	30,000
Brett Jungblut	30,000
Jason Senti	30,000
Cliff Josephy	30,000
John Kabbaj	30,000
Kevin Saul	30,000
Tony Cousineau	30,000

Leia tudo

2014-07-03 17:00 UTC-7

Shak Gets Shippy

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Dan Shak bet 2,300 in position against the big blind on a flop of , and Shak's opponent led out for 6,000 on the turn. Shak made the call, seeing a fall. Shak's opponent was undeterred, and he fired 7,000. Perhaps caution would have been more prudent though, because Shak shoved all in, and he took down the pot without a showdown.