Event #35: $1,500 Mixed Omaha
Dia 1 Começado
Event #35: $1,500 Mixed Omaha
Dia 1 Começado
We will start today at 3 p.m. local time with Event #35: $1,500 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Big O (5-Card PLO/8) at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. The tournament will be held for the third time and is set to take three days. Vladimir Shchemelev took the tournament down last year after beating a field of 688 entries and winning $193,484.
The rotation in this event consists of three variants of Omaha hi-lo: pot-limit Omaha hi-lo, fixed-limit Omaha hi-lo, and big O (five card pot-limit Omaha hi-lo). Each game will be played for seven hands before moving on to the next, and a maximum of seven players will be seated at each table.
Cards will be in the air at 3 p.m. local time and Day 1 play will consist of ten 60-minute levels. All players will begin with 7,500 chips. There will be a 15-minute break every two levels and late registration will run through the end of Level 6, closing at approximately 9:45 p.m.
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Nível: 1
Pot-Limit Blinds: 25/50
Limits: 50-100
The tournament director has instructed the dealers to shuffle up and deal as the cards are now in the air with the first game of the day being Pot-Limit Omaha.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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James Woods |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
Thomas Taylor |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
Jonathan Hart |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
Tony Ma |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
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Ari Engel |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
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Barry Greenstein |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
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Shirley Rosario |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
Scott Clements |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
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Marcel Luske |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
Calen McNeil |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
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Marcel Vonk | 7,500 | |
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Bradley Butcher | 7,500 |
Big-O
There was a raise to 150 from under the gun and Marcel Luske called from the button along with the small blind. The flop fell and the small blind checked to the preflop raiser who continued for 300. Luske called and the small blind called as well.
The turn brought the and the action checked to Luske who bet the pot of 1,400. Both of his opponents quickly tossed their cards to the muck and Luske was awarded the pot.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Marcel Luske |
8,300
800
|
800 |
Big-O
Leif Force entered the tournament and already won a sizeable pot. The under the gun player limped and so did Force before seeing the player on the button raise to 200. The player in the big blind called, as did the under the gun player and force.
The flop was and the under the gun player bet pot, worth 825, after the big blind checked. Force was the only player to call the bet.
The turn was the and Force's opponent said pot one more time to announce a bet of 2,475. Force called the bet once more and the river was revealed. It checked to Force and he bet 2,200, which was enough to make his opponent open fold .
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Leif Force |
12,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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Paul Sokoloff | 7,500 | |
Kevin Gerhart | 7,500 | |
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Carol Fuchs | 7,500 | |
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Scott Bohlman | 7,500 | |
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Christopher Back | 7,500 | |
Allen Kessler | 7,500 | |
Jake Schwartz | 7,500 | |
John Holley | 7,500 | |
Martin Staszko | 7,500 | |
Connor Drinan | 7,500 | |
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Tom Koral | 7,500 | |
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Big-O
The board read and the action was checked to the under-the-gun player who bet the pot of 500. Tony Ma called in the cutoff along with Jiaqi Xu on the button.
The river brought the and the action checked to Xu who tossed in another pot-sized bet of 2,000. The under-the-gun player folded and Ma made the call. Xu tabled for a full house and Ma released his cards to the muck.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Jiaqi Xu |
11,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
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Tony Ma |
6,500
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
PLO-8
Robert Williamson III and Roberto Leosmaldonado saw a flop appear, with a third player in the hand.
It checked to Williamson III and he bet 300. Leosmaldonado was the only player that called. Both players saw the turn and Leosmaldonaldo check-called a bet of 800.
The river completed the board and Leosmaldonado check-called a final bet of 2,500
Robert Williamson III:
Roberto Leosmaldonado:
They both chopped up the pot for a small profit.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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Robert Williamson III |
7,700
7,700
|
7,700 |
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Roberto Leosmaldonado |
7,700
7,700
|
7,700 |