Day 1 of Event #21: $1,500 Mixed Omaha Kicks Off Shortly
Welcome to Day 1 of Event #21: $1,500 Mixed Omaha. Cards go in the air at 3 p.m. at the 2021 World Series of Poker for this mixed game variety of Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, and Big O (five-card Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo).
Anatolii Zyrin won this event in 2019 when he beat a field of 717 entries to win the WSOP gold bracelet and $199,838. The popular format is expected to draw a tough field of bracelet-winners and mixed game specialists.
The three games will rotate every seven hands. Players will start with 25,000 chips and levels are 40 minutes on Day 1. Days 2&3 will feature 60-minute levels.
Pot-Limit blinds will start at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante and limits are 200/400. Day 1 will play for 15 levels and late registration will close after Level 9. Players bagging for Day 2 will return on Monday, October 10 at 2 p.m. Day 2 will play for 10 levels and Day 3 will play down to a winner.
Be sure to keep it here all day long for updates from the floor from the PokerNews live reporting team.
. Laplante led with a bet. 
