Welcome to Day 1 of Event #28: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed
Welcome to Day 1 of Event #28: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed. The $1,000 buy-in has an 11.00 a.m. local start time that will give each player 20,000 starting chips and they will be playing a total of 17 40 minute levels to make it through to Day 2. There will be a 20-minute break after every 3 levels and a 75-minute dinner break after level 9, approximately 5:40 p.m.
Last time this event was held was 2019 and it was Luis Zedan who took home the World Series of Poker Gold Bracelet. Zedan defeated a player pool of 1,526 entries, which created a prize pool of $1,374,300. He won $236,673 after taking down Thida Ear heads up. Ear cashed for $146,196 for his efforts.
This event will allow one re-entry per player and all players stil remaining at the end of level 17 will restart at 12:00 p.m on Friday, October 15 and will be 60-minute levels. This is a three day structure which means the remaining five players a the end of Day 2 will come back for Day 3 on Saturday, October 16th.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor giving you all the updates and coverage of Event #28 action beginning at 11 a.m. local time.
, there was 3,500 in the middle and as the player in the small blind was thinking, Jerod Smith announced that he would like to bet the pot. The dealer then let him know that it was the small blind players' action. He then checked to Smith who was committed to the bet of 3,500. 
on the turn gave him a flush. Smith was able to avoid the board pairing when the 
came on the river, sending him a full double up.
and there was approximately 25,000 already in the middle. The player first to act checked to Tom McCormick who shoved his remaining 10,500 in the middle and the player on his left ripped for more, forcing the first player out of the pot.
on the turn changed nothing. The dealer dropped the 
, there were 23,000 chips already in the middle when the player first to act bet 8,000 and Mark Liedkte shoved for his 44,500. The original bettor tanked for about two minutes before putting in a stack of 5,000 chips to call.
to give Liedkte the lead with a pair of aces and the river was the 
for the aces to hold. Both the button and Negreanu were eliminated.
and he bet 21,000 and his opponent made the call.
, he fired again this time for 91,000 and the opponent ripped their entire stack of roughly 345,000 into the middle and he snap-called.
