Three players saw a flop of which stirred up plenty of action. George Wolff was the first to bet 12,500 from the cutoff and Chance Kornuth called on the button. Ryan Hartman check-raised the pot to 66,500 and Wolff jammed all in. Kornuth called off his stack of around 160,000 and Hartman called off his last 88,600 chips.
Ryan Hartman:
Chance Kornuth:
George Wolff:
Each player had a big piece of the board but it was Hartman who locked up the main pot with the on the turn. The completed the board and Wolff took down the side pot, sending Kornuth to the rail.
Arthur Morris just recently got moved tables and started the hand with nearly a fresh starting stack. In a three-bet pot, Morris was heads-up with Eric Kurtzman. The flop was and Kurtzman led out for 20,000. Morris raised the pot to 84,000 and Kurtzman re-potted, putting Morris at risk for his entire stack.
Arthur Morris:
Eric Kurtzman:
Kurtzman held a pair with a straight draw while Morris had the best hand and best draw with a pair of aces and a flush draw. However, the on the turn and the on the river gave Kurtzman a straight and Morris was eliminated.
Martin Dam raised it up and Jeremy Ausmus just called on his left. The two players went heads-up to a flop of . Dam led out with a bet and Ausmus moved all in for around 10,000 which Dam called.
Jeremy Ausmus:
Martin Dam:
The on the turn gave Dam quad aces and ended any hopes for Ausmus to run up his stack.
On a flop of , Eelis Pärssinen bet 44,000 and Andjelko Andrejevic moved all-in for 84,500. Tommy Le then moved all-in over the top and Pärssinen called all-in as the second-biggest stack involved.
Andjelko Andrejevic:
Eelis Pärssinen:
Tommy Le:
All players had a wrap to go with their made pairs and Andrejevic spiked the turn to leap into the lead. He remained there on the river to triple up while Pärssinen then doubled his remaining 182,000 through Le after paying off Andrejevic.
Eric Kurtzman of Las Vegas ended Day 1 of Event #53: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller with a big chip lead as he looks to earn his first World Series of Poker bracelet. Kurtzman ended the first day of the four-day PLO tournament with a stack of 773,500, sitting comfortably ahead of other big stacks Joseph Cheong (592,000), Yuval Bronshtein (580,000), Shaun Deeb (566,500), Martin Dam (530,500) and Dylan Weisman (505,000).
Deeb is looking to win the $25,000 pot-limit Omaha event for the second time after winning it in 2018 for $1,402,683. Weisman, meanwhile, is after his second bracelet of the series after shipping Event #28: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha for $166,461.
Defending champion Stephen Chidwick, who won the event in 2019, was not seen in the field on Day 1 but could make an appearance during Day 2, as late registration will remain open for the first two levels of play.
Play on Day 1 lasted for ten hours and ended at the conclusion of Level 10. Many of the biggest names in poker made it to bagging time, including Daniel Negreanu, Scott Seiver, David Benyamine, Anthony Zinno, Erik Seidel, Chance Kornuth, Sam Soverel and Simon Lofberg.
Some of the casualties throughout the first day of play included Jeremy Ausmus (he re-entered and bagged more than 130,000), James Chen, Randy Ohel, Josh Arieh, Jeff Gross and Ayaz Mahmood.
Day 2 of the four-day tournament will commence on Oct. 28. at 2 p.m. local time and will play for ten levels. Players will take a 60-minute dinner break after the completion of Level 16 at approximately 8:30 p.m.
Don't go far as the PokerNews live reporting team will be back tomorrow bringing you updates of the Day 2 action.