Event #69: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship
Dia 1 Começado
Event #69: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship
Dia 1 Começado
The 2022 World Series of Poker in its new home at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas is gearing up for the crown jewel of the schedule as the 2022 WSOP $10,000 Main Event is just around the corner. However, nearly two dozen gold bracelets are still up for grabs and mixed game enthusiasts still have plenty of opportunities to showcase their talents.
With strong turnouts for all four-card poker events during the 2022 WSOP so far, it would be no surprise to see another big field emerge in Event #69: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship. The Main Event of all PLO specialists is slated to get underway at 3 p.m. local time in the Paris Ballroom and Tommy Le will aim to defend his title.
As one of the most successful PLO tournament players in WSOP history, Le has eight official final table appearances and one unofficial final table to his name. He won the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship in 2021 and 2017 while also finishing third in the very same event back in 2016 as well. One year ago, Le topped a field of 344 entries after defeating Jordan Spurlin in heads-up while Chris Sandrock finished in third place.
Le has not seen similar results this year and has just one in-the-money finish to his name in Event #64: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack (8-Handed), in which he finished in 47th place. However, it seems all but certain that the PLO specialist will be back in action today in order to try to defend his title.
The four-day tournament features a starting stack of 60,000 and all levels last 60 minutes each. A total of ten levels are scheduled for Day 1 with a break every two levels and late registration will close at the start of Level 11 at 2 p.m. local time on Sunday, July 3rd.
As with all PLO tournaments during the series, a single big blind ante is posted. In Pot-Limit, the ante only counts as part of the pot “after the flop". All contestants in their seats right from the start will have 300 big blinds at their disposal at 100-200 blinds while last-minute additions on Day 2 will start their journey with 24 big blinds at 1,000-2,500.
Among the PLO bracelet winners during the 2022 WSOP so far were familiar names such as Phil Hui, Eli Elezra, Konstantin Angelov, Fabian Brandes, Daniel Weinman, Robert Cowen, Tong Li, current WSOP Player of the Year leader Daniel Zack, and Amnon Filippi. Most of them along with PLO specialists from all over the world are expected to take part in this high-stakes contest which may very well surpass 500 entries.
Stay tuned for the PokerNews live updates throughout the entire event en route to crowning the next WSOP gold bracelet winner.
Poker Hall of Famer Eli Elezra earned his fifth World Series of Poker bracelet early Saturday morning when he took down Event #63: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship for $611,362. Elezra defeated Chino Rheem during heads-up play to deny Rheem his first bracelet.
Elezra, who was made famous by his appearances on productions like High Stakes Poker and who just last year was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame, dominated a final table that included defending champion Josh Arieh (7th - $83,920), Ken Aldridge (5th - $146,242) and Robert Cowen (3rd - $271,219).
Nível: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
With 199 entries on the tournament clock already, what could be a record-breaking $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship is underway.
More than 200 players are already registered but most of the tables kicked off short-handed. The first batch of notables can be found below and many more are to follow. With at least two players seated on each table, the action is underway in the first level of the day.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Steven Loube | 60,000 | |
|
||
Majid Yahyaei | 60,000 | |
Cliff Josephy | 60,000 | |
|
||
Vito Branciforte | 60,000 | |
Tim Van Loo | 60,000 | |
Dermot Blain | 60,000 | |
David Wang | 60,000 | |
Charles Sinn | 60,000 | |
Leonid Yanovski | 60,000 | |
Dylan Weisman | 60,000 | |
|
||
Sylvain Loosli | 60,000 | |
Jared Bleznick | 60,000 |
Chris Sandrock finished in third place for this very event in 2021 and will aim to make it two spots further in this year's edition. The same table in the corner part of the Paris Purple section also features Fahredin Mustafov while Brandon Adams can be found two tables over.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Chris Sandrock | 60,000 | |
Fahredin Mustafov | 60,000 | |
Brandon Adams | 60,000 |
Chris Sandrock finished third in this tournament one year ago and this time holds the record of being the first player on the rail! Just as Ehsan Amiri took his seat on the same table, Sandrock was spotted on his way out and Trevor Hebert as well as Fahredin Mustafov were kind enough to recall the action.
According to the other players at the table, Sandrock had flopped a full house with on but a on the turn gave Hebert with a queen-ten combo the superior full house and sent Sandrock to the rail. Since this is a Championship Event, he won't be able to reenter while Hebert essentially starts with two times the starting stack.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Trevor Hebert |
122,000
122,000
|
122,000 |
Ehsan Amiri |
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Chris Sandrock | Eliminado |
Picking action up on a flop of , the player in the small blind bet 700, Tony Cousineau called in the big blind, and Scott Bohlman raised to 3,800.
Both opponents called to see the on the turn. Action was checked to Bohlman who bet 8,000. Only Cousineau called.
On the river, Cousinaeau checked again, and Bohlman fired 25,000.
Cousineau finally folded, sending a decent early pot to Bohlman.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Scott Bohlman | 79,400 | |
|
||
Tony Cousineau | 38,200 |
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Sean Winter |
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Jake Daniels |
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Bruno Fitoussi |
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Vivian Saliba |
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
PJ Cha |
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
David Benyamine |
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
||
Philip Long | 60,000 | |
|
||
Scott Smile | 60,000 | |
Krasimir Yankov | 60,000 | |
Frank Kassela | 60,000 | |
|
||
Brett Richey | 60,000 | |
John Beauprez | 60,000 | |
|
||
David Coleman | 60,000 | |
Dante Goya | 60,000 | |
|