With 96,000 in the middle on a completed board of , Vasil Medarov bet the pot and then sigh-called the all-in of Patrick Leonard for little more. Leonard tabled the and Medarov mucked the before paying 114,500 to his table neighbour.
Another record-setting field of 641 entries and counting came together in the Paris Ballroom for a massive Day 1 of WSOP Event #69: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship (8-handed).
With registration open until the start of Day 2 on Sunday, the field will continue to grow to smash the former record of 518 entries from 2019, with Scott Seiver (452,000) and defending champion Tommy Le (400,000) among the biggest stacks to advance.
Event #69: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
RANK
PLAYER
Country
CHIP COUNT
Big blinds
1
Majid Yahyaei
United States
701,000
280
2
Peter Levine
United States
521,000
208
3
Kazuhiko Yotsushika
Japan
445,500
178
4
Scott Seiver
United States
425,000
170
5
Stephen Burns
United States
417,500
167
6
Joachim Haraldstad
Norway
410,000
164
7
Tommy Le
United States
400,000
160
8
Eduardo Bernal Sanchez
Colombia
383,000
153
9
Luis Velador
United States
381,500
153
10
Robert Valden
United States
381,000
152
Patrick Leonard (342,000), Allan Le (330,000), and Ken Aldridge (312,000) are among others to bag big, while 2019 champion Dash Dudley (65,000), Bruno Fitoussi (60,000), Matt Glantz, (39,000), and three-time bracelet winner Phillip Hui (26,500) are among those with some work ahead of them on Day 2.
With so many entries in the field there were also plenty of notables to not survive the day including multi-time bracelet winners Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Shaun Deeb, and Mike Matusow to name just a few.
All told, 264 of the original 641 will return Sunday to the Paris Ballroom at 2 p.m. As mentioned, several more are likely to enter before the start of play Sunday. Blinds will start at 1,000/2,500 with a 2,500 big blind ante. Last-minute registrants will start with 24 big blinds.
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