With about 24,000 in the middle of a board, Juha Helppi faced a bet of 16,500 from his heads-up opponent, Frank Williams. Helppi thought briefly before sending his cards to the muck.
At 3 p.m. local time, Day 1 of the 2017 World Series of Poker Event #67: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed High Roller gets underway at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. The defending champion of this event is Finland's Jens Kyllönen who emerged victorious in a 184-entry strong field to claim his first gold bracelet and a payday of $1,127,035.
While Kyllönen most likely won't be back to defend his title, 2016 runner-up Tommy Le will be there with plenty of confidence after finally claiming his first gold bracelet on his sixth WSOP Omaha final table appearance just a few days ago. Le took down Event #54: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship after defeating Chris Lee heads up and confirmed his participation in this event in his winner's interview.
Day 1 of this four-day event will feature a total of 10 levels of 60 minutes each with a 15-minute break every two levels. All participants will receive 125,000 in chips and the registration remains open until the start of Day 2.
Day 1 Blind Structure
Level
Duration
Small Blind
Big Blind
1
60 min
150
300
2
60 min
200
400
3
60 min
250
500
4
60 min
300
600
5
60 min
400
800
6
60 min
500
1,000
7
60 min
600
1,200
8
60 min
800
1,600
9
60 min
1,000
2,000
10
60 min
1,200
2,400
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide all the action until a winner is crowned on Saturday, July 8th 2017.