With the craziness of the final flights of the COLOSSUS happening simultaneously, a field of Omaha players is expected for Day 1 of Event #7: Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo.
The likes of Mike Leah, John Racener and Felipe Ramos, all of whom cashed in the earlier Pot-Limit Omaha event this WSOPE, are allexpected in the field when play gets underway at 2 pm local time.
The plan for Day 1 is to play 15 40-minute levels, with 20-minute breaks every three levels. There will be a 60-minute dinner break after the 9th level of play. The event is unlimited re-entry.
Structure for the day:
Level
Duration
Small Blind
Big Blind
1
40
75
150
2
40
100
200
3
40
150
300
4
40
200
400
5
40
250
500
6
40
300
600
7
40
400
800
8
40
500
1000
9
40
600
1200
10
40
800
1600
11
40
1000
2000
12
40
1200
2400
13
40
1500
3000
14
40
2000
4000
15
40
2500
5000
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With players cashing in multiple flights of the COLOSSUS, the Player of the Year race is a little murkier, but what is still clear is that Ryan Hughes sits in second place behind Chris Ferguson.
However, with Hughes in the field of the PLO early today, he could be on the hunt for a deep run here to turn the tide in the race.
Federico Quevedo just sat down when the player to his left limped and John Racener raised to 900. The button and small blind called, along with Quevedo from the big blind as well as the limper.
That made it five players to a flop of . The small blind checked and Quevedo bet 3,500. The limper folded and Racener moved all in for roughly starting stack. The button and small blind folded, with Quevedo making the call.
Federico Quevedo:
John Racener:
The turn was the and the river the with Quevedo's set holding up. There was no low.
Two players checked to Christian Rauch on the flop and he announced pot to 1,600. Federico Quevedo cold-called on the button and the two other players in the hand folded.
The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the and Rauch bet 3,500. Quevedo called.
Rauch turned over for a full house, nines full of aces. However, Quevedo showed for a bigger full house, aces full of eights.
Between the break and now a total of 15 bracelets have joined the field. Jeff Lisandro (6), Chris Ferguson (5), Eli Elezra (3) and Ivo Donev (1) are all now seated in the Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Eight or Better.
The most recent bracelet winner among them is Eli Elezra, who won his last bracelet in 2015 after winning the $1,500 Seven Card Stud for $112,591.
Ferguson has two bracelets in Omaha Hi-Lo Split Eight or Better, with Lisandro having two bracelets in Pot-Limit Omaha, but neither from Vegas. One came in the WSOPE 2010 and one at the WSOP APAC 2014.
Artur Sojka raised to 2,500 from early position. Ryan Hughes and Eric Lescot called before Jeff Lisandro three-bet to 6,500 from the big blind. Sojka then four-bet to pot for 24,500. Hughes and Lescot called with Lisandro flat-calling.
The flop came . Lisandro checked and Sojka moved all in. Lisandro called.
Jeff Lisandro:
Artur Sojka:
"We need a four," said Lisandro, which would give him a straight. The turn was the .
"We need a jack," said Lisandro, which would also give him a straight. The river was the and Lisandro was eliminated.
There was a three-way all in with John Racener involved against Thorsten Schuler and Andreas Klatt.
Andreas Klatt:
John Racener:
Thorsten Schuler:
The flop gave Racener top set. The turn opened the door to low draws for both Klatt and Schuler, but the river gave Klatt a Broadway straight and tripled him up.
Ljubo Lojoc raised to 14,000 and Viatcheslav Ortynskiy called. Allen Kessler moved all in for 24,000 in the small blind. Lojoc then four-bet all in and Ortynskiy called putting two players at risk.
Allen Kessler:
Viatcheslav Ortynskiy:
Ljubo Lojoc:
The flop came , with Kessler calling for a King. The turn was the but the river was the meaning for the third time in this tournament Kessler triple dup, with Lojoc taking down the small side pot to be left with ten big blinds.
"He might have missed the last one," said tablemate Dario Alioto, "But this is his event!"
. The small blind checked and Quevedo bet 3,500. The limper folded and Racener moved all in for roughly starting stack. The button and small blind folded, with Quevedo making the call.
and the river the 
with Quevedo's set holding up. There was no low.
flop and he announced pot to 1,600. Federico Quevedo cold-called on the button and the two other players in the hand folded. 
and both players checked. The river was the 
and Rauch bet 3,500. Quevedo called.
for a bigger full house, aces full of eights.
. Lisandro checked and Sojka moved all in. Lisandro called.
.
gave Racener top set. The turn 
opened the door to low draws for both Klatt and Schuler, but the river 
