Event #35: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha / Six Handed
Day 1 Started
Event #35: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha / Six Handed
Day 1 Started
It's just another day at the office for the PokerNews crew, but when your office is the size of a football field, you know that you're in for a busy day!
Not to mention that we're about to kick off the 35th event of the 2011 World Series of Poker, which is sure to draw some of the game's biggest names for this $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Six-Handed event!
This unique "triple chance" format will see each player start with 5,000 in tournament chips, but they may take an additional two add-ons, each worth 5,000 in chips, at any time during the first four levels. And while this particular event may be significantly smaller than others, rest assured, there'll be no shortage of action!
Play will be getting underway at 12pm PST (GMT -7), so be sure to stick with PokerNews as we bring you every pot right from the first pitch. Let's do this thang!
Structure for Today's Play:
Level | Small Blind | Big Blind (Call) | Or Make It |
1 | 50 | 75 | 150 to 275 |
2 | 50 | 100 | 200 to 350 |
3 | 75 | 150 | 300 to 525 |
4 | 100 | 200 | 400 to 700 |
5 | 150 | 300 | 600 to 1,050 |
6 | 200 | 400 | 800 to 1,400 |
7 | 250 | 500 | 1,000 to 1,750 |
8 | 300 | 600 | 1,200 to 2,100 |
9 | 400 | 800 | 1,600 to 2,800 |
10 | 500 | 1,000 | 2,000 to 3,500 |
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/75
Ante: 0
After the morning brief from WSOP Tournament Director Jack Effel, the cards are now in the air!
Players are taking their time getting to their seats over here in the white section of the Pavilion Room, but we have seen plenty of notable players so far.
Also, this is a triple chance format, so all players will start with 5,000 in chips and two re-buy/add on chips for another 5,000 each. Some players like Ayaz Mahmood and Lex Veldhuis took their re-buy's right away while others have elected to do just one, or wait until later.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ayaz Mahmood
|
15,000 | |
Lex Veldhuis | 15,000 | |
Vanessa Selbst | 10,000 | |
Joshua Tieman
|
10,000 | |
T.J. Cloutier
|
5,000 | |
|
5,000 | |
|
5,000 | |
Andrew Lichtenberger
|
5,000 | |
|
5,000 | |
Steve Gross
|
5,000 | |
Noah Schwartz
|
5,000 | |
Andy Black | 5,000 | |
Humberto Brenes | 5,000 | |
Barry Greenstein | 5,000 | |
Scott Clements
|
5,000 | |
Ted Lawson
|
5,000 | |
Matt Jarvis | 5,000 |
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team went walkabout through the Black section of the Pavillion Room to see who were amongst the early risers, and we've already picked up quite a few.
2010 WSOP Player of the Year Frank Kassela has been seated over on table 41, while Daniel Negreanu is up over on table 30. Iconic Frenchman and recent first-time WSOP bracelet winner Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier is nearby on table 34, and we've also spotted David Williams, Chad Brown, Jason Mericer, Beth Shak and Jonathan "Jcardshark" Little.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Erick Lindgren
|
5,000 | |
Tom Dwan | 5,000 | |
Eric Froehlich
|
5,000 | |
Erica Schoenberg | 5,000 | |
Josh Arieh
|
5,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jason Senti | 5,000 | |
Robert Williamson
|
5,000 | |
|
5,000 | |
Scott Seiver
|
5,000 | |
David Chiu
|
5,000 | |
JP Kelly | 5,000 |
Over on table 34, the action folded to Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier who raised to 200 from the cutoff; the player in the small blind was the only caller, so off they went heads-up to the flop of , which both players checked before the dealer produced the on the turn.
The small blind opened for 275 and Grospellier called before both players checked the river of the . Grospellier fanned out for the straight and he took the pot down.
We came into this hand with a raise and a call preflop and David Sands putting out a bet of 850 on a flop of and the five seat calling.
The turn was a and Sands put out a pot-sized bet of 3125 leaving him only a few hundred behind. The five seat went all in and Sands put out his last few chips and turned over for a wheel draw and a low heart flush draw. The five seat showed for two pair and a better heart flush draw.
The river was a brick for Sands and he sent over all but his final re-buy chip to the five seat.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Sands | 5,000 |