Event #42: $5,000 Six-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 1 Started
Event #42: $5,000 Six-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 1 Started
Welcome back to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino and the 2014 World Series of Poker for Event #42: $5,000 Six-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha!
Today marks the third time a straight Pot-Limit Omaha event has graced this year's WSOP schedule, but the first time it is being played short-handed as the buy-in has also been increased.
In 2013 Steve Gross captured his first bracelet after defeating Salman Behbehani heads-up to top a 400-player field to walk home with a $488,817 first prize. Players reaching the money-paying top 40 a year ago included Yevgeniy Timoshenko (7th), Trevor Pope (13th), Sorel Mizzi (16th), Roland Israelashvili (21st), Davidi Kitai (24th), Shaun Deeb (26th), Freddy Deeb (27th), Daniel Negreanu (34th), Tony Cousineau (37th), and Chad Brown (39th).
This year's two low buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha tournaments were won by Brandon Shack-Harris and Brandon Pastor and attracted nearly 2,100 players between the two events. Today will more likely see a field of between 300 and 400 take to the felt as PLO players look to seize an opportunity to capture a WSOP bracelet.
Date | Event | Buy-in | Champion | Entrants | First Prize | Prizepool |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 28th | #3 | $1,000 | Brandon Shack-Harris | 1,128 | $205,634 | $1,015,200 |
June 17th | #37 | $1,500 | Brandon Pastor | 967 | $264,400 | $1,305,450 |
June 20th | #42 | $5,000 | ||||
July 3rd | #64 | $10,000 |
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Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
The cards are now in the air for Event #42!
The plan today is to play ten 60-minute levels with a 90-minute dinner break coming after level six.
Although last year saw 400 entries in this event, so far the tournament is spread amongst two sections of the Brasilia Room; the Blue and Silver section.
With only those two sections currently having players and empty tables with chip stacks ready to go - it means that the tournament is set to cater for just under 250 players.
However with registration open till the start of level seven; approximately 8:10 p.m., the tournament is most definitely expected to swell into contention with rivaling last year's entrant number.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Scott Bohlman |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
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Jonathan Little |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Brock Parker |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Erick Lindgren |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
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Dani Stern |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
AP Phahurat |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Jim Collopy |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
Matt Stout |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Joshua Pollock |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
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Mike Watson | 15,000 | |
Jason Senti |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Justin Schwartz |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Peter Costa |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Florian Langmann |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
David Chiu |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
Martin Kozlov |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
Mike Sexton |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
Noah Schwartz |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
Chance Kornuth |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
Hans Winzeler |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Kirill Gerasimov |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Allan Le | 15,000 | |
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Barny Boatman |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
British father and son duo Paul and Ben Jackson have bought into the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event and are flying the British flag. Having seen England's World Cup hopes dashed earlier today, the Jackson's will be looking for a deep run in this excting tournament.
Paul Jackson is sat in the Blue section while son Ben is a few tables over in Silver.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ben Jackson |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Paul Jackson |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Here are a few more familiar faces we found in the Silver section of the room.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Josh Arieh | 15,000 | |
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Jared Bleznick | 15,000 | |
Bruno Kawauti |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
John O'Shea |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Kory Kilpatrick | 15,000 | |
|
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Dermot Blain | 15,000 | |
Oleskii Kovalchuk
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Gordon Vayo |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Chris Sly |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Josh Field
|
15,000 | |
Ted Forrest |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
Check out some more familiar faces that we found hanging out in the blue section of the Brasilia Room.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Philippe Boucher |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
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Joe Ebanks |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
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Robert Panitch | 15,000 | |
Yevgeniy Timoshenko |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Marko Neumann |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Martins Adeniya |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Matt Giannetti |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Jarred Graham |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
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Ronit Chamani |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |