Event #67: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Bounty
Day 2 Started
Event #67: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Bounty
Day 2 Started
Of the 833 players who posted up the $1,500 entry into a new WSOP tournament in the Pot-Limit Omaha Bounty event, 125 will restart today at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino.
All those remaining in the field are also in the money and will begin at 2:00 P.M. local time and advance towards the coveted gold bracelet and the $141,161 prize up top.
Robert Oxenburg leads the remaining players with 210,300 in chips, however, Georgios Karavokyris is right on his heels with 207,000. Other notables in the fray today include Jeff Gross (28,600), Robert Mizrachi (23,600) and Benny Glaser (12,600).
In addition to the $1,421 min-cash secured to start the day, every contestant also has a hefty $500 bounty on their head.
This is one of eight new events to appear on the World Series of Poker schedule this year and despite not having a history here; the prize pool swelled to over 1.1 million drawing plenty of interest late into the summer series.
On the schedule for today are ten 60-minute levels, with a 15-minute break every two levels. There will also be a 60-minute dinner break after Level 6 (8:30p.m.). This event is played in the Miranda room.
Stay tuned here as the PokerNews team will be on hand the entire day to provide live updates on the action.
Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 0
The action has kicked off on Day 2 with the dealers having shuffled up and dealt the first hands at each table.
Fnu Navkiran Singh singh opened to 5,000 from early position and called off the remainder of his 22,200 stack when Jody Fayant three-bet shoved out of the big blind.
Fnu Navkiran Singh:
Jody Fayant:
The board ran out and Singh hit the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jody Fayant |
48,000
25,300
|
25,300 |
Fnu Navkiran Singh | Busted |
A loud exclamation was heard as both Raymond Speck and Christopher Staats gathered their things together on a board of Joon Park scooped with a rivered nut straight holding . Both Speck and Staats entered the day 2 as short stacks of under 10 big blinds.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joon Park |
47,200
11,600
|
11,600 |
Raymond Speck | Busted | |
Christopher Staats | Busted |
After doubling up a couple of times earlier Jeffery Wagner got his remaining stack of 10,000 in the middle pre-flop heads up with Yin Wu.
Jeffery Wagner:
Yin Wu:
The board ran out giving Wagner two pair of fives and threes to crack Wagner's aces and send him to the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Yin Wu |
115,500
4,200
|
4,200 |
Jeffrey Wagner | Busted |
With about 39,000 in the middle of a board, Hani Mio bet pot and after a moment debating, his heads-up opponent, John Holley, tossed his hand into the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Hani Mio |
94,000
31,500
|
31,500 |
John Holley |
40,000
-20,900
|
-20,900 |
On the flop of a board, Todd Bareika bet 2,200 out of the big blind and Benny Glaser called on the button and Elio Saade check-called from the small blind.
The hit the turn and Bareika fired a bet worth 3,600 with both opponents flatting.
All three players checked the on the river and Glaser took it down with the making a straight on the river.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Todd Bareika |
123,000
78,500
|
78,500 |
Elio Saade |
97,000
-14,800
|
-14,800 |
Benny Glaser |
29,000
16,400
|
16,400 |
|
On a flop of and 10,000 already in the middle, Jonathan Samuels checked from the big blind, Aalok Arora bet 13,800 from early position and Scott Hall called in middle position. Samuels went into the tank for a couple of minutes before deciding to shove all-in for his last 14,100 and both Arora and Hall tossed in the extra chips.
On the turn, Arora announced "pot" putting himself all-in for around 35,000 and Hall made the call. With no more action the river completed the board and the hands were turned up.
Jonathan Samuels:
Aalok Arora:
Scott Hall:
Samuels would triple up with his queen-high straight as Hall would take the side pot and the bounty of Arora with the jack-high straight.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Scott Hall |
74,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Jonathan Samuels |
50,000
31,300
|
31,300 |
Aalok Arora | Busted |