Event #45: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller
Day 1 Started
Event #45: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller
Day 1 Started
Welcome back to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino and the 2019 World Series of Poker (WSOP) for Day 1 of the Event #45: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller.
This is the fifth Pot-Limit Omaha tournament of the WSOP so far, and the biggest of them all as it carries a lofty buy-in of $25,000. With three Pot-Limit Omaha champions already crowned, and one playing out today, so far Josh Pollock, Andrew Donabedian, and Luis Zedan have struck four-card gold.
In 2018, it would be Shaun Deeb collecting his third (of four total) WSOP bracelet when he defeated Ben Yu heads-up for the $1,402,683 first-place prize. Also on the final table was 1998 WSOP Main Event Champion Scotty Nguyen, the 2017 Champion of the event James Calderaro, high roller regular Jason Koon, WPT Champions Club member Ryan Tosoc, and WSOP bracelet winner David Benyamine.
Year | Player | Country | First Prize | Players | Prize Pool |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | Shaun Deeb | United States | $1,402,683 | 230 | $5,462,500 |
2017 | James Calderaro | United States | $1,289,074 | 204 | $4,868,750 |
2016 | Jens Kyllonen | Finland | $1,127,035 | 184 | $4,370,000 |
2015 | Anthony Zinno | United States | $1,122,196 | 175 | $4,156,250 |
Players in Event #45 will begin with 150,000 in starting chips and be playing ten 60-minute levels on Day 1 with a 15-minute break every two levels. Late registration is open through to the start of level 13 on Day 2; approximately 4:15 p.m. (PDT) on Thursday, June 20. Players are also allowed one re-entry.
Play is set to begin at 3 p.m. (PD) with the PokerNews Live Reporting Team providing continuous live updates of all the Event #45: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller action. So stay tuned to PokerNews.com for all the Event #45 coverage, along with the remainder of the coverage from the 2019 World Series of Poker.
Level: 1
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 0
The cards are now in the air for Day 1.
Players will begin with 150,000 in starting chips and be playing ten 60-minute levels on Day 1 with a 15-minute break every two levels. Late registration is open through to the start of level 13 on Day 2; approximately 4:15 p.m. (PDT) on Thursday, June 20. Players are also allowed one re-entry.
There are close to 50 players registered at the start of level one and the following notables have been spotted in their seats with a starting stack of 150,000 each.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jorryt van Hoof |
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
George Wolff |
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
Roman Valerstein |
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
Ludovic Geilich |
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
Chance Kornuth |
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
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Mike Krasienko | 150,000 | |
Majid Yahyaei |
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
Ryan Laplante |
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
||
Robert Salaburu |
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
Kahle Burns |
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
||
Martin Kozlov |
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
||
Noah Schwartz |
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
||
Joe Hachem |
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
||
Luis Velador |
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Warwick Mirzikinian |
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
||
Adam Hendrix | 150,000 | |
|
||
Kyle Bowker |
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
||
Roger Teska |
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
Sasha Liu |
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
||
Jan-Peter Jachtmann |
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
||
Robert Mizrachi |
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
||
John Beauprez |
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
||
Brent Roberts |
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
Roger Teska raised to 900 on the button before Kahle Burns three-bet to 2,900 from the big blind.
Teska called, and the board checked through to the river where Teska bet 2,500, and Burns check-folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Roger Teska |
153,100
3,100
|
3,100 |
Kahle Burns |
147,100
-2,900
|
-2,900 |
|
"Alright, let's play a big pot," Warwick Mirzikinian said when he called a four-bet to 4,400 with Raphael Schreiner and William Benson also involved in the hand. The trio checked the flop and Mirzikinian also checked the turn. Schreiner made it 9,000 to go and that forced two folds.
Almost at the same time, two new players arrived at the table in Quan Zhou and Jan-Peter Jachtmann.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Raphael Schreiner
|
160,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
Quan Zhou |
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
Jan-Peter Jachtmann | 150,000 | |
|
||
William Benson |
145,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
Warwick Mirzikinian |
145,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
Kyle Bowker limped the cutoff for 300, and Lion Boulos followed suit from the button.
Robert Salaburo completed from the small blind, and Adam Hendrix checked his option in the big blind as the flop landed .
Action checked to Boulos on the button, and he tossed in 1,000.
Salaburu, Hendrix, and Bowker all folded, and Boulos collected the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Lion Boulos |
151,300
1,300
|
1,300 |
Adam Hendrix |
150,200
200
|
200 |
|
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Robert Salaburu |
149,800
-200
|
-200 |
Kyle Bowker |
149,500
-500
|
-500 |
|
On the heads-up turn of , Bryan Buonocore checked in the cutoff and called a bet of 5,500 by Roger Teska on the button. They checked the on the river and Teska had the best hand in for queens and fives, while Buonocore mucked .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Roger Teska |
160,000
6,900
|
6,900 |
Bryan Buonocore |
142,000
142,000
|
142,000 |