2021 World Series of Poker

Event #66: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
Day: 1
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Event Info

2021 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♠k♠5♥2♣
Prize
$484,791
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,939,600
Entries
210
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
194
Players Left
101
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Event #66: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship

Day 1 Completed

Brian Hastings Bags Chip Lead After Day 1 of Event #66: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship

Adam Lamers
Adam Lamers
Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Brian Hastings
Brian Hastings

Day 1 has drawn to a close after 10 levels in Event #66: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship. By the time the clock struck 2 a.m. local time, a total of 194 entries were recorded with only 101 of them returning for Day 2.

Brian Hastings finished the day with the largest stack of 447,000 chips as he looks to grab hold of his fifth World Series of Poker gold bracelet. Hastings entered the field halfway through the day but wasted little time in building a stack. Once he did so, he found himself involved in a massive three-way pot where he rivered the nut-high hand along with the nut-low hand. A pot-sized river bet got paid off by Yueqi Zhu who once held the early lead and Hastings vaulted to the top of the leaderboard.

Hastings' previous WSOP wins came in 2012, two of them in 2015, and 2018 but he has yet to claim a victory in the game of Omaha. Hastings came so close in this very same event the last time it was held in 2019, finishing second to Nick Schulman. This all-around poker pro has accumulated nearly $4 million in career live tournament earnings and will be hoping to build on that number by the end of the week.

Event #66 Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts

RANKPLAYERCountryCHIP COUNTBig Blinds
1Brian HastingsUnited States447,000179
2Tommy ChenUnited States377,500151
3Chip JettUnited States308,500123
4Nick SchulmanUnited States295,000118
5Matt LivingstonUnited States289,000116
6Felipe RamosBrazil282,500113
7Ward CraneUnited States240,00096
8Esther Taylor-BradyUnited States240,00096
9Ari EngelUnited States224,00090

Some other big stacks moving on to Day 2 include Tommy Chen (377,500), PLO specialist Esther Taylor (240,0000), Chip Jett (308,500), and Felipe Ramos (282,500). This championship field attracted many big names and bracelet winners including the defending champion Schulman. It wasn't a profitable day for Schulman who only managed to put 29,500 chips in his bag but he will be returning tomorrow.

It wasn't meant to be for everyone as nearly half the field was sent to the rial on the opening day. It was a short-lived time on the felt for the likes of Daniel Negreanu, Mike Matusow, David Williams, and Dario Sammartino who will not be returning for Day 2.

Late registration for this event will remain open until the start of play on Day 2 with each new entry getting a starting stack of 60,000 chips. The action will resume at 2 p.m. local time with the blinds on level 11 at 1,000/2,500 and a 2,500 big blind ante. Another 10 levels will be on the schedule for tomorrow with a winner being crowned on Day 4.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be here to bring you all of the updates throughout the tournament so keep it locked here.

Tags: Brian HastingsChip JettDaniel NegreanuDario SammartinoDavid WilliamsEsther TaylorFelipe RamosMike MatusowNick SchulmanTommy ChenYueqi Zhu

Day 2 Seat Draw

Jaxon
Jaxon
Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
ROOMTABLESEATPlayerCountryChipsBig Blinds
Amazon4251Ari EngelUnited States224,00090
Amazon4253Scott TuttleUnited States45,00018
Amazon4254Ryan LaplanteUnited States217,00087
Amazon4255Danny ChangUnited States50,00020
Amazon4256Brandon Shack-HarrisUnited States93,00037
Amazon4257Stephen LadowskyCanada99,00040
       
Amazon4261Justin LibertoUnited States144,00058
Amazon4263Ryate WalstadUnited States15,0006
Amazon4264Matthew WoodwardUnited States98,50039
Amazon4266Joshua FarisUnited States115,00046
Amazon4267Dan ColpoysUnited States223,00089
Amazon4268James MorseUnited States106,50043
       
Amazon4272Omar SaeedUnited States16,5007
Amazon4273Dylan WilkersonUnited States129,00052
Amazon4274Brad RubenUnited States142,00057
Amazon4276Erik SeidelUnited States153,00061
Amazon4277Derek McMasterUnited States91,00036
Amazon4278Raymond HensonUnited States50,00020
       
Amazon4282Chip JettUnited States308,500123
Amazon4283Benjamin MinerUnited States177,50071
Amazon4285Gregory JamisonUnited States135,00054
Amazon4286Robert MizrachiUnited States46,00018
Amazon4287Jason RiesenbergUnited States104,50042
Amazon4288Cliff JosephyUnited States52,00021
       
Amazon4291Scott AndersonUnited States48,50019
Amazon4292Alan SternbergUnited States150,00060
Amazon4293Juan RamirezUnited States24,50010
Amazon4294Denis StrebkovRussia157,50063
Amazon4296Tim SeidenstickerUnited States125,00050
Amazon4297Esther Taylor-BradyUnited States240,00096
       
Amazon4302John EspositoUnited States185,00074
Amazon4304Yevgeniy TimoshenkoUnited States38,50015
Amazon4305Daniel ParkerUnited States113,50045
Amazon4306Brian HackerUnited States66,00026
Amazon4307Joe HachemAustralia33,00013
Amazon4308John RacenerUnited States159,50064
       
Amazon4341Ward CraneUnited States240,00096
Amazon4343Hernan SalazarUnited States50,50020
Amazon4344Thomas WelbornUnited States101,00040
Amazon4346Michael BickelUnited States23,0009
Amazon4348Ashly ButlerUnited States178,00071
       
Amazon4351Scott SeiverUnited States118,50047
Amazon4352Jordan SiegelUnited States113,50045
Amazon4353Anatolii ZyrinRussia200,00080
Amazon4354Jeff GrossUnited States58,50023
Amazon4356Christopher ConradUnited States41,00016
Amazon4358Ryan RapaskiUnited States153,00061
       
Amazon4361Kane KalasUnited States56,00022
Amazon4363Richie AllenUnited Kingdom130,00052
Amazon4364Roland IsraelashviliUnited States80,00032
Amazon4365Jake LiebeskindUnited States84,00034
Amazon4366Tom KoralUnited States141,00056
Amazon4367Anthony ZinnoUnited States199,50080
       
Amazon4371Louis WermanUnited States115,00046
Amazon4372Marco JohnsonUnited States162,50065
Amazon4373Kyle MontgomeryUnited States97,50039
Amazon4375Michael BeesUnited States152,50061
Amazon4376Adam HendrixUnited States74,50030
Amazon4377Joshua PenderUnited States50,00020
       
Amazon4381Corey HochmanUnited States75,50030
Amazon4382Noah BronsteinUnited States17,5007
Amazon4383Brian DulacUnited States44,50018
Amazon4385Robert StevanovskiUnited States118,00047
Amazon4387Florian FuchsUnited States96,50039
Amazon4388Thiago MacedoBrazil57,50023
       
Amazon4391George LinkenbackUnited States49,50020
Amazon4392Leif ForceUnited States99,50040
Amazon4393Richard SklarUnited States76,50031
Amazon4395Justin JonesUnited States130,50052
Amazon4397Damjan RadanovUnited States85,00034
Amazon4398Ted LevaUnited States142,00057
       
Amazon4431Tommy ChenUnited States377,500151
Amazon4432Andjelko AndrejevicUnited States133,50053
Amazon4433Nick SchulmanUnited States295,000118
Amazon4435Andrew KelsallUnited States30,00012
Amazon4436Christopher VitchUnited States49,00020
Amazon4437Brian HastingsUnited States447,000179
       
Amazon4442Rok GostisaSlovenia66,50027
Amazon4444Shaun DeebUnited States106,00042
Amazon4445Scott StinsonUnited States62,50025
Amazon4446Josh AriehUnited States146,50059
Amazon4447Yuval BronshteinIsrael178,50071
Amazon4448Ryan HughesUnited States98,50039
       
Amazon4451Michael NooriUnited States138,50055
Amazon4452Tim BurtUnited States7,0003
Amazon4454Ben TangUnited States113,00045
Amazon4455Mark GregorichUnited States71,00028
Amazon4456John MonnetteUnited States68,00027
Amazon4458Aaron KupinUnited States151,00060
       
Amazon4461Matt VengrinUnited States118,00047
Amazon4462Charles CoultasUnited States77,00031
Amazon4463DID NOT REPORT 1United States31,00012
Amazon4464Ren LinUnited States129,00052
Amazon4465Matt LivingstonUnited States289,000116
Amazon4467Felipe RamosBrazil282,500113
       
Amazon4471Ryan MillerUnited States55,00022
Amazon4472Mike WattelUnited States68,50027
Amazon4473Hanna KhalafUnited States90,00036
Amazon4475Benny GlaserUnited Kingdom139,00056
Amazon4476Anthony AjlounyUnited States59,00024
Amazon4478Seth BlackmanUnited States45,50018

End of Day 1 Chip Counts (full)

Jaxon
Jaxon
Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Brian Hastings us
Brian Hastings 		447,000
131,000
 131,000
Day 1 Chip Leader
WSOP 6X Winner
Tommy Chen us
Tommy Chen 		377,500
377,500
 377,500
Chip Jett us
Chip Jett 		308,500
-14,500
 -14,500
Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman 		295,000
257,000
 257,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Matt Livingston us
Matt Livingston 		289,000
289,000
 289,000
Felipe Ramos br
Felipe Ramos 		282,500
54,500
 54,500
GGPoker
Ward Crane us
Ward Crane
240,000
240,000
 240,000
Esther Taylor us
Esther Taylor 		240,000
-29,000
 -29,000
Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel 		224,000
64,000
 64,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Dan Colpoys us
Dan Colpoys 		223,000
223,000
 223,000
Ryan Laplante us
Ryan Laplante 		217,000
1,500
 1,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Anatolii Zyrin ru
Anatolii Zyrin 		200,000
-32,000
 -32,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno 		199,500
-20,500
 -20,500
WSOP 4X Winner
John Esposito us
John Esposito 		185,000
-65,000
 -65,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Yuval Bronshtein il
Yuval Bronshtein 		178,500
66,500
 66,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Ashly Butler us
Ashly Butler 		178,000
34,000
 34,000
Benjamin Miner us
Benjamin Miner 		177,500
177,500
 177,500
Marco Johnson us
Marco Johnson 		162,500
24,500
 24,500
WSOP 2X Winner
John Racener us
John Racener 		159,500
-2,500
 -2,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Denis Strebkov ru
Denis Strebkov 		157,500
157,500
 157,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Ryan Rapaski us
Ryan Rapaski
153,000
153,000
 153,000
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel 		153,000
21,000
 21,000
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Michael Bees us
Michael Bees 		152,500
152,500
 152,500
Aaron Kupin us
Aaron Kupin 		151,000
151,000
 151,000
Alan Sternberg us
Alan Sternberg 		150,000
150,000
 150,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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Johnson Check-Raises the Turn

Adam Lamers
Adam Lamers
Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Marco Johnson opened to 4,000 in early position and was called by the cutoff. The two players saw the {j-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{5-Spades} flop and Johnson led out with a bet of 4,000. His opponent called and the {q-Diamonds} rolled off on the turn.

Johnson checked this time and his opponent threw in a bet of 7,000. Johnson thought for a minute and then stuck in a check-raise to 40,000. His opponent wasted little time before folding and Johnson collected the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Marco Johnson us
Marco Johnson 		138,000
138,000
 138,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Marco Johnson

Notable Chip Counts

Josh Noy
Josh Noy
Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb 		148,000
-10,500
 -10,500
WSOP 6X Winner
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel 		132,000
25,000
 25,000
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Jeff Gross us
Jeff Gross 		130,000
56,000
 56,000
Justin Jones us
Justin Jones 		123,000
-24,000
 -24,000
Benny Glaser gb
Benny Glaser 		118,000
68,000
 68,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Tom Koral us
Tom Koral 		112,000
-10,500
 -10,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Yuval Bronshtein il
Yuval Bronshtein 		112,000
52,000
 52,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Joao Vieira pt
Joao Vieira 		110,000
39,500
 39,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Winamax
Qinghai Pan us
Qinghai Pan 		98,000
38,000
 38,000
Michael Noori us
Michael Noori 		85,000
85,000
 85,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Brandon Shack-Harris us
Brandon Shack-Harris 		77,000
-21,500
 -21,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Cliff Josephy us
Cliff Josephy 		65,000
-89,000
 -89,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Adam Hendrix us
Adam Hendrix 		64,000
10,500
 10,500
Robert Campbell au
Robert Campbell 		50,000
-29,000
 -29,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman 		38,000
-22,000
 -22,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Cary Katz us
Cary Katz 		36,000
-117,000
 -117,000
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver 		35,000
-25,000
 -25,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Jesse Klein us
Jesse Klein 		Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak 		Busted

Ramos Eliminates Bell

Josh Noy
Josh Noy
Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Felipe Ramos bet 25,000 on a board showing the {7-Clubs}{7-Spades}{6-Clubs}{6-Spades} and Christopher Bell raised all-in.

Ramos took some time before making the call and got help on the {7-Diamonds} river. Ramos showed the {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} for a full house, while Bell missed a low draw with the {a-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{x-}{x-} and mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Felipe Ramos br
Felipe Ramos 		228,000
168,000
 168,000
GGPoker
Christopher Bell us
Christopher Bell 		Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Christopher BellFelipe Ramos

Jett Cleans Out Aldridge and Dzivielevski

Adam Lamers
Adam Lamers
Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Yuri Dzivielevski raised it up on the button and was called by Chip Jett and Ken Aldridge in the blinds. The flop came the {j-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} and Jett led out with a bet of 10,000. Aldridge stuck in his last 12,500 chips and Dzivielevski did the same with his stack of around 35,000. Jett quickly called and all three hands were tabled.

Ken Aldridge: {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}
Yuri Dzivielevski: {6-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{4-Spades}{2-Spades}
Chip Jett: {a-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}

Dzivielevski flopped two pair but the {k-Hearts} on the turn gave Jett a flush with the nut-low. The {10-Diamonds} on the river changed nothing and Jett knocked both Aldridge and Dzivielevski out of the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Chip Jett us
Chip Jett 		323,000
Ken Aldridge us
Ken Aldridge 		Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Yuri Dzivielevski br
Yuri Dzivielevski 		Busted
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: Chip JettKen AldridgeYuri Dzivielevski

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