Event #66: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Day 1 | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-28-2023 21:11 UTC-7

A Few New Faces in Latest Round of Chip Count Updates

Matt Hansen

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Rast	92,000 36,000	36,000

David "ODB" Baker	68,000 -4,000	-4,000

Lawrence Brandt	63,000 -2,000	-2,000

Ray Henson	63,000 63,000	63,000

Angela Jordison	36,000 10,000	10,000
Jeff Madsen	34,500 34,500	34,500

Allen Kessler	33,000 -45,000	-45,000

Shaun Deeb	32,000 -16,000	-16,000

Michael Trivett	25,000 25,000	25,000
Scott Abrams	24,500 -25,500	-25,500

John Monnette	18,500 18,500	18,500

06-28-2023 21:10 UTC-7

Filippi Sends One Out

Dan O'Hair

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Amnon Filippi limped under the gun and the player directly behind him limped as well. Adam Hendrix limped along on the button and the small blind called. The player in the big blind then raised the pot to 9,000 and Filippi reraised to 31,500. Everyone else folded back around to the initial raiser, who called all in for his remaining stack.

Big Blind: A♥J♣8♥2♣
Amnon Filippi: A♣A♠10♣7♦

The J♠9♣9♠K♣8♣ runout left Filippi with an ace-high flush and he collected the rest of his opponent's chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Amnon Filippi	100,000 100,000	100,000

Adam Hendrix	24,500 24,500	24,500

Tags: Adam Hendrix Amnon Filippi

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

06-28-2023 20:30 UTC-7

Break Time

Dan O'Hair

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Players are now on their third break of the day.

Late registration will end at the start of the next level.

06-28-2023 20:21 UTC-7

Some Counts From The Field

Dan O'Hair

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Clements	120,000 50,000	50,000

Anthony Zinno	95,000 95,000	95,000

Perry Friedman	90,000 8,300	8,300

Allen Kessler	78,000 46,000	46,000

David "ODB" Baker	72,000

Lawrence Brandt	65,000 20,000	20,000

Joe Hachem	60,000 60,000	60,000

John Cernuto	58,000 20,000	20,000

Brian Rast	56,000

Ken Aldridge	55,000 41,700	41,700

Scott Abrams	50,000 23,000	23,000

Benny Glaser	50,000 22,500	22,500

Shaun Deeb	48,000 -30,000	-30,000

Dan Heimiller	46,000 46,000	46,000

Yuval Bronshtein	40,000 -7,000	-7,000

Ari Engel	39,000 7,500	7,500

Sammy Farha	35,000 35,000	35,000

Adam Friedman	29,000 29,000	29,000

Angela Jordison	26,000 -8,000	-8,000
Ted Forrest	12,500 500	500

06-28-2023 20:18 UTC-7

Matusow Was Going to Double Up

Matt Hansen

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Mike Matusow raised to 4,200 from middle position and Todd Witteles called from the next seat over. The rest of the table got out of the way and action was heads up to a 5♥4♦A♠ flop.

Matusow fired another pot bet and Witteles got away from it.

"I was going to double up if you called," Matusow said. "I had two pair and a deuce-six."

Matusow is back for more after his runner-up finish in Event #55: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Matusow	32,000

Todd Witteles	22,000

Tags: Mike Matusow Todd Witteles

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

06-28-2023 19:49 UTC-7

Rahim and Saechao Chop One up

Dan O'Hair

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Three ways on a Q♦7♦6♣ flop, Kao Saechao bet 1,000 from the small blind. Ziya Rahim called from the big blind and the player under the gun raised to 15,500. Saechao re-raised to 36,000 and Rahim tanked for some time before taking out a coin and making his decision on a flip.

Rahim flipped heads, which he indicated would mean going all in, which he did. The early-position player called all in as well and hands were revealed.

Under the gun: A♦A♥9♠3♠
Ziya Rahim: 10♠9♣7♥7♣
Kao Saechao: A♣10♥7♠2♠

The 5♦ turn and 6♦ river left Rahim with a full house for high and Saechao took the low.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kao Saechao	78,500 53,500	53,500
Ziya Rahim	73,000 73,000	73,000

06-28-2023 19:35 UTC-7

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Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

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06-28-2023 19:34 UTC-7

Tournament Over 1,000 Entries

Matt Hansen

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

There are now 1,006 entries in the tournament at the midway point of Level 8 from which approximately 640 players remain. Registration will close at the beginning of Level 10.

A total of 1,303 entries turned out for the 2022 edition that yielded a prize pool of $1,739,505.