Event #54: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship Day 1 | 2017 World Series of Poker

06-28-2017 17:00 UTC-7

Yaroshevskyy Wins a Multi-Way Pot

Jan_Kores

Level 6 : 300/600, 0 ante

James St Hilaire raised to 1,500 from the lojack and three players accepted his price: Rob Mizrachi flatted from the hijack, Mike Matusow from the cutoff, and Igor Yaroshevskyy joined from the small blind.

The flop was checked to Mizrachi who announced, "Four."

Matusow looked to be interested, but he eventually folded while Yaroshevskyy and St Hialire paid the 4,000. "They all are gonna call, Jesus," sighed Matusow.

Without him, the remaining players looked at the but neither of the three contenders bet.

The river was the and action checked to Mizrachi who pulled out 7,500. Yaroshevskyy called and St Hilaire gave up.

Yaroshevskyy showed for a rivered straight, scooping another pot to boost his stack to roughly 120,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Igor Yaroshevskyy	120,000 70,000	70,000
Mike Matusow	45,200 45,200	45,200

Rob Mizrachi	43,500 -6,500	-6,500
James St Hilaire	22,200 -27,800	-27,800

Tags: Igor Yaroshevskyy James St Hilaire Mike Matusow Robert Mizrachi

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 0

06-28-2017 16:43 UTC-7

Broadway Benyamine

[user252447]

Level 5 : 250/500, 0 ante

David Benyamine was in the big blind and led out in the turn of a board reading for 3,400.

The river card was the and a check from Benyamine saw a check-behind from his opponent who showed .

Benyamine though took the pot with his straight. The river card pairing the board killed some potential river action for the Frenchman.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Benyamine	56,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: David Benyamine

06-28-2017 16:40 UTC-7

Daniel Negreanu Doubles Up

Jan_Kores

Level 5 : 250/500, 0 ante

Daniel Negreanu (as seen in a previous event)

Jeff Madsen sat down to Daniel Negreanu's right, so we stuck around to see if anything would happen.

The gut feeling was right, although Madsen was only a spectator, sitting between the two main characters. A player in the lojack opened to 1,300 and Negreanu called, saying, "How much do you want?"

"Fours cards, anything can happen," Negreanu added.

The big blind joined the action and they went three ways to the flop. The original raiser asked what a pot is and bet out the max, making it 4,150. Negreanu had a strong response, "I raise pot," re-potting it to 16,600.

The big blind wasn't willing to let his hand go that fast, admitting, "I have a big hand."

Negreanu immediately replied with, "Shhh," indicating that a hand shouldn't be discussed in a multi-way pot.

The player in the big blind folded and the lojack asked Negreanu how much he had left behind. It was 20,700. In the meantime, the player in the big blind stood up, took his phone, and started shooting a video of Negreanu.

Negreanu liked that, posing like a Popeye the Sailor, showing his biceps.

The lojack called and, when the hit the turn, he moved all in to put Negreanu at risk. Negreanu called right away.

Lojack:
Negreanu:

Negreanu was ahead and he managed to avoid a king on the blank river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	78,750 25,750	25,750

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Jeff Madsen

06-28-2017 16:28 UTC-7

Updated Counts & Few New Faces

[user252447]

Level 5 : 250/500, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Quan Zhou	130,000 77,000	77,000
Dermot Blain	77,000 28,000	28,000
Felipe Ramos	76,000

Gordon Vayo	76,000 8,000	8,000
Joe Cada	74,000 17,000	17,000

Barny Boatman	69,000 19,000	19,000

Vivian Saliba	62,000 -4,000	-4,000

Karen Longfellow	60,000
Ole Schemion	57,000 5,000	5,000

Keith Lehr	55,000 5,000	5,000

Davidi Kitai	53,000

Mike Sexton	50,000

David Benyamine	50,000

Dan Smith	50,000

Dan Shak	42,000 16,200	16,200
Ryan Laplante	36,000 4,000	4,000

06-28-2017 16:19 UTC-7

Shack-Harris Over Schemion

Jan_Kores

Level 5 : 250/500, 0 ante

We arrived just in time to see Brandon Shack-Harris bet 7,000 into the pot with on the felt.

Shack-Harris was in the hijack, facing Ole Schemion on the button. Schemion paid the price to see the last community card.

The landed on the river and Shack-Harris reached out to his stack again, firing another 19,500.

Schemion seemed to have an easy decision, mucking his cards within a few seconds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Shack-Harris	80,000 -4,000	-4,000

Ole Schemion	52,000 -11,000	-11,000

Tags: Brandon Shack-Harris Ole Schemion

06-28-2017 16:12 UTC-7

Fonseca Grinds a Big Stack

Jan_Kores

Level 5 : 250/500, 0 ante

Alberto Fonseca, who finished seventh in the $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed yesterday, is handling one of the top stacks in the tournament room.

Fonseca has a 25-tall pile of the orange chips worth 5,000 apiece. In all, there's around 160,000 in front of him, enough to put Costa Rica's flag atop the provisional leaderboard.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alberto Fonseca	160,000 110,000	110,000

Tags: Alberto Fonseca

06-28-2017 16:08 UTC-7

Daniel Negreanu Sits, Wins Two

[user252447]

Level 5 : 250/500, 0 ante

“What up Weinman?” Daniel Negreanu asked his tablemate as they both bought in and sat down at the same table.

“I had a twenty-four hour nap. I’m feeling good,” Weinman replied.

Negreanu is looking fresh and ready to go too. He won one small pot and then from the big blind checked down another one only to declare to the player on the button, “Two pair,” which was good for another small pot.

“Two scared pair again,” Negreanu chuckled.