Jacob Dahl Leads The Way With 26 Remaining
After the €5,300 Pot-Limit Omaha event crowned a winner on Wednesday night, there was already another chance for everyone unable to satisfy their four-card needs. A total of 206 players registered for the €1,650 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-max and just 26 remain after eight level of play. Jacob Dahl leads the way as they will play down to a final table tomorrow.
Like in any Pot-Limit Omaha tournament the action was also fast paced in the Majestic Barriere poker room. Andrew Lichtenberger got off to a great start, but that couldn't be said for players like defending champ Philippe Boucher, Fabrice Soulier and Antonio Esfandiari. All were eliminated in the first level, and many would follow suit.
John Monnette took care off Vanessa Selbst in the early levels as he took the chip lead going into the first break. Justin Bonomo trending in the same direction, but later in the day he could not get anything going. Monnette on the other hand managed to survive and will return tomorrow with 32,300 for his chance of cashing a third event at this year's World Series of Poker Europe.
One of the most entertaining hands of the day took place between four players. The numbers one and two of the 2005 WSOP Main Event, Joe Hachem and Steve Dannenmann, were both involved, just like Scott Seiver and Micah Smith. The latter took out all three players when he managed to hit runner-runner full house. Hachem was in front all the way to the turn, on which he had a full house, but his hand would not hold up. Smith survived Day 1 with 38,500.
Phil Ivey showed up very briefly for this event, and on the second hand after entering the tournament he busted to McLean Karr. Karr was looking very good at that point, but he would not make it to Day 2. Many other players entered late, among which a big contention of players who made it into the Sweet Sixteen in the €10,000 Mix Max. Nobody will have to worry about multi-tabling tomorrow, since none of them survived the first day of play.
Towards the end of the day pots grew bigger, and Daniel Negreanu got caught up in a very serious one. He could not beat John Eames' set, and eventually survived the day with 22,200. Eames bagged 43,100. Other notable survivors are Ana Marquez (58,200), Andrew Lichtenberger (63,900) and Dan Shak (24,800).
Twenty-one places will get paid, and that will be the first goal. Make sure to tune back into PokerNews tomorrow at 4:00 PM GMT when the remaining players will play down to six.
, and Benyamine threw his cards into the muck right away. After a few seconds of confusion Goyens received the pot, and he opted to show the 
. Jason Mercier started laughing, and Benyamine could not keep a straight face either.
" Goyens said, and that had Benyamine smiling again. He later admitted to having had 
, and Goyens was drawing very slim pre flop. Things turned out differently, and Goyens took down the pot in a situation where he probably would've lost a very big percentage of the time due to his hand hitting the muck.
and McDonald won with his king high.
. All were covered by Micah Smith, and the following 16 cards were turned over.
and Smith hit trips while Hachem made a full house. On the river the 
popped up, and Smith had backed himself into hitting a full house. Three players were eliminated, and Smith took the chip lead!
