Event 35: $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha - Day 1
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Phil Galfond took down last year's $5,000 PLO Event, earning himself a $817,781 payday, but the event received a major facelift during the off-season. Last year, rebuys were permitted, and the 152 players who entered generated 483 of them. This time around, rebuys are not an option. Instead, players will start with two 'add-on chips' worth 5,000 each, which they can activate at any time during the first three levels. Use up all three bullets and you're out; it's that simple.
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and Seidel's aces held up to win the pot, bringing him to 21,000 in chips (including his two add-on tokens).
, the small blind checked, Rayan Nathan checked from the big blind, and a late position player (LPP) made it 1,000 to go. The small blind then check-raised to 3,000 and Nathan moved all in for a total of 4,750. The LPP tossed his cards into the muck pile and the small blind made the call, tabling: 
, good for a pair of kings and a flush draw. Nathan tabled 
for top set, and the turn and river bricked out 
giving Nathan the checkmark for the hand. 
, and his opponent with 
. The 
then fell on the turn, giving Haxton what turned out to be a pot-clinching king-high diamond flush, as the river delivered an inconsequential