More PLO Action to Come
Yesterday we introduced Event No. 28, the $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event, as "The Action Game." And, as expected, there was plenty of action in the Pavilion Room on Day 1 as the tourney wound its way through the first ten levels of play.
A total of 596 players entered, a marked increase from the 436 who showed for this one in 2009. And by the end of the night, just over 100 still had chips. That meant we saw something like 50 players hit the rail every hour, a little less than one per minute!
But as anyone who has played PLO knows, that's how it can go. Pot, pot, and boom -- all the chips are in the middle. Somebody is there already, but somebody is drawing. And either could be the favorite.
From yesterday's impressive field L.J. Klein emerged at day's end as our chip leader. Fitting, as Klein was the one who eliminated last year's $2,500 PLO champ J.C. Tran toward the end of Day 1. Also there near the top we find Eric Rabl, Richard Ashby, Jeffrey Schnettler, and Justin Gardenhire. T.J. Cloutier, winner of six WSOP bracelets, returns to an above-average stack today, as does John "Tex" Barch who has already won one PLO bracelet this summer.
But it is still anybody's game. Today we move over to the Amazon Room, where the plan will be to play ten levels or down to a final table, whichever comes first. Coverage begins at 2:30 p.m. local time when the first hands are dealt. See you back here then.