2013 World Series of Poker

Event #20: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low 8-or-Better
Day: 1
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kka3
Prize
$277,274
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,368,900
Entries
1,014
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
80,000 / 150,000
Ante
0

Level: 11

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 0

Official Chip Counts (full)

Level 10 : 400/800, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of John Larson us
John Larson
73,700
Profile photo of Thomas Besnier fr
Thomas Besnier
66,600
Profile photo of Guillaume Rivet
Guillaume Rivet
57,300
Profile photo of Pierluigi Giglio
Pierluigi Giglio
53,900
Profile photo of Eric Sclavos us
Eric Sclavos
53,600
Profile photo of Won Goag
Won Goag
53,100
Profile photo of Brian Hastings us
Brian Hastings
47,900
WSOP 6X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Dale Beaudoin us
Dale Beaudoin
47,900
9,900
9,900
Profile photo of Calen McNeil ca
Calen McNeil
47,800
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Robert Turner us
Robert Turner
47,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ken Tran us
Ken Tran
47,700
Profile photo of Dennis Ethier
Dennis Ethier
46,800
Profile photo of Michael Menkes
Michael Menkes
43,800
Profile photo of Ron Faltinsky
Ron Faltinsky
43,300
Profile photo of Daniel Adelson us
Daniel Adelson
42,900
500
500
Profile photo of Kahala Carter
Kahala Carter
42,500
Profile photo of Dmitrii Valouev us
Dmitrii Valouev
42,400
Profile photo of Men Nguyen us
Men Nguyen
41,600
14,600
14,600
WSOP 7X Winner
Profile photo of Kim Sherlin
Kim Sherlin
40,800
Profile photo of James Bord gb
James Bord
40,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Matthew Kelly us
Matthew Kelly
39,700
Profile photo of Jan Sjavik
Jan Sjavik
39,600
Profile photo of Barry Reuther us
Barry Reuther
38,100
Profile photo of Max Steinberg (Max J. Steinberg) us
Max Steinberg (Max J. Steinberg)
36,300
Profile photo of Jonathan Hart us
Jonathan Hart
36,200

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Event #20: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low 8-or-Better

Day 1 Completed

John Larson Leads as 219 Advance to Day 2

Level 10 : 400/800, 0 ante
Day 1 chip leader John Larson.
Day 1 chip leader John Larson.

Today the 2013 World Series of Poker continued as 1,014 players packed the Brasilia Room for Day 1 of Event #20 $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better. That was 47 players more than the year prior—representing a nearly 5% increase in attendance—and meant there was a $1,368,900 prize pool on the line. That will be distributed to the top 117 players, with a healthy $277,274 reserved for the eventual winner. The man best positioned to capture it? That would be John Larson, who emerged as the chip leader of the advancing 219 players with 73,700.

While Larson had the most chips, plenty of other notables bagged up big stacks including Thomas Besnier (66,600), Eric Sclavos (53,600), Brian Hastings (47,900), Robert "Chip Burner" Turner (47,700), Dmitrii Valouev (42,400), James Bord (40,000) and Matthew Kelly (39,700).

Of course not everyone was so lucky. Among those to hit the rail on Day 1 were Maria Ho, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, Chad Brown, Cory Zeidman, Matt Glantz, Phil Hellmuth, 2007 champ Alex Kravchenko, 2011 champ Francesco "Cheech" Barbaro, and the defending champ Herbert Tapscott.

While many big names fell, quite a few are still in contention including Max Steinberg (36,300), Carlos Mortensen (31,500), David Chiu (29,000), Daniel Weinman (28,400), Barry Greenstein (27,900), Men "The Master" Nguyen (27,000), Mike "The Mouth" Matusow (23,700), Owais Ahmed (23,000), Mike Sexton (22,900), Tom Schneider (18,600) and Jennifer Harman (17,000), just to name a few.

Day 2 is set to kick off at 1:00 PST on Tuesday. Join us then as we bring you all the updates on the way to the money and onward to the final table. Until then, good night from the Rio.

Tags: John Larson

Notable End of Day 1 Counts

Level 10 : 400/800, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of John Larson us
John Larson
73,700
73,700
73,700
Profile photo of Thomas Besnier fr
Thomas Besnier
66,600
15,600
15,600
Profile photo of Eric Sclavos us
Eric Sclavos
53,600
Profile photo of Pierlugi Giglio
Pierlugi Giglio
53,300
53,300
53,300
Profile photo of Wong Goag
Wong Goag
53,100
53,100
53,100
Profile photo of Brian Hastings us
Brian Hastings
47,900
WSOP 6X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Calen McNeil ca
Calen McNeil
47,800
9,800
9,800
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ken Tran us
Ken Tran
47,700
47,700
47,700
Profile photo of Robert Turner us
Robert Turner
47,700
2,300
2,300
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Denis Ethier us
Denis Ethier
46,800
46,800
46,800
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Mike Menkes
Mike Menkes
45,800
3,800
3,800
Profile photo of Ron Paltinsky
Ron Paltinsky
43,300
43,300
43,300
Profile photo of KC Carter
KC Carter
42,500
42,500
42,500
Profile photo of Dmitrii Valouev us
Dmitrii Valouev
42,400
2,600
2,600
Profile photo of Daniel Adelson us
Daniel Adelson
42,400
42,400
42,400
Profile photo of Matt Kelly us
Matt Kelly
39,700
2,700
2,700
Profile photo of Jan Olav Syavik
Jan Olav Syavik
39,600
39,600
39,600
Profile photo of Barry Reuther us
Barry Reuther
38,100
25,100
25,100
Profile photo of Max Steinberg (Max J. Steinberg) us
Max Steinberg (Max J. Steinberg)
36,300
36,300
36,300
Profile photo of Jonathan Hart us
Jonathan Hart
36,200
36,200
36,200
Profile photo of Al Barbieri us
Al Barbieri
36,000
36,000
36,000
Profile photo of Carlos Mortensen es
Carlos Mortensen
31,500
11,500
11,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of David Chiu us
David Chiu
29,000
1,500
1,500
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Daniel Weinman us
Daniel Weinman
28,400
2,400
2,400
WSOP Main Event Champion
Team Lucky
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
27,900
5,100
5,100

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Seven More Hands

Level 10 : 400/800, 0 ante

The tournament staff has just announced that the remaining players will play seven more hands before bagging and tagging for the night. We're headed out to the floor to capture any last-minute hands and to grab a list of notable chip counts. Stay tuned for those and a full recap of the Day 1 action.

Slow Going

Level 10 : 400/800, 0 ante

Play has slowed a bit here at the tail end of Level 10. We've noticed quite a few players ordering beers, perhaps an early celebration for making Day 2. They've got about 15 minutes though until the clock expires, and as well all know anything can happen.

Right now the clock says 239 players remain, which means there will be quite a ways to go tomorrow before they make the money at the top 117.

Notable Counts

Level 10 : 400/800, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Thomas Besnier fr
Thomas Besnier
51,000
Profile photo of Robert Turner us
Robert Turner
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Mike Menkes
Mike Menkes
42,000
Profile photo of James Bord gb
James Bord
40,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Dale Beaudoin us
Dale Beaudoin
38,000
Profile photo of Calen McNeil ca
Calen McNeil
38,000
27,325
27,325
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Eric Sclavos us
Eric Sclavos
35,000
7,600
7,600
Profile photo of Brian Hastings us
Brian Hastings
35,000
6,500
6,500
WSOP 6X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of David Chiu us
David Chiu
30,500
5,000
5,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Daniel Weinman us
Daniel Weinman
26,000
16,000
16,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
Team Lucky
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Todd Brunson us
Todd Brunson
25,000
200
200
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Dario Alioto it
Dario Alioto
25,000
3,700
3,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Tom Schneider us
Tom Schneider
20,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Mike Matusow us
Mike Matusow
20,000
4,000
4,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Tony Cousineau us
Tony Cousineau
19,000
12,450
12,450
Profile photo of Mitch Schock us
Mitch Schock
14,500
4,500
4,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Gavin Griffin us
Gavin Griffin
8,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Kathy Liebert us
Kathy Liebert
6,500
4,500
4,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Allyn Shulman us
Allyn Shulman
5,000
18,000
18,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Chris Bjorin se
Chris Bjorin
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
Busted

Kessler Gets Quartered But Stays Alive

Level 10 : 400/800, 0 ante

We walked into a hand that had significant preflop and post flop action involving Allen Kessler.

Kessler was short, and got his chips in with {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}{4-Spades}{a-Clubs}. The board came {2-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{7-Spades}{8-Diamonds}, giving Kessler a live four for the nut low. However, one of his opponent also had the nut low, and the other had a better two-pair. Kessler got quartered, but is still alive with 3,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
3,000
5,400
5,400

Tags: Allen Kessler

Level: 10

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 0

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