You always know you're playing a PLO tourney because it smells like the men's section of Sephora #feelslikeeuropealloveragainFollow @VanessaSelbst
Playing 10k plo. If I don't win this event. I lose a lot of money... So what though, @VanessaSelbst and I won the team pro beer pong tournyFollow @JasonMercier
Vanessa Selbst led with a bet of 600 on the 
flop and one player called before the third player in the hand raised to 1,200. Selbst called, and the player in the middle folded.
The turn was the 
, and Selbst checked her option. Her opponent fired a bet of 1,800, to which Selbst responded by moving all in for around 8,000. Her opponent quickly called.
Selbst showed the 
for a straight. Her opponent had the same straight with the 
. The river was the 
, and the two chopped up the pot.
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The cards are in the air for Event #61:$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Tomorrow the 2013 World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event will kick off. The PokerNews Live Reporting Team certainly can't believe the premiere event is upon us, but before we devote our attention to that tournament, we have one more to kick off tonight—Event #61:$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha.
Last year, this event drew 293 runners and saw Germany's Jan-Peter Jachtmann take down the title and $661,000 first-place prize. He defeated a final table that included Andrew Brown (2nd - $408,393), Steven Silverman (3rd - $299,960), Micah Smith (4th - $222,044), Andy Seth (5th - $165,665), Benjamin Sage (6th - $124,600), Nikolai Yakovenko (7th - $94,442) and Jason Mercier (8th - $72,132).
As you can tell, this event has been a favorite among top professional for years. Back in 2011, Ben Lamb topped a field of 361 players on his way to becoming the 2011 WSOP Player of the Year. The year before that, Daniel Alaei bested 345 other players to win the title and the $780,599 first-place prize. Other past champs include 2009's Matt Graham, who beat Vitaly Lunkin in heads-up play to win $679,379); and 2008's Marty Smyth, who bested 381 competitors to win his first gold bracelet and $859,532 in prize money.
Thanks to social media we already know some big-name players will be taking a shot today including David Williams, Ola Amundsgard, Joseph Cheong and Jason Mercier, just to name a few.
Action it set to kick off at 5 p.m. PDT, which is a few hours from now. Be sure to join us then as the PokerNews Live Reporting Team brings you all the action from Event #61:$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha. In the meantime, follow what's happening in other tournaments by visiting out Live Reporting section.
Event #61:$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
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