Event #61:$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Day 1 | 2013 World Series of Poker

07-06-2013 01:52 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexey Rybin	240,000 48,000	48,000
Scott Palmer	175,000 71,000	71,000
Mike Watson	151,000 -19,000	-19,000

Nacho Barbero	140,000 110,000	110,000

Paul Pierce	131,000 -2,000	-2,000
Daniel Alaei	100,000 -60,000	-60,000

Jason Mercier	85,000

Bryan Colin	Busted

Five More Hands

Chad Holloway

Level 8 : 400/800, 0 ante

The tournament staff has just announced that the remaining players will play five more hands before calling it a night. We're headed out to the field to catch any last-minute action and compile a list of end-of-the-night chip counts. Stay tuned for those and a recap of the Day 1 action.

07-06-2013 02:21 UTC-7

Pierce Shows the Bluff To Petersen

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Level 8 : 400/800, 0 ante

Paul Pierce limped in from early position, then John Kabbaj limped from middle position. Alexander Petersen raised to 4,000 from the hijack seat, and Pierce called. Kabbaj folded.

The flop came down , and Pierce checked. Petersen fired a bet of 6,000, and Pierce slid out a tall stack of orange T1,000 chips for a raise to 18,000. Petersen thought for a few moments, then folded. Pierce threw over the for a pair of tens, and Petersen responded by saying, "I could beat that."

Tags: Paul Pierce John Kabbaj Mickey Petersen

07-06-2013 02:23 UTC-7

Petersen Takes Some Back from Pierce

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Level 8 : 400/800, 0 ante

The hand after NBA player Paul Pierce showed Alexander Petersen a bluff, Pierce limped in from under the gun, and Petersen attacked with a raise to 3,500 from middle position. Pierce called, and the flop came down . Pierce checked, and Petersen bet 3,000. Pierce gave it up, and Petersen won the pot

Tags: Paul Pierce Alexander Petersen

07-06-2013 02:27 UTC-7

O'Donnell Snatches Chip Lead On One of the Last Hands

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Level 8 : 400/800, 0 ante

As all of the other tables were bagging and tagging, Matt O'Donnell had a raise to 82,000 in on the river against Justin Smith, who had 32,800 out in front of him. The final board was , and Smith sat in the tank for a couple of minutes. Eventually, he opted to fold his hand, and O'Donnell won the pot. With this pot, O'Donnell pushed to nearly 270,000 in chips, and that should put him int he clear to be the overnight chip leader.

Tags: Justin Smith Matt O'Donnell

07-06-2013 02:28 UTC-7

Notable End of Day 1 Counts

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Chad Holloway

Level 8 : 400/800, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt O'Donnell (Matthew O'Donnell)	269,200 269,200	269,200
Jonathan Duhamel	253,000 207,000	207,000

Jared Bleznick	246,500 6,500	6,500

Alexey Rybin	245,600 5,600	5,600
Joseph Cheong	244,800 14,800	14,800

Morten Stenheim	191,700 191,700	191,700
Scott Palmer	190,300 15,300	15,300
Mihails Morozok	171,000 171,000	171,000
Mike Watson	158,500 7,500	7,500

Tony Lay	156,000
Christian Harder	153,400 30,400	30,400
Paul Pierce	143,100 12,100	12,100
Nacho Barbero	138,800 -1,200	-1,200

Vinh Ho	123,700 123,700	123,700
Matt Stout	121,600
Josh Tieman (Joshua Tieman)	116,900 116,900	116,900
Daniel Alaei	111,800 11,800	11,800

David Paredes	109,900 14,900	14,900
Peter Jetten	96,100 66,100	66,100
Ben Tollerene	89,300 51,300	51,300
Keith Lehr	86,400 86,400	86,400

Justin Smith	83,800 -71,200	-71,200
Jason Mercier	83,400 -1,600	-1,600

John Kabbaj	80,100 24,100	24,100

Yevgeniy Timoshenko	78,800 48,800	48,800

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07-06-2013 02:32 UTC-7

Matt O'Donnell Leads Advancing 169 Players; NBA's Paul Pierce Bags Plenty of Chips

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Chad Holloway

Level 8 : 400/800, 0 ante

On the eve of the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event, the penultimate tournmanet—Event #61: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha—kicked off with 386 players, which represented a 30% increase over last year’s field of 297 players. After eight one-hour levels of play, Matt O'Donnell is best positioned to make a run at the $852,692 first-place prize as he leads the 169 advancing players with 269,200. Quite a few of O'Donnell's chip came in the last hand of the night, which you can read about by clicking here.

Others who bagged big stacks are Jonathan Duhamel (253,000), Jared Bleznick (246,500), Alexey Rybin (245,600), Joseph Cheong (244,800), Scott Palmer (190,300), Mike Watson (158,500) and the NBA's Paul Pierce (143,100).

Pierce was extremely active throughout the day and it seemed to pay off, especially in Level 8 when he made a full house against John Kabbaj. Pierce, formerly of the Boston Celtics and now playing for the Brooklyn Nets, will enter Day 2 with a decent stack and looks to add a gold bracelet to go with his NBA Championship ring.

Obviously not everyone was as fortunate as the aforementioned players. Among those to hit the rail on Day 1 were Ben “Sauce123” Sulsky, A.P. Phahurat, John Juanda, Matt Marafioti, David Williams, Daniel Weinman, Josh Arieh, John Beauprez, Erick Lindgren, Ashly Butler, Justin Bonomo, Michael Mizrachi, David “Doc” Sands, Scott Clements, Phil Ivey, Barry Greenstein and high-stake online regular Hac Dang.

Dang’s elimination came on the last hand of Level 3. There was approximately 2,000 in the pot and a flop reading when Dang checked from middle position and Justin "Boosted J" Smith bet 2,000 from the cutoff. Dang took his time before dropping in a call and then checked after the dealer burned and turned the . Smith waited about 45 seconds before betting 6,300 and Dang responded with a check-raise all in. "I call," Smith whispered.

Dang:
Smith:

Dang had flopped top set but was behind the straight of Smith. The failed to pair the board on the river and Dang rapped the table, stood and then exited the tournament.

Likewise, the defending champion, Jan-Peter Jachtmann, was unable to survive the day. He fell in the last level of the night after first being crippled by Tom Marchese and then eliminated. In the final hand, Jachtmann got his stack all in preflop holding the and was up against Marchese's . The flop gave Jachtmann the lead with a pair of eights and a flush draw, but Marchese took it back when the turn paired his king. The river gave Marchese two pair and would be the last card Jachtmann would see in the very event he won one year ago.

While many fell there are still quite a few big-name players left in the field including Christian Harder (153,400), Nacho Barbero (138,800), Matt Stout (121,600), Daniel Alaei (111,800), Ben "Bttech86" Tollerene (89,300), Jason Mercier (83,400), Eric Baldwin (77,100), Brian Hastings (72,800), Marcel Luske (68,000), Tom Marchese (63,100), Darryll Fish (59,400), Jan Collado (36,700), Phil Hellmuth (33,200) and Daniel Negreanu (29,900).

Day 2 action will begin at 2 p.m. PDT on Saturday. Join us then as we bring you another full day of action, which will include Day 1a of the $10,000 Main Event. Until then good night from the Rio All-Suite Casino in Las Vegas!

Tags: Jared Bleznik Jonathan Duhamel Matt O'Donnell

07-06-2013 09:36 UTC-7

Official Chip Counts (full)

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Level 8 : 400/800, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt O'Donnell	269,200
Jonathan Duhamel	253,000

Jared Bleznick	246,500

Alexey Rybin	245,600
Joseph Cheong	244,800

Morten Stenheim	191,700
Scott Palmer	190,300
Mihails Morozovs	171,000 -1,000	-1,000
Mike Watson	158,500

Nicolas Faure	156,000
Robert Lay (Tony Lay)	156,000
James Wiese	155,000
Christian Harder	153,400
Elliott Hebden	152,800
Jeremy Druckman	143,100
Paul Pierce	141,100 -2,000	-2,000
Nacho Barbero	137,600 -1,200	-1,200

Imad Derwiche	126,800
Eric Cloutier	125,600 75,600	75,600
Vinh Ho	123,700
Edward Lawson	123,000
Matt Stout	121,600
Nadar Kakhmazov	121,300

Josh Tieman	116,900
Daniel Alaei	111,000 -800	-800

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Event #61:$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

Day 1 Completed