2013 World Series of Poker

Event #61:$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
101043
Prize
$852,692
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$3,628,400
Entries
386
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0

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

Day 1 Started

The Penultimate $10K Begins Today with Event #61: $10,000 PLO

2012 champ Jan-Peter Jachtmann
2012 champ Jan-Peter Jachtmann

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.

Level: 1

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

Notables in The Field

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jason Senti us
Jason Senti
30,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
30,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Jan-Peter Jachtmann de
Jan-Peter Jachtmann
30,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
30,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of A.P. Phahurat
A.P. Phahurat
30,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Erick Lindgren us
Erick Lindgren
30,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Tony Cousineau us
Tony Cousineau
30,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Perry Green us
Perry Green
30,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Alex Kravchenko ru
Alex Kravchenko
30,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Christian Harder us
Christian Harder
30,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Naoya Kihara jp
Naoya Kihara
30,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Josh Arieh us
Josh Arieh
30,000
30,000
30,000
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner
Profile photo of Gabriel Nassif
Gabriel Nassif
30,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
30,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
30,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Ashly Butler us
Ashly Butler
30,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
30,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Andrew Brown us
Andrew Brown
30,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Don Nguyen us
Don Nguyen
30,000
30,000
30,000

Even More Notables in the Field

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Daniel Weinman us
Daniel Weinman
30,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
Team Lucky
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Brock Parker us
Brock Parker
30,000
Profile photo of Ismael Bojang de
Ismael Bojang
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Eric Cloutier ca
Eric Cloutier
30,000
Profile photo of David Paredes us
David Paredes
30,000
Profile photo of Antoine Saout fr
Antoine Saout
30,000
Profile photo of David Sands us
David Sands
30,000
Profile photo of Noah Schwartz us
Noah Schwartz
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jared Bleznick us
Jared Bleznick
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Andy Seth us
Andy Seth
30,000
Profile photo of Scott Bohlman us
Scott Bohlman
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
30,000
WSOP 11X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Alan Le
Alan Le
30,000
Profile photo of Ludovic Lacay fr
Ludovic Lacay
30,000
Profile photo of Randal Flowers us
Randal Flowers
30,000
Profile photo of Michael Kamran us
Michael Kamran
30,000
Profile photo of Dario Alioto it
Dario Alioto
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jeremy Kottler us
Jeremy Kottler
30,000
Profile photo of Dan Kelly us
Dan Kelly
30,000
Profile photo of Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Dermot Blain ie
Dermot Blain
30,000

Selbst All In Early

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

Vanessa Selbst led with a bet of 600 on the {J-Hearts}{8-Spades}{7-Hearts} 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 {A-Spades}, 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 {A-Clubs}{J-Clubs}{10-Spades}{9-Hearts} for a straight. Her opponent had the same straight with the {A-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}. The river was the {4-Spades}, and the two chopped up the pot.

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Bluffing in PLO

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante
Rules for Omaha
Rules for Omaha

Pot-limit Omaha is one of poker's most popular variants, but a lot of recreational players are a bit intimidated to try it. That's a shame because it's surprisingly simple to learn. For those who don't know how to play, we encourage you to check out the nuances in PokerNews' Rules Section.

Here's a sample on bluffing in PLO, which may come in handy when following today's coverage:

Because Omaha is so focused on the nuts, it seems like an easy game to bluff. A player can represent a wider range of hands in Omaha, and also open up their game a bit more with many more semi-bluffs available. The more you learn about the game, the easy it will become to pick up on these spots and determine how to proceed against various opponents.

It is in this regard that "blockers" also become much more prevalent in Omaha than in Texas hold'em. Blockers are those cards you hold in your hand that prevent an opponent from making a specific hand. For example, if a board reads {k-Spades}{10-Spades}{5-Hearts}{2-Spades}{4-Diamonds} and you hold the {a-Spades} in your hand but no other spades, you may not have a flush, you you know your opponent cannot make the nut flush. This gives you added power in the hand being able to push your opponent off certain hands as he is guaranteed to not contain the nuts.