Event #48: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Day 1 | 2014 World Series of Poker

Event #48: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low

Day 1 Started

06-24-2014 10:05 UTC-8

Event #48: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Set to Start Soon

In less than an hour today at the 2014 WSOP, the first of two Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low events on the schedule will get underway as Day 1 of Event #48: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low will be starting. Last year, this event drew 936 players and it would ultimately be Jarred Graham prevailing over Marco Johnson to win the $255,942 first-place prize and gold bracelet.

In addition to Graham and Johnson, there were a number of notables who made deep runs last year. Barry Greenstein would finish in third place and Loni Harwood and Perry Green would join him at the final table. Also making the money were Leif Force, Jeff Lisandro, Mej Judah, Chris Bell, Matt Giannetti, Mike Matusow, David Sands, Owais Ahmed, Allen Cunningham, Jonathan Little, and Jason Mercier.

We expect several of those names to take place in the action here today — aside from Mercier, of course, who currently leads the Event #46: $50,000 Poker Players Championship. Players will be playing 10 levels, with a dinner break at the end of the sixth level. They will start with 4,500 in chips and one-hour levels.

PokerNews will be here throughout the day letting you know who is here, what their stacks look like, and who makes it through. Tune in to find out who is scooping the pots!

Tags: Allen Cunningham Barry Greenstein Chris Bell Jarred Graham Jason Mercier Jeffrey Lisandro Jonathan Little Leif Force Loni Harwood Marco Johnson Matt Giannetti Mike Matusow Perry Green

06-24-2014 10:57 UTC-8

The MyStack App is Available to Use in Event #48: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low

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Level: 1

Blinds: 25/25

Ante:

06-24-2014 11:02 UTC-8

Cards Are In The Air!

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Level 1 : 25/25, 0 ante

All the announcements have been made and cards are in the air here for Event #48. We'll be making our rounds and posting who's here shortly.

06-24-2014 11:16 UTC-8

First Round of Names

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Level 1 : 25/25, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
James Hoeppner	4,500
Phil Laak	4,500

Mel Judah	4,500

Eric Baldwin	4,500

Aaron Steury	4,500

Barry Greenstein	4,500

Blair Rodman	4,500

Jeremy Ausmus	4,500

Matt Affleck	4,500
Mike Matusow	4,500

Ari Engel	4,500

Ryan Lenaghan	4,500
John Cernuto	4,500

Kathy Liebert	4,500

Tony Cousineau	4,500
Darryll Fish	4,500
Konstantin Puchkov	4,500

Greg Raymer	4,500

Mark Gregorich	4,500

06-24-2014 11:39 UTC-8

Second Round of Names

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Level 1 : 25/25, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tyler Patterson	4,500 4,500	4,500

Naoya Kihara	4,500 4,500	4,500

Chris Tryba	4,500 4,500	4,500

Chris Bell	4,500 4,500	4,500
Bill Chen	4,500 4,500	4,500

Joe Tehan	4,500 4,500	4,500
Barny Boatman	4,500 4,500	4,500

Adam Schoenfeld	4,500 4,500	4,500
Alex Kravchenko	4,500 4,500	4,500
Perry Friedman	4,500 4,500	4,500

Scott Baumstein	4,500 4,500	4,500

David Levi	4,500 4,500	4,500
David Williams	4,500

Mike Wattel	4,500 4,500	4,500

Gavin Smith	4,500 4,500	4,500
Bryan Micon	4,050

Level: 2

Blinds: 25/50

Ante:

06-24-2014 12:05 UTC-8

Third Round of Names

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Level 2 : 25/50, 0 ante

They keep filing in. When the tournament started there were just over 500 entrants. It's now up to 752. Registration is open until the end of the dinner break (right before the start of Level 7), so that number should approach the 900+ that the event has had the last two years.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Tepen	5,300
Ryan Laplante	4,675

Erick Lindgren	4,500 4,500	4,500

Martin Staszko	4,500 4,500	4,500
Jimmy Fricke	4,500 4,500	4,500
Brett Richey	4,500 4,500	4,500
Anthony Zinno	4,500 4,500	4,500

Dmitrii Valouev	4,500 4,500	4,500
Wendy Freedman	4,500 4,500	4,500
Max Steinberg	4,500 4,500	4,500

Gabriel Nassif	4,000

06-24-2014 12:27 UTC-8

Laak It Up

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Level 2 : 25/50, 0 ante

We get to the table and there is a flop of with 300 in chips each in front of Phil Laak and the opponent to his immediate left. The dealer raked in the chips and put out a turn of . Laak led out for 600 and was called. The river was the and this time Laak bet 1,500. His opponent thought for a moment before releasing his hand.

In 2011, Laak took fourth place in the $5,000 version of this event, taking home $133,377 for that finish. He's looking to add to the $1.049 million in career WSOP earnings he has thus far with a deep run in this event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Laak	4,750 250	250

Tags: Phil Laak