Level: 9
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 0
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #19: $565 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$565
Prize Pool
$1,209,500
Entries
2,419
Level
33
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
0
Ponzio and Mohan Leading Flight A
Level 9
: 300/600, 0 ante
The first flight of Event #19: $565 Pot-Limit-Omaha sees bracelet winner Ben Ponzio and Francis Mohan as co-chip leaders each sitting with 60,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000 | |
|
60,000 |
Late Registration Now Closed
Level 9
: 300/600, 0 ante
Flight 1a Registration has ended with the start of Level 9. A total of 1,193 players entered with hopes of a gold bracelet, and right now only 393 of them have kept that hope alive.
ICYMI: Shaun Deeb Live Multi-Table
Level 9
: 300/600, 0 ante
No Gamble No Bracelet
Level 9
: 300/600, 0 ante
On the second break and with the final minutes of registration closing fast, 36 players elected to pay the $565 entry to come into Level 9 with a fresh stack. The 5,000-chip starting stack amounts to just over 8 big blinds.
Varnell Gets Barrese to Fold
Level 9
: 300/600, 0 ante
Craig Varnell opened from under the gun to 1,500 with Sasha Barrese defending the big blind.
The flop came 
, Barrese check-called a bet of 2,400 from Varnell. The turn brought a 
, Barrese checked again and faced a hefty bet of 7,700 from Varnell, which was for around half her stack. After taking a minute Barrese released her hand into the muck as Varnell added to his chip stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
||
|
17,000
-3,900
|
-3,900 |
Lippert Leading
Level 9
: 300/600, 0 ante
Adam Lippert has grabbed a sizeable chip lead sitting with around 100,000 in chips and is the first player to reach the six-digit mark. Lippert does have a WSOP ring to his name and perhaps the elusive bracelet is in the near future as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 0
Zimmerman Zooming Up the Ranks
Level 10
: 400/800, 0 ante
Seth Zimmerman is currently among the biggest stacks in the room sitting with 88,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
88,000 |
Prize Pool Announced
Level 10
: 400/800, 0 ante
The prize pool for flight A of Event #19: $565 Pot-Limit Omaha has been announced with 1,192 entries. The total prize pool is $596,500 awarding a min-cash of $835 to 179 players.