Event #19: $565 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 1b Started
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #19: $565 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1b
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
Welcome to Event #19: $565 Pot-Limit-Omaha Day 1B
At 5 p.m. local time, cards will be in the air for Day 1, Flight B of Event #19: $565 Pot Limit Omaha at the 2018 World Series of Poker.
Every entrant will receive 5,000 starting chips and will have 18 thirty-minute levels to try to accumulate as many more as they can before bagging their stacks at the end of the night. Late registration will be open through the end of Level 8 at approximately 9:20 p.m. and there will be a 20-minute break every four levels.
The combined Day 1A-B surviving players will return tomorrow to play Day 2 at 2 p.m.
Last year in this event, Tyler Smith triumphed over 3,186 entrants, the largest field in the history of live PLO tournaments, to win his first gold bracelet and $244,344. This event is expected to draw well once again, as each of the previous two years has been record-setting for PLO tournaments.
With unlimited re-entry available and a 5,000-chip stack to begin, it's expected that many players will be firing multiple bullets in this event as they chase the gold bracelet.
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Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
The Day 1B Event #19: $565 Pot-Limit Omaha is now underway here in the Brasilia Room. There filling their seats and there are already 436 entries this flight and that number is climbing fast.
No Shortage of Action
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
We are still in the first level of our second Event #19: $565 Pot- Limit Omaha but there is certainly no shortage of action. There have been plenty of dealers yelling "seat open" and we have already multiple eliminations within the first 25 minutes of play.
Level: 2
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Early Day 1B Event #19: $565 Pot-Limit Omaha Arrivals
Level 2
: 25/50, 0 ante
The Brasilia room is filling fast and there are already nearly 600 entries here in the second Event #19: $565 Pot-Limit Ohama flight. We are midway through our second level of play and there are plenty of familiar faces in the crowd.
Some of the early arrivals include J.C. Tran, Nipun Java, Andre Zaichenko, Phil Hui, Jay Farber, David Prociak, Tyler Patterson and Amnon Filippi just to name a few.
Tran off to a Fast Start
Level 2
: 25/50, 0 ante
JC Tran was among the first wave of players to join the Day 1B Event #19: Pot-Limit Omaha field and he wasted no time putting his chips to work. Chan has already more than doubled his starting stack in the second level and has quickly chipped up to over 10,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,500 | 10,500 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Smith Sends One to the Rail
Level 3
: 50/100, 0 ante
A player in early position raised to 300 and Matthew Smith called in middle position. The hi-jack called and they went three handed to the 
flop and the early position player bet 1,150.
Smith called and the hi-jack player folded. They went heads up to the 
turn and the player moved his remaining stack of 2,950 all in. Smith snap called and his opponent asked "do you have a full house." Sure enough Smith tabled 
for queens full of tens.
His opponent was drawing dead holding 
for a turned straight. The meaningless 
hit the river and Smith scored the knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,900 |