Event #26: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Day 1 | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-12-2018 22:17 UTC-7

Finger Does Not Budge

MartianNews

Level 9 : 400/800, 0 ante

The board read and Richard Tuhrim fired out a pot-sized bet into a pot that was 29,600. Martin Finger thought for several moments and then made the call for a large portion of his remaining stack.

Tuhrim announced, "Queen-high" and Finger then tabled for two pair, which was enough to take down a good sized pot close to the money bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Finger	91,900	41,900
Richard Tuhrim	74,800	-45,200

Tags: Martin Finger Richard Tuhrim

06-12-2018 22:08 UTC-7

Stavrakis Wins Monster Pot on Soft Bubble

Milko van Winden

Level 9 : 400/800, 0 ante

Filippos Stavrakis won a huge pot four spots off the money. The pot was about 7,000 on the flop with the community cards spread . Stavrakis checked, his opponent bet, Stavrakis raised and from that moment on, both players kept potting until all the chips were in the middle.

Filippos Stavrakis:
Opponent:

The board ran out giving Stavrakis a straight to win the big 125,000 pot and bust his opponent. The field is now three places away from the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Filippos Stavrakis	125,000	125,000

Tags: Filippos Stavrakis

06-12-2018 21:56 UTC-7

Chip Counts

Milko van Winden

Level 9 : 400/800, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Tuhrim	120,000	-13,000
Joe Cada	62,000	10,000
Ken Aldridge	50,000	5,500
Ioannis Angelou Konstas	28,000	-7,000
Ben Hunholz	27,000	-9,500
Felipe Ramos	26,000	-7,000
Justin Young	24,000	12,000
Marcel Vonk	12,000	-1,500
Martijn Gerrits	12,000	-5,800
Christian Harder	9,500
Tyler Patterson	6,800	-11,600
Michael Gagliano	4,000	-1,000

06-12-2018 21:53 UTC-7

Brar Fires on the Flop

MartianNews

Level 9 : 400/800, 0 ante

The button raised to 2,000 and Jaspal Brar three-bet to 6,400 from the big blind. His opponent called and the flop came down .

Brar instantly shoved all in for 7,900 and his opponent asked," Do you ever have anything but aces?" as he threw his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jaspal Brar	23,400	11,000

Tags: Jaspal Brar

06-12-2018 21:43 UTC-7

Tuhrim Wins Another Pot

Milko van Winden

Level 9 : 400/800, 0 ante

Richard Tuhrim has had a big stack since halfway through Day 1 and keeps using it to gather even more chips. He opened to 2,000 from the under the gun position and got called by two players, including Martin Finger.

Tuhrim continued with a bet of 3,300 on the flop and Finger was the only player to call. Finger check-folded to Tuhrim's bet of 9,500 when the turn came down and the latter won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Tuhrim	133,000	9,500
Martin Finger	50,000	-7,000

Tags: Martin Finger Richard Tuhrim

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 0

06-12-2018 21:01 UTC-7

Final Break

Milko van Winden

Level 8 : 300/600, 0 ante

The final 20-minute break of the day starts right now. Players will return for two 60-minute levels before we reach the end of Day 1.

06-12-2018 20:58 UTC-7

Notable Chip Counts at Break

MartianNews

Level 8 : 300/600, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivaylo Sivinov	100,000	65,200
Peter Gelencser	77,400	33,300
Calen McNeil	62,400	43,800
Joe Cada	52,000	8,000
Ken Aldridge	44,500	500
Mark Dube	35,000	-900
Mikhail Semin	20,200
Tyler Patterson	18,400	-11,600
Jaspal Brar	12,400
Bradley Butcher	6,500	-38,000

06-12-2018 20:49 UTC-7

Ramos Folds a Full House

Milko van Winden

Level 8 : 300/600, 0 ante

Ben Hunholz raised to 1,500 preflop and got called by Felipe Ramos, a player in the hijack and the player in the big blind to take the action four-way.

Hunholz continued with a bet of 2,500 on the flop and this time Ramos was the only player to call.

After Hunholz checked to Ramos on the turn, the Brazilian made it 5,500. Hunholz looked at his stack and threw in the call.

The river was the to make the board even wetter and Hunholz announced that he was all-in for his final 14,500. Ramos announced he had a really tough decision to make and took his time. He eventually folded face up and Hunholz was friendly enough to show the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Hunholz	36,500	36,500
Felipe Ramos	33,000	-9,500

Tags: Ben Hunholz Felipe Ramos

06-12-2018 20:43 UTC-7

West Sends Alexander to the Rail

MartianNews

Level 8 : 300/600, 0 ante

After seeing four limpers Dejuante Alexander raised to 3,900 and Tom West from early position was the only limper to stick around. The flop came down and West put Alexander all in for his last 4,500.

Alexander called and showed for a flopped set. West then turned over for a flopped flush. The on the turn and the on the river did not change anything and West took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom West	25,700	25,700
Dejuante Alexander	Busted

Tags: Dejuante Alexander Tom West