2018 World Series of Poker

Event #35: $1,500 Mixed Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kkj9
Prize
$211,781
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,043,550
Entries
773
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
0

Chidwick Says Pot

Level 5 : 50/100, 0 ante
Stephen Chidwick in a previous event
Stephen Chidwick in a previous event

PLO-8

Stephen Chidwick is maybe a bit more well-known for his no-limit hold'em high stakes tournaments, but here he is grinding a smaller buy-in that consists of strictly Omaha games. Testing out his all-around poker skills, maybe? Well, so far it seems as though he hasn't missed a beat and Chidwick is fitting right in with the rest of the field.

There was a raise from the hijack and Chidwick raised the pot to 950 from the big blind. His opponent made the call and the flop fell {9-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}. Chidwick made another pot-sized bet of 1,950 and his opponent quickly surrendered to the British poker pro.

Player Chips Progress
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
WSOP 1X Winner
18,500 12,500

Tags: Stephen Chidwick

Bach Chips Up

Level 5 : 50/100, 0 ante
David Bach
David Bach

Big-O

David Bach limped from the under-the-gun position and two seats over it was Steven Gagliano who raised it to 400. Bach made the call and the two went heads up to a flop.

The flop was {9-Clubs}{A-Clubs}{A-Hearts} and both players checked. The dealer opened up the {4-Hearts} turn card and this time Bach led out with a bet of 700. Gagliano called.

The {4-Diamonds} river completed the board without any low possibilities and Bach bet 600. Gagliano called, but mucked when he saw Bach open {A-Spades}{Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{3-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
David Bach us
David Bach
WSOP 3X Winner
20,000 11,400
Steven Gagliano us
Steven Gagliano
10,000 1,500

Tags: Steven GaglianoDavid Bach

Fuchs Has Heaps

Level 5 : 50/100, 0 ante
Carol Fuchs
Carol Fuchs

Coming back from the second break of the day, Carol Fuchs has by far the largest stack in the room. She has more than five times the starting stack, and for a hi-lo game, that is a ton of chips.

Player Chips Progress
Carol Fuchs us
Carol Fuchs
WSOP 1X Winner
38,200 30,700
Roland Israelashvili us
Roland Israelashvili
17,500 17,500
James Dempsey gb
James Dempsey
WSOP 1X Winner
16,000 8,500
Shirley Rosario us
Shirley Rosario
11,300 3,800
Andrew Barber us
Andrew Barber
WSOP 1X Winner
9,700 2,200

Tags: Carol Fuchs

Level: 5

Pot-Limit Blinds: 50/100
Limits: 250-500

James Woods is "Free-rolling"

Level 4 : 50/100, 0 ante
James Woods
James Woods

Omaha-8

We arrived at the table when the board read {Q-Clubs}{J-Spades}{K-Spades}{10-Diamonds} and James Woods told us, "I'm freerolling my *** off, so I'm raising!." Alex Visbisky had put in a bet. Woods raised to two bets and another player called. Visbisky raised again and Woods and the third player called.

The river was the {3-Spades} and Visbisky bet out. Woods was very clear about the fact that the river card wasn't a good card for him. He did make the call and the third player folded {K-}{K-} face up.

Visbisky showed {A-Spades}{Q-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{5-Spades} for the nuts and Woods showed {A-Hearts}{Q-Spades}{J-Clubs} to show how much he was "freerolling".

Player Chips Progress
Alex Visbisky us
Alex Visbisky
11,500 11,500
James Woods us
James Woods
8,000 -950

Tags: Alex VisbiskyJames Woods

Alexander Chops One Up

Level 4 : 50/100, 0 ante

Omaha-8

James Alexander raised it up from the cutoff and was called by the small blind and Damjan Radanov in the big blind. The flop came {10-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{4-Clubs} and the small blind led out. Radanov and Alexander both called to see the {4-Spades} pair the board on the turn.

The action checked around to the {7-Spades} on the river. The small blind tossed in another bet and Radanov quickly folded. Alexander called and tabled {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{3-Hearts} for an ace-three low. His opponent showed {9-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} for a straight and a worse low to chop the pot.

Player Chips Progress
James Alexander us
James Alexander
19,400 800
Damjan Radanov us
Damjan Radanov
4,700 -2,400

Tags: James AlexanderDamjan Radanov

Woodward Drags a Pot

Level 4 : 50/100, 0 ante

Omaha-8

Matt Woodward was in the big blind and called a raise from early position. The flop fell {q-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} and Woodward checked to his opponent who continued with a bet. Woodward put in two bets and his opponent called.

The turn brought the {a-Spades} and Woodward led out with a bet. His opponent had enough of the hand and tossed his cards to the muck, sending the pot to Woodward.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Woodward us
Matt Woodward
11,500 4,000

Tags: Matt Woodward

Chip Counts

Level 4 : 50/100, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Nathan Gamble us
Nathan Gamble
WSOP 2X Winner
25,000 5,000
Robert Cowen gb
Robert Cowen
WSOP 2X Winner
18,000 10,500
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
13,500 6,000
Martin Staszko cz
Martin Staszko
12,500 800
Bart Hanson us
Bart Hanson
11,000 -1,000
Sean Troha us
Sean Troha
WSOP 2X Winner
10,000 -1,500
Robert Williamson III us
Robert Williamson III
WSOP 1X Winner
10,000 2,300
Frank Visser nl
Frank Visser
9,250 -3,250
Connor Drinan us
Connor Drinan
WSOP 1X Winner
8,700 1,200
David Bach us
David Bach
WSOP 3X Winner
8,600 1,100
Norman Chad us
Norman Chad
8,400
Allen Cunningham us
Allen Cunningham
WSOP 5X Winner
8,200 700
Bradley Butcher us
Bradley Butcher
7,900 400
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
7,000
Kevin Gerhart us
Kevin Gerhart
WSOP 4X Winner
7,000 -1,100
James Woods us
James Woods
6,400 2,575
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
WSOP 1X Winner
6,000 -1,500
Calen McNeil ca
Calen McNeil
WSOP 1X Winner
6,000 -1,500
Marcel Luske nl
Marcel Luske
6,000 6,000
Mike Sexton us
Mike Sexton
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
5,400 -2,100
Marcel Vonk nl
Marcel Vonk
WSOP 1X Winner
4,500
Leif Force us
Leif Force
WSOP 1X Winner
4,400 -3,600
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
4,400 -3,100
Kyle Bowker us
Kyle Bowker
WSOP 1X Winner
2,250 2,250

"When in Doubt, Get Out"

Level 4 : 50/100, 0 ante

PLO-8

There were five players still in the hand heading to a flop of {10-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}. The action checked to the cutoff who threw in a bet of 500. Norman Chad called on the button and the small blind called as well.

The turn brought the {9-Diamonds} and both players checked to Chad who bet 1,000. The small blind quickly folded but the cutoff had a bigger decision to make. He thought for over a minute and then decided to lay his hand down.

"When in doubt, get out," Chad said to his opponent. "I don't follow that rule very often."

Player Chips Progress
Norman Chad us
Norman Chad
8,400 900

Tags: Norman Chad