2018 World Series of Poker

Event #49: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa32
Prize
$1,018,336
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$4,474,400
Entries
476
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
0

Updated Chip Counts

Level 7 : 400/800, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Veselin Karakitukov bg
Veselin Karakitukov
325,000 325,000
Jonathan Kamhazi ve
Jonathan Kamhazi
269,000 112,000
Brandon Shack-Harris us
Brandon Shack-Harris
WSOP 2X Winner
148,000 86,000
Eli Elezra il
Eli Elezra
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
87,000 -23,000
Jesse Sylvia us
Jesse Sylvia
70,000 70,000
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
59,000 6,000
Ryan Miller us
Ryan Miller
WSOP 2X Winner
50,000 50,000
Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
WSOP 1X Winner
50,000 50,000
Aaron Katz us
Aaron Katz
WSOP 1X Winner
50,000
Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe
WSOP 3X Winner
50,000 50,000
Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
49,000 -12,000
Gordon Vayo us
Gordon Vayo
47,000 -3,000
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
WSOP 6X Winner
35,000 35,000
Jens Kyllonen fi
Jens Kyllonen
WSOP 1X Winner
24,000 -1,400

Noah Schwartz Sends 888poker Ambassador Vivian Saliba to the Rail

Level 7 : 400/800, 0 ante
Vivian Saliba in an earlier tournament.
Vivian Saliba in an earlier tournament.

Noah Schwartz limped under the gun and then called when Vivian Saliba raised to 3,600 from the cutoff. When the flop came down {2-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{9-Spades}, Schwartz led out for 2,000 and Saliba thought long and hard before deciding to raise all in for just 3,300. Schwartz called.

Schwartz: {6-Hearts}{4-Spades}{k-Hearts}{q-Spades}
Saliba: {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{5-Spades}

Neither player had much and Saliba was technically ahead. However, the {6-Diamonds} turn paired Schwartz and the {K-Spades} river made it two pair. Saliba wished the table luck and took her leave from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Noah Schwartz us
Noah Schwartz
WSOP 1X Winner
45,000 7,000
Vivan Saliba
Vivan Saliba
Busted

Tags: Vivian SalibaNoah Schwartz

Schreiber Crushing

Level 7 : 400/800, 0 ante

Matthew Schreiber just busted Brock Parker in a pot we didn't catch and appears to be among the leaders.

Player Chips Progress
Matthew Schreiber us
Matthew Schreiber
WSOP 1X Winner
230,000 230,000
Ramin Hajiyev az
Ramin Hajiyev
170,000 170,000
Josh Arieh us
Josh Arieh
WSOP 6X Winner
155,000 105,000
Joao Simao br
Joao Simao
WSOP 2X Winner
149,500 91,500
Steve Billirakis us
Steve Billirakis
WSOP 2X Winner
145,000 85,000
Michael Kamran us
Michael Kamran
115,000 15,000
Joey Couden us
Joey Couden
WSOP 1X Winner
95,000 24,000
Joey Ingram us
Joey Ingram
90,000 20,000
Scott Bohlman us
Scott Bohlman
WSOP 1X Winner
70,000 20,000
Ankush Mandavia us
Ankush Mandavia
WSOP 1X Winner
50,000 50,000
David Paredes us
David Paredes
46,000 -4,000
Jeff Gross us
Jeff Gross
44,600 44,600
Cary Katz us
Cary Katz
33,000 -21,000
Chris Frank de
Chris Frank
22,600 -44,400
Ryan D'Angelo us
Ryan D'Angelo
WSOP 1X Winner
22,000 -12,000
Brock parker us
Brock parker
Busted

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 0

Obst Gets a Huge Fold from Aalvik

Level 6 : 300/600, 0 ante

With {5-Clubs}{7-Spades}{10-Hearts} having flopped, James Obst had a bet of 4,150 in front of him in middle position, with Davis Aalvik having made it 12,000 on his left. The big blind shoved all in for 21,500 and Obst repotted to about 89,000. Aalvik tanked for about four minutes and folded {7-}{7-}.

Obst had {a-Hearts}{j-Spades}{10-Spades}{9-Hearts} though, and he was against {q-Hearts}{5-Spades}{5-Hearts}{3-Clubs}. The turn brought an {8-Diamonds} to give Obst a straight but his shorter-stacked opponent survived with the {8-Hearts} river.

Player Chips Progress
Davis Aalvik us
Davis Aalvik
125,000 5,000
James Obst au
James Obst
WSOP 1X Winner
111,500 -23,500

Tags: Davis AalvikJames Obst

River Freezes Obst

Level 6 : 300/600, 0 ante

James Obst bet 12,500 into about 17,000 from the button on a board of {9-Hearts}{8-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}. His opponent in early position put in calling chips and they saw a {2-Diamonds} river. Both players checked and the early player opened {j-}{j-}{9-}{9-} for a set. Obst had it beat with {j-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{6-Spades} for a straight.

Player Chips Progress
James Obst au
James Obst
WSOP 1X Winner
135,000 38,000

Tags: James Obst

Updated Chip Counts

Level 6 : 300/600, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Mohsin Virani us
Mohsin Virani
200,000 25,000
Pim van Holsteyn nl
Pim van Holsteyn
135,000 47,000
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
WSOP 3X Winner
99,000 47,000
Andrew Watson us
Andrew Watson
70,000 24,000
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
WSOP 1X Winner
67,000
Felipe Ramos br
Felipe Ramos
60,000
Jyri Merivirta fi
Jyri Merivirta
59,000
Adam Owen gb
Adam Owen
47,700
Alex Rocha us
Alex Rocha
47,000
Maxx Coleman us
Maxx Coleman
WSOP 1X Winner
46,000 25,000
Chris Hunichen us
Chris Hunichen
40,000
Noah Schwartz us
Noah Schwartz
WSOP 1X Winner
38,000 -28,000
Ryan D'Angelo us
Ryan D'Angelo
WSOP 1X Winner
34,000 -16,000
Kane Kalas us
Kane Kalas
28,000 -22,000
JC Tran us
JC Tran
20,500 -28,800