Event #53: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better
Day 2 Started
Event #53: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better
Day 2 Started
In the world of numerous game-solving programs, some of the most famous players from just a few years ago might now be deemed "old schoolers." They thrived in the early 2000s during the golden poker era. But those years are gone and in the meantime poker knowledge has been rapidly growing.
But there's a phrase they use in sports and it perfectly fits poker as well: form is temporary, class is permanent.
Eli Elezra, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Mike Matusow — some of the most recognizable names in the game of poker in both pre- and post-boom eras. They may be "old schoolers," but they've also stood the test of time and keep delivering outstanding volume and great results, year in, year out.
It's unthinkable to imagine the World Series of Poker without such legends. They're proving their greatness again in Event #53: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, with all en route to add another notch to their packed careers after having bagged above-average stacks at the end of day 1.
There are 191 players coming back for another 10-level stretch and 50 of them will walk away empty-handed. Anything can happen, but Elezra (102,600), Negreanu (81,100) and Matusow (76,800) are all currently among the top 10. With the decades of experience, they are huge favorites to avoid the damage that will come for some today.
A relative wild card, WSOP Circuit grinder and two-time ring winner Brad Albrinck paces the field at present with 137,100 in chips, sitting just ahead of bracelet winner Bryce Yockey (131,900). The mix of remaining players boasts many familiar faces including the defending champion Nathan Gamble (42,000) and last year's ninth-place finisher Wendy Weissman (21,300).
Come back at 12 p.m. to see whether the experienced tourney journeymen will prevail or if it's time to see some fresh faces emerge to put their names on the poker map. PokerNews will be once again on their feet throughout to provide live coverage from start to finish.
Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon | 401 | 1 | DID NOT REPORT 1 | United States | 7,100 | 6 |
Amazon | 401 | 2 | David Dille | United States | 53,900 | 45 |
Amazon | 401 | 3 | Yew Kan | Macau | 49,200 | 41 |
Amazon | 401 | 4 | Nick Guagenti | United States | 30,100 | 25 |
Amazon | 401 | 5 | Peter Neff | United States | 28,700 | 24 |
Amazon | 401 | 6 | Adam Coats | United States | 72,400 | 60 |
Amazon | 401 | 7 | Mike Matusow | United States | 76,800 | 64 |
Amazon | 401 | 8 | Daniel Navarro | United States | 4,500 | 4 |
Amazon | 401 | 9 | Jeosafat Cruz | United States | 9,900 | 8 |
Amazon | 402 | 2 | Michael Fiorelli | United States | 27,800 | 23 |
Amazon | 402 | 3 | Dustin Pattinson | United States | 129,100 | 108 |
Amazon | 402 | 4 | Eduardo Lezcano | United States | 22,800 | 19 |
Amazon | 402 | 5 | Joshua Pender | United States | 40,700 | 34 |
Amazon | 402 | 6 | Eli Elezra | United States | 102,600 | 86 |
Amazon | 402 | 7 | David Hunt | United States | 51,100 | 43 |
Amazon | 402 | 8 | Andrew O'Flaherty | Ireland | 11,100 | 9 |
Amazon | 402 | 9 | Andrew Yeh | United States | 57,000 | 48 |
Amazon | 403 | 1 | Craig Chait | United States | 25,800 | 22 |
Amazon | 403 | 2 | Yuri Dzivielevski | Brazil | 15,600 | 13 |
Amazon | 403 | 3 | Ben Tang | United States | 18,800 | 16 |
Amazon | 403 | 4 | Bill Mince | United States | 22,600 | 19 |
Amazon | 403 | 5 | Wendy Weissman | United States | 21,300 | 18 |
Amazon | 403 | 6 | Daniel Vitiello | United States | 39,100 | 33 |
Amazon | 403 | 7 | Ryan Jones | United States | 53,000 | 44 |
Amazon | 403 | 8 | Rylen Sanehisa | United States | 12,700 | 11 |
Amazon | 403 | 9 | Victor Ramdin | United States | 32,500 | 27 |
Amazon | 404 | 1 | Dylan Linde | United States | 36,000 | 30 |
Amazon | 404 | 2 | David Brookshire | United States | 38,100 | 32 |
Amazon | 404 | 3 | John Monnette | United States | 23,700 | 20 |
Amazon | 404 | 4 | Philipp Eirisch | Germany | 22,600 | 19 |
Amazon | 404 | 5 | Timothy Vukson | Canada | 15,000 | 13 |
Amazon | 404 | 6 | Angela Jordison | United States | 21,200 | 18 |
Amazon | 404 | 7 | Allyn Shulman | United States | 31,400 | 26 |
Amazon | 404 | 8 | Barry Leventhal | United States | 31,000 | 26 |
Amazon | 404 | 9 | Justin Clark | United States | 27,300 | 23 |
Amazon | 405 | 1 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 81,100 | 68 |
Amazon | 405 | 2 | Jonathan Depa | United States | 38,600 | 32 |
Amazon | 405 | 3 | John Hegi | United States | 39,800 | 33 |
Amazon | 405 | 4 | Josh Shafer | United States | 54,200 | 45 |
Amazon | 405 | 5 | Hsiao Liu | United States | 77,000 | 64 |
Amazon | 405 | 6 | Eric Posner | United States | 36,800 | 31 |
Amazon | 405 | 7 | David Shane | United States | 39,900 | 33 |
Amazon | 405 | 8 | Vincent Masino | United States | 6,600 | 6 |
Amazon | 405 | 9 | J Smith | United States | 12,700 | 11 |
Amazon | 406 | 1 | Cal Kimes | United States | 26,200 | 22 |
Amazon | 406 | 2 | Matthew Lansdon | United States | 29,100 | 24 |
Amazon | 406 | 4 | Kyle Emerson | United States | 11,500 | 10 |
Amazon | 406 | 5 | Michael Kechkaylo | United States | 25,800 | 22 |
Amazon | 406 | 6 | Sebastian Langrock | Germany | 14,500 | 12 |
Amazon | 406 | 7 | Paul Johnson | United States | 25,700 | 21 |
Amazon | 406 | 8 | Kyle Miaso | United States | 85,800 | 72 |
Amazon | 406 | 9 | Adam Hendrix | United States | 57,200 | 48 |
Amazon | 407 | 1 | Roy Thung | United States | 11,300 | 9 |
Amazon | 407 | 2 | Brendan Taylor | United States | 73,900 | 62 |
Amazon | 407 | 3 | Benjamin Miner | United States | 20,100 | 17 |
Amazon | 407 | 4 | John Zaleski | United States | 31,400 | 26 |
Amazon | 407 | 5 | Matthew Honig | United States | 30,000 | 25 |
Amazon | 407 | 6 | Paul Siem | United States | 57,700 | 48 |
Amazon | 407 | 7 | Jose Paz-Gutierrez | Bolivia | 35,100 | 29 |
Amazon | 407 | 8 | Corey Hochman | United States | 34,500 | 29 |
Amazon | 407 | 9 | Garrett Garvin | United States | 12,300 | 10 |
Amazon | 408 | 1 | William Migely | United States | 52,000 | 43 |
Amazon | 408 | 2 | Alex Livingston | Canada | 66,500 | 55 |
Amazon | 408 | 3 | Lex Nerenberg | United States | 34,800 | 29 |
Amazon | 408 | 4 | Sergey Altbregin | Russia | 38,100 | 32 |
Amazon | 408 | 5 | Brandon Noe | United States | 31,000 | 26 |
Amazon | 408 | 6 | Jesse David | United States | 58,200 | 49 |
Amazon | 408 | 7 | Zachary Hench | United States | 23,900 | 20 |
Amazon | 408 | 8 | Bryan Andrews | United States | 42,900 | 36 |
Amazon | 408 | 9 | Jameson Painter | United States | 25,300 | 21 |
Amazon | 409 | 1 | Jordan Siegel | United States | 26,600 | 22 |
Amazon | 409 | 2 | Troy Acton | United States | 19,100 | 16 |
Amazon | 409 | 3 | Thomas Cazayous | United Kingdom | 81,400 | 68 |
Amazon | 409 | 5 | Chris Bjorin | Sweden | 20,900 | 17 |
Amazon | 409 | 6 | Tyson Potrebenko | Canada | 29,800 | 25 |
Amazon | 409 | 7 | Michael Gross | United States | 59,600 | 50 |
Amazon | 409 | 8 | Jarred Solomon | South Africa | 45,600 | 38 |
Amazon | 409 | 9 | Erle Mankin | United States | 68,000 | 57 |
Amazon | 410 | 1 | Veerachai Vongxaiburana | United States | 31,900 | 27 |
Amazon | 410 | 2 | Igor Sharaskin | Russia | 52,500 | 44 |
Amazon | 410 | 3 | Sergio Benso | Italy | 55,700 | 46 |
Amazon | 410 | 4 | Gregory Joslyn | United States | 15,200 | 13 |
Amazon | 410 | 5 | Aaron Sias | United States | 27,400 | 23 |
Amazon | 410 | 6 | Shiva Dudani | United States | 24,200 | 20 |
Amazon | 410 | 7 | Quinn Do | United States | 83,600 | 70 |
Amazon | 410 | 8 | Danny Smith | United States | 10,700 | 9 |
Amazon | 410 | 9 | John Dacruz | United States | 37,200 | 31 |
Amazon | 411 | 1 | David Ernst | United States | 13,900 | 12 |
Amazon | 411 | 2 | Justine Roders | United States | 24,800 | 21 |
Amazon | 411 | 3 | Joseph Couden | United States | 70,000 | 58 |
Amazon | 411 | 4 | Ted Weinstock | United States | 24,500 | 20 |
Amazon | 411 | 5 | Aditya Agarwal | India | 10,300 | 9 |
Amazon | 411 | 6 | Gary Benson | Australia | 18,900 | 16 |
Amazon | 411 | 7 | Nathan Gamble | United States | 42,000 | 35 |
Amazon | 411 | 8 | Joseph Cheong | United States | 27,600 | 23 |
Amazon | 411 | 9 | Stuart Rutter | United Kingdom | 6,800 | 6 |
Amazon | 412 | 1 | David Badolato | United States | 11,900 | 10 |
Amazon | 412 | 2 | Jean-Paul Pasqualini | France | 74,200 | 62 |
Amazon | 412 | 3 | Benjamin Zamani | United States | 54,000 | 45 |
Amazon | 412 | 4 | Timothy Burt | United States | 22,200 | 19 |
Amazon | 412 | 5 | Kevin Gerhart | United States | 62,200 | 52 |
Amazon | 412 | 6 | Peter Malbasha | Ireland | 26,500 | 22 |
Amazon | 412 | 7 | Cai Zhen | United States | 9,400 | 8 |
Amazon | 412 | 8 | Robert Campbell | United States | 48,500 | 40 |
Amazon | 412 | 9 | John Racener | United States | 40,100 | 33 |
Amazon | 413 | 2 | Shirley Rosario | United States | 30,800 | 26 |
Amazon | 413 | 3 | Matthew Smith | United States | 63,000 | 53 |
Amazon | 413 | 4 | Tom West | United States | 21,200 | 18 |
Amazon | 413 | 5 | Samuel Ngai | Canada | 31,500 | 26 |
Amazon | 413 | 6 | Jason Stockfish | United States | 71,100 | 59 |
Amazon | 413 | 7 | Todd Witteles | United States | 21,500 | 18 |
Amazon | 413 | 8 | Michael Six | United States | 17,800 | 15 |
Amazon | 413 | 9 | Raz Alon | Israel | 16,200 | 14 |
Amazon | 414 | 1 | Lee Watkinson | United States | 65,000 | 54 |
Amazon | 414 | 2 | Warren Colman | United Kingdom | 48,500 | 40 |
Amazon | 414 | 3 | Amnon Filippi | United States | 39,100 | 33 |
Amazon | 414 | 4 | Quentin Krueger | Canada | 27,600 | 23 |
Amazon | 414 | 5 | Roland Israelashvili | United States | 26,700 | 22 |
Amazon | 414 | 6 | Brian Norton | United States | 43,600 | 36 |
Amazon | 414 | 7 | Richard Cowperthwait | United States | 10,800 | 9 |
Amazon | 414 | 8 | Jason Faircloth | United States | 17,600 | 15 |
Amazon | 414 | 9 | Randy Ohel | United States | 55,800 | 47 |
Amazon | 415 | 1 | Mark Scacewater | United States | 13,400 | 11 |
Amazon | 415 | 2 | Andrew Rapley | Canada | 10,300 | 9 |
Amazon | 415 | 3 | Brian Hastings | United States | 33,700 | 28 |
Amazon | 415 | 4 | David Levi | United States | 16,500 | 14 |
Amazon | 415 | 5 | Bruce Rogoff | United States | 63,700 | 53 |
Amazon | 415 | 6 | Corey Emery | United States | 22,700 | 19 |
Amazon | 415 | 7 | Matthew Ezrol | United States | 24,200 | 20 |
Amazon | 415 | 8 | Pablo Cobo | Spain | 17,500 | 15 |
Amazon | 415 | 9 | Phil Hellmuth | United States | 67,400 | 56 |
Amazon | 417 | 2 | Taylor Cox | United States | 12,400 | 10 |
Amazon | 417 | 3 | Anton Grinkevich | United States | 19,300 | 16 |
Amazon | 417 | 4 | Joseph Silverman | United States | 48,600 | 41 |
Amazon | 417 | 5 | Jeffrey Amasaki | United States | 8,200 | 7 |
Amazon | 417 | 6 | John Corron | United States | 7,200 | 6 |
Amazon | 417 | 7 | Jeffrey Landherr | United States | 57,200 | 48 |
Amazon | 417 | 8 | Brad Albrinck | United States | 137,100 | 114 |
Amazon | 417 | 9 | Tony Ma | United States | 19,200 | 16 |
Amazon | 418 | 1 | Christopher Carey | United States | 42,100 | 35 |
Amazon | 418 | 2 | Todd Rohulich | United States | 13,600 | 11 |
Amazon | 418 | 3 | Karl Westheimer | United States | 8,100 | 7 |
Amazon | 418 | 4 | Robert McLaughlin | United States | 32,300 | 27 |
Amazon | 418 | 5 | Lee Armstrong | Australia | 70,700 | 59 |
Amazon | 418 | 6 | Bryce Yockey | United States | 131,900 | 110 |
Amazon | 418 | 7 | Anton Smirnov | Russia | 62,600 | 52 |
Amazon | 418 | 8 | David Greene | United States | 30,400 | 25 |
Amazon | 418 | 9 | Andrew Muirhead | United States | 29,400 | 25 |
Amazon | 419 | 1 | Abdel Hamid | United States | 54,700 | 46 |
Amazon | 419 | 2 | Noah Goldman | United States | 18,100 | 15 |
Amazon | 419 | 3 | Peter Walsworth | United States | 16,900 | 14 |
Amazon | 419 | 4 | Antoine Labat | France | 76,000 | 63 |
Amazon | 419 | 5 | Kim Kallman | Finland | 48,800 | 41 |
Amazon | 419 | 6 | Blake Kelso | United States | 7,600 | 6 |
Amazon | 419 | 7 | Sue Smith | United States | 1 | 0 |
Amazon | 419 | 8 | Peter Levine | United States | 23,600 | 20 |
Amazon | 419 | 9 | Donna Cooper | United States | 50,600 | 42 |
Amazon | 420 | 1 | Cody Crouch | United States | 19,000 | 16 |
Amazon | 420 | 2 | Edward Han | United States | 75,400 | 63 |
Amazon | 420 | 3 | Andreas Klatt | Germany | 15,300 | 13 |
Amazon | 420 | 4 | Jeffrey Cook | United States | 46,000 | 38 |
Amazon | 420 | 5 | Kate Hoang | United States | 24,800 | 21 |
Amazon | 420 | 6 | Chris Ferguson | United States | 52,700 | 44 |
Amazon | 420 | 7 | Prince Docnes | United States | 27,100 | 23 |
Amazon | 420 | 8 | Brandon Cantu | United States | 1 | 0 |
Amazon | 420 | 9 | Michael Pickett | United States | 22,900 | 19 |
Amazon | 421 | 2 | Gregory Kolo | United States | 20,000 | 17 |
Amazon | 421 | 3 | James Buckner | United States | 7,000 | 6 |
Amazon | 421 | 4 | Jeff Williams | United States | 69,960 | 58 |
Amazon | 421 | 5 | Gerald Cohen | United States | 8,500 | 7 |
Amazon | 421 | 6 | Christopher Conrad | United States | 52,200 | 44 |
Amazon | 421 | 7 | Paul Sokoloff | Canada | 38,800 | 32 |
Amazon | 421 | 8 | Howard Simon | United States | 17,600 | 15 |
Amazon | 421 | 9 | Steven Wolansky | United States | 20,900 | 17 |
Amazon | 422 | 1 | Sergey Selin | Russia | 60,100 | 50 |
Amazon | 422 | 2 | Sloane Martin | France | 21,300 | 18 |
Amazon | 422 | 3 | Gregory Jamison | United States | 71,200 | 59 |
Amazon | 422 | 4 | Michael Terlizzi | United States | 57,700 | 48 |
Amazon | 422 | 5 | Ivan Starostin | United States | 44,400 | 37 |
Amazon | 422 | 7 | Peter Charalambous | United Kingdom | 13,000 | 11 |
Amazon | 422 | 8 | Alan Fidelo | United States | 36,200 | 30 |
Amazon | 422 | 9 | Alexander Kuzmin | Russia | 44,500 | 37 |
Amazon | 423 | 1 | Aaron Wallace | United States | 9,800 | 8 |
Amazon | 423 | 2 | Timothy Tallon | United States | 4,200 | 4 |
Amazon | 423 | 3 | Mihails Morozovs | Latvia | 53,500 | 45 |
Amazon | 423 | 4 | Dorian Grant | United States | 27,100 | 23 |
Amazon | 423 | 5 | Paul Jackson | United Kingdom | 21,400 | 18 |
Amazon | 423 | 6 | Barry Werthmann | United States | 23,400 | 20 |
Amazon | 423 | 7 | Michael Colecchia | United States | 8,900 | 7 |
Amazon | 423 | 8 | Bruno Fitoussi | France | 70,200 | 59 |
Amazon | 423 | 9 | Jeremy Harkin | United States | 38,400 | 32 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 0
Three-way to the flop of , Bruce Rogoff checked in the big blind and Phil Hellmuth also tapped in middle position. Brian Hastings then fired 3,000 from the button and only Rogoff called.
The two remaining players checked the turn before Rogoff led out 7,500 on the river. Hastings briefly studied the situation and then gave up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bruce Rogoff | 80,000 | 16,300 |
Brian Hastings
|
29,500 | -4,200 |
Vincent Masino raised to 4,200 from under the gun, Daniel Negreanu three-bet to 7,200 from middle position, and Jonathan Depa, who was next to act, four-bet the pot to 27,600. Masino called to put himself at risk for 6,600 total and Negreanu went into the tank for about 20 seconds before he called Depa's four-bet.
The flop came and Negreanu bet. Depa called to put himself at risk for his last 3,800 and all three players tabled their hands.
Vincent Masino:
Daniel Negreanu:
Jonathan Depa:
Masino had the lead in the main pot with his queens, Depa was ahead in the side pot with a pair of fours, and both Negreanu and Depa were drawing to the nut low. The on the turn gave Depa the lead with jacks up, the on the river made the nut low for both players in the side pot, so Depa took three-quarters and Masino was eliminated.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Negreanu
|
77,000 | -4,100 |
Jonathan Depa | 51,000 | 12,400 |
Vincent Masino | Busted |
Picked up on the flop, Kate Hoang was all in for 16,400 while Jeffrey Cook and Brandon Cantu battled for a side pot.
Cook moved all in on the turn and Cantu called the extra 17,600 to give a green light to a three-way showdown:
Kate Hoang:
Jeffrey Cook:
Brandon Cantu:
The fell on the river and Hoang scooped the high half of the main pot with a seven-high straight. She chopped the low half with Cook as they both held ace-deuce. Cantu ended up scooped by both players and Cook claimed the whole side pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Brandon Cantu
|
90,000 | 89,999 |
Jeffrey Cook | 60,000 | 14,000 |
Kate Hoang | 55,000 | 30,200 |
Nathan Gamble led out 3,000 on the turn out of the small blind, earning calls from big blind Joeseph Cheong and button Gary Benson.
The completed the board and Gamble announced he was betting the pot, making it 13,800. Cheong called for his last 9,000 and Benson called as well.
Cheong turned up for kings full and locked the high half of the main pot. Gamble and Benson both finished with the nut low as Gamble rolled over and Benson showed . Gamble collected three-quarters of the small side pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Nathan Gamble
|
48,000 | 6,000 |
Gary Benson
|
38,000 | 19,100 |
Joseph Cheong
|
20,000 | -7,600 |
Michael Six limped in from under the gun, Tom West limped from the cutoff, Jason Stockfish completed the small blind, and Todd Witteles checked his option.
The flop came and both blinds checked. Six bet 4,800, West raised the pot to 19,200, Stockfish and Witteles folded, and Six called to put himself at risk for 13,800.
Michael Six:
Tom West:
Both players were drawing to the nut low but Six had the lead with top pair. The turn and river meant Six would scoop the pot with nines up to leave West with less than three big blinds.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jason Stockfish | 71,000 | -100 |
Todd Witteles
|
43,000 | 2,600 |
Michael Six | 31,000 | 13,200 |
Tom West | 3,500 | -17,700 |
We arrived at the table when the dealer was counting Brandon Cantu's stack. There was roughly 40,000 in the middle and it became apparent that Cantu just made a large double through Edward Han with , hitting a full house on the board of . Han's hand was already in the muck and it was confirmed that Cantu had 67,500 back.
Han had him just covered and Cantu won the max, climbing to 175,000 or so. Han's stack suffered a huge blow and he continued with only 6,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Brandon Cantu
|
175,000 | 85,000 |
Edward Han | 6,000 |
There were about 20,000 chips in the pot and the complete board of was out when we got to the table. Action checked to Phil Hellmuth in middle position and he bet 13,000. After a bit of time in the tank, Bruce Rogoff called from the small blind, and shortly thereafter, Matthew Ezrol did the same from under the gun.
"Just the nut high," said Hellmuth before any hole cards were revealed.
Hellmuth then tabled for the jack-high straight, Ezrol showed for the nut low, and Rogoff tossed his cards into the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Phil Hellmuth
|
79,000 | 11,600 |
Bruce Rogoff | 41,500 | -38,500 |
Matthew Ezrol | 29,500 | 5,300 |