Event #69: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed
Day 2 Started
Event #69: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed
Day 2 Started
Out of the 901 entries to try their luck in Event #69: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed, just 202 will return for Day 2 action at 2:00 p.m. local time. All are chasing the top prize of $475,033 and WSOP gold bracelet, and since 136 players will make the money, the bubble is expected to break early in the day.
At the head of the pack is South Africa's Jarred Solomon, who will take a sizable 286,000-chip stack out of the bag. Not far behind is Dominik Nitsche, a feared no-limit player who has just begun to test the waters of four-card poker. The German three-time bracelet winner ended Day 1 with 220,200 chips. Max Silver, a widely respected British player who appears to have spent little time in the Rio this summer, has accumulated 187,000 chips thus far. Silver held the chip lead on his table for most of the first day of play but ultimately bagged a smaller stack than Romain Lewis, who advanced to Day 2 with 215,700.
Numerous additional notable names advanced alongside the biggest stacks, including Scott Bohlman (149,300), Martin Kozlov (140,700), Tommy Le (132,000), Phil Galfond (96,100), Daniel Negreanu (73,700), and Anthony Zinno (64,800).
Blinds will be 600/1,200 when play resumes. The seat draw can be found below. The plan is to play 10 levels with a 15-minute break every two levels and a one-hour dinner break after six levels (at about 8:30). Keep it here for continuing coverage of this event and throughout the 2018 World Series of Poker.
Room | Table | Seat | Player Name | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
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Amazon | 448 | 1 | George Cicak | United States | 60,500 | 50 |
Amazon | 448 | 2 | Marton Czuczor | Hungary | 11,700 | 10 |
Amazon | 448 | 3 | Jarred Solomon | South Africa | 286,000 | 238 |
Amazon | 448 | 4 | Laze Jevski | United States | 33,300 | 28 |
Amazon | 448 | 5 | Robert Salaburu | United States | 72,900 | 61 |
Amazon | 448 | 6 | Romain Lewis | France | 215,700 | 180 |
Amazon | 449 | 1 | Tom Hu | United States | 62,500 | 52 |
Amazon | 449 | 2 | Yevgeniy Timoshenko | United States | 38,900 | 32 |
Amazon | 449 | 3 | Andrew Holland | United States | 123,000 | 103 |
Amazon | 449 | 4 | Pasquale Vinci | Italy | 48,100 | 40 |
Amazon | 449 | 5 | Pallas Aidinian | United States | 45,800 | 38 |
Amazon | 449 | 6 | Ryan Goindoo | Trinidad & Tobago | 46,800 | 39 |
Amazon | 450 | 1 | Brandon Wilt | United States | 29,500 | 25 |
Amazon | 450 | 2 | Robert James | United States | 25,000 | 21 |
Amazon | 450 | 3 | Chris Gregg | United States | 18,000 | 15 |
Amazon | 450 | 4 | Ryan Feldman | United States | 60,700 | 51 |
Amazon | 450 | 5 | Ryan Bambrick | United States | 40,700 | 34 |
Amazon | 450 | 6 | Eric Hicks | United States | 26,000 | 22 |
Amazon | 451 | 1 | Alex Lindop | United Kingdom | 67,400 | 56 |
Amazon | 451 | 3 | Jimmy Lee | Canada | 56,000 | 47 |
Amazon | 451 | 4 | Jose Obadia | Spain | 13,000 | 11 |
Amazon | 451 | 5 | Jeremy Ausmus | United States | 28,200 | 24 |
Amazon | 451 | 6 | Tom Midena | United States | 54,000 | 45 |
Amazon | 452 | 1 | Jon Turner | United States | 45,700 | 38 |
Amazon | 452 | 2 | Matt Stout | United States | 38,600 | 32 |
Amazon | 452 | 3 | Jonathan Depa | United States | 69,000 | 58 |
Amazon | 452 | 5 | Abraham Reinhardt | United States | 100,700 | 84 |
Amazon | 452 | 6 | William Kakon | United States | 82,400 | 69 |
Amazon | 453 | 1 | Christopher Roth | United States | 64,300 | 54 |
Amazon | 453 | 2 | Adi Abugazal | United States | 85,700 | 71 |
Amazon | 453 | 4 | Farhad Jamasi | United States | 78,000 | 65 |
Amazon | 453 | 5 | Nhat Truong | United States | 38,600 | 32 |
Amazon | 453 | 6 | Connor Drinan | United States | 87,000 | 73 |
Amazon | 454 | 1 | Veselin Karakitukov | Bulgaria | 56,100 | 47 |
Amazon | 454 | 2 | Daniel Demicki | Bulgaria | 126,800 | 106 |
Amazon | 454 | 3 | Phil Galfond | United States | 96,100 | 80 |
Amazon | 454 | 4 | Christopher Trang | United States | 54,300 | 45 |
Amazon | 454 | 5 | Ardit Kurshumi | United States | 50,100 | 42 |
Amazon | 454 | 6 | Christopher Frank | Germany | 42,100 | 35 |
Amazon | 455 | 1 | Abraham Faroni | United States | 73,300 | 61 |
Amazon | 455 | 2 | Danny Wong | United States | 21,400 | 18 |
Amazon | 455 | 3 | Ryan D'Angelo | United States | 29,200 | 24 |
Amazon | 455 | 4 | Jesse Howells | United States | 15,100 | 13 |
Amazon | 455 | 5 | William Migely | United States | 181,700 | 151 |
Amazon | 456 | 1 | Samir Hage | United States | 104,800 | 87 |
Amazon | 456 | 2 | Mike Watson | Canada | 91,500 | 76 |
Amazon | 456 | 3 | Jeff Gross | United States | 106,100 | 88 |
Amazon | 456 | 4 | Timothy Andrew | Canada | 83,300 | 69 |
Amazon | 456 | 5 | Jarred Graham | Australia | 35,400 | 30 |
Amazon | 456 | 6 | Max Silver | United Kingdom | 187,000 | 156 |
Amazon | 457 | 1 | Michel Abecassis | France | 55,400 | 46 |
Amazon | 457 | 2 | Tony Gargano | United States | 17,400 | 15 |
Amazon | 457 | 3 | Melad Marji | United States | 77,000 | 64 |
Amazon | 457 | 4 | Girish Sampath | United States | 54,800 | 46 |
Amazon | 457 | 5 | Daniel Laidlaw | Australia | 109,900 | 92 |
Amazon | 457 | 6 | Loren Klein | United States | 69,200 | 58 |
Amazon | 458 | 2 | Mehrdad Shelechi | United States | 76,500 | 64 |
Amazon | 458 | 3 | Bernard Guigon | France | 64,800 | 54 |
Amazon | 458 | 4 | Dave Fox | United States | 104,600 | 87 |
Amazon | 458 | 5 | Fnu Navkiran Singh | India | 75,500 | 63 |
Amazon | 458 | 6 | Akash Malik | India | 63,000 | 53 |
Amazon | 459 | 1 | Gionni Demers | United States | 82,000 | 68 |
Amazon | 459 | 3 | Jordan Siegel | United States | 78,200 | 65 |
Amazon | 459 | 4 | Johann Ibanez | United States | 64,500 | 54 |
Amazon | 459 | 6 | Dylan Linde | United States | 54,200 | 45 |
Amazon | 460 | 1 | Ryan Lenaghan | United States | 69,400 | 58 |
Amazon | 460 | 2 | Emanuel Failla Jr | United States | 24,500 | 20 |
Amazon | 460 | 3 | Eric Penner | United States | 31,900 | 27 |
Amazon | 460 | 4 | Soner Osman | United Kingdom | 1 | 0 |
Amazon | 460 | 5 | Michael Carter | United States | 72,700 | 61 |
Amazon | 460 | 6 | Alex Bolotin | United States | 81,600 | 68 |
Amazon | 461 | 1 | Joao Simao | Brazil | 158,200 | 132 |
Amazon | 461 | 2 | Gabriel Villanueva | United States | 21,200 | 18 |
Amazon | 461 | 3 | Jeffrey Brunelle | United States | 71,600 | 60 |
Amazon | 461 | 4 | Bruno Fitoussi | France | 61,900 | 52 |
Amazon | 461 | 5 | Randy White | United States | 34,700 | 29 |
Amazon | 461 | 6 | Jose Barbero | Spain | 154,500 | 129 |
Amazon | 462 | 1 | Joseph Sanders | United States | 44,600 | 37 |
Amazon | 462 | 2 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 73,700 | 61 |
Amazon | 462 | 3 | Aleksandr Gofman | Russia | 43,000 | 36 |
Amazon | 462 | 4 | Steve Billirakis | United States | 63,700 | 53 |
Amazon | 462 | 5 | Darryll Fish | United States | 11,200 | 9 |
Amazon | 462 | 6 | Ayaz Mahmood | United States | 108,200 | 90 |
Amazon | 463 | 1 | Pakinai Lisawad | Thailand | 40,400 | 34 |
Amazon | 463 | 2 | Shaome Yang | United States | 16,100 | 13 |
Amazon | 463 | 3 | Khiem Nguyen | Germany | 84,700 | 71 |
Amazon | 463 | 4 | Vincent Moscati | United States | 73,800 | 62 |
Amazon | 463 | 5 | Artim Zhuta | United States | 41,400 | 35 |
Amazon | 463 | 6 | Jesse Chinni | United States | 36,400 | 30 |
Amazon | 464 | 1 | Harry Arutyunyan | United States | 38,400 | 32 |
Amazon | 464 | 2 | Daniel Tomer | United States | 57,900 | 48 |
Amazon | 464 | 3 | Omar Zazay | United States | 14,300 | 12 |
Amazon | 464 | 4 | John Gallagher | United States | 40,900 | 34 |
Amazon | 464 | 5 | Thomas Cazayous | United Kingdom | 17,400 | 15 |
Amazon | 464 | 6 | Cory Wood | United States | 108,300 | 90 |
Amazon | 465 | 1 | Christian Pereira | Argentina | 27,600 | 23 |
Amazon | 465 | 2 | Pierre Nasr | Canada | 114,400 | 95 |
Amazon | 465 | 3 | Robert Cowen | United Kingdom | 22,000 | 18 |
Amazon | 465 | 4 | Jason DeWitt | United States | 107,600 | 90 |
Amazon | 465 | 5 | Hon Cheong Lee | Hong Kong | 49,600 | 41 |
Amazon | 465 | 6 | Expedito Neto | Brazil | 56,700 | 47 |
Amazon | 466 | 1 | Elio Saade | Canada | 76,900 | 64 |
Amazon | 466 | 2 | Gregoire Roitbourd | France | 201,000 | 168 |
Amazon | 466 | 3 | Patrick Serda | Canada | 111,300 | 93 |
Amazon | 466 | 4 | Anthony Zinno | United States | 64,800 | 54 |
Amazon | 466 | 5 | Lyle Randall Vincent | United States | 61,100 | 51 |
Amazon | 466 | 6 | Mark Radoja | Canada | 58,000 | 48 |
Amazon | 467 | 1 | Ivan Starostin | United States | 79,900 | 67 |
Amazon | 467 | 3 | Scott Bohlman | United States | 149,300 | 124 |
Amazon | 467 | 4 | Jeffrey Higgins | United States | 155,600 | 130 |
Amazon | 467 | 5 | Young Ji | United States | 118,300 | 99 |
Amazon | 467 | 6 | Martin Kozlov | Australia | 140,700 | 117 |
Amazon | 468 | 1 | Justin Ligeri | United States | 70,500 | 59 |
Amazon | 468 | 2 | Doug Kim | United States | 49,800 | 42 |
Amazon | 468 | 3 | Erik Seidel | United States | 18,000 | 15 |
Amazon | 468 | 4 | Brent Roberts | United States | 1,400 | 1 |
Amazon | 468 | 5 | Alex Rocha | United States | 138,500 | 115 |
Amazon | 468 | 6 | Brian Rast | United States | 116,300 | 97 |
Amazon | 469 | 1 | Walter Fisher | United States | 47,800 | 40 |
Amazon | 469 | 2 | Jody Fayant | Canada | 17,800 | 15 |
Amazon | 469 | 3 | Daniel Howe | United States | 19,100 | 16 |
Amazon | 469 | 4 | Peter Levine | United States | 15,700 | 13 |
Amazon | 469 | 5 | Stephen Johnson | United States | 42,900 | 36 |
Amazon | 469 | 6 | Guillaume Diaz | France | 61,600 | 51 |
Amazon | 470 | 1 | Noah Bronstein | United States | 41,700 | 35 |
Amazon | 470 | 2 | Chenbin Xu | Hong Kong | 20,000 | 17 |
Amazon | 470 | 3 | Jonathan Abdellatif | Belgium | 143,500 | 120 |
Amazon | 470 | 4 | Kevin Marcotte | United States | 38,400 | 32 |
Amazon | 470 | 5 | Hieu Luu | United States | 115,700 | 96 |
Amazon | 470 | 6 | Oysten Christensen | Norway | 30,500 | 25 |
Amazon | 471 | 1 | Ville Mattila | Finland | 38,100 | 32 |
Amazon | 471 | 2 | Brandon Ageloff | United States | 34,300 | 29 |
Amazon | 471 | 3 | Oleg Pavlyuchuk | Latvia | 53,500 | 45 |
Amazon | 471 | 4 | Dermot Blain | Ireland | 70,000 | 58 |
Amazon | 471 | 5 | David Diaz | United States | 69,300 | 58 |
Amazon | 471 | 6 | Josh Pollock | United States | 22,100 | 18 |
Amazon | 472 | 1 | Ben Palmer | United States | 16,700 | 14 |
Amazon | 472 | 2 | Owais Ahmed | United States | 18,100 | 15 |
Amazon | 472 | 3 | Ryan Mcknight | United States | 14,500 | 12 |
Amazon | 472 | 4 | Aaron Lasater | United States | 41,400 | 35 |
Amazon | 472 | 5 | Ronald Keijzer | Netherlands | 148,500 | 124 |
Amazon | 472 | 6 | Tony Cousineau | United States | 28,500 | 24 |
Amazon | 473 | 1 | Rein Isane | Norway | 48,800 | 41 |
Amazon | 473 | 2 | Jussi Nevanlinna | Finland | 100,100 | 83 |
Amazon | 473 | 3 | Alexander Kuzmin | Russia | 11,100 | 9 |
Amazon | 473 | 4 | DID NOT REPORT 1 | United States | 83,900 | 70 |
Amazon | 473 | 5 | Jerry Humphrey | United States | 33,900 | 28 |
Amazon | 473 | 6 | Blake Whittington | United States | 98,000 | 82 |
Amazon | 474 | 1 | Tommy Le | United States | 132,000 | 110 |
Amazon | 474 | 2 | David Lin | United States | 78,200 | 65 |
Amazon | 474 | 3 | Mikhail Maluf | United States | 47,200 | 39 |
Amazon | 474 | 4 | Alexander Kobbeltvedt | Norway | 40,200 | 34 |
Amazon | 474 | 5 | Chance Kornuth | United States | 79,000 | 66 |
Amazon | 474 | 6 | Steven Gagliano | United States | 58,900 | 49 |
Amazon | 475 | 1 | Dan Sindelar | United States | 79,600 | 66 |
Amazon | 475 | 2 | Taylor Wilson | United States | 161,500 | 135 |
Amazon | 475 | 3 | Al Adler | United States | 20,600 | 17 |
Amazon | 475 | 4 | [Removed:321] Abedi | United States | 121,000 | 101 |
Amazon | 475 | 5 | Pierre Calamusa | France | 60,000 | 50 |
Amazon | 475 | 6 | John Newcombe | United States | 16,300 | 14 |
Amazon | 476 | 1 | Evangelos Kokkalis | Greece | 117,600 | 98 |
Amazon | 476 | 2 | Dan Heimiller | United States | 61,000 | 51 |
Amazon | 476 | 3 | Xiaoqiang Li | China | 60,500 | 50 |
Amazon | 476 | 4 | Ran Niv | Israel | 65,000 | 54 |
Amazon | 476 | 5 | John Richards | United States | 46,500 | 39 |
Amazon | 476 | 6 | Igor Sharaskin | Russia | 83,100 | 69 |
Amazon | 477 | 1 | Aaron Ang | United States | 96,900 | 81 |
Amazon | 477 | 2 | Richard Hu | United States | 89,300 | 74 |
Amazon | 477 | 3 | Nicholas Seiken | United States | 59,700 | 50 |
Amazon | 477 | 4 | Ryan Riess | United States | 78,100 | 65 |
Amazon | 477 | 5 | Stephen Van Zutphen | Cyprus | 60,900 | 51 |
Amazon | 477 | 6 | Harry Pozefsky | United States | 70,000 | 58 |
Amazon | 478 | 1 | Shashank Jain | India | 25,100 | 21 |
Amazon | 478 | 2 | Mehran Farhadi | United States | 45,100 | 38 |
Amazon | 478 | 3 | James Chen | Taiwan | 46,100 | 38 |
Amazon | 478 | 4 | Kyle Ho | Canada | 108,200 | 90 |
Amazon | 478 | 5 | Jesse Yaginuma | United States | 115,500 | 96 |
Amazon | 478 | 6 | Joseph Acquavella | United States | 26,800 | 22 |
Amazon | 479 | 1 | Jerry Odeen | Sweden | 23,100 | 19 |
Amazon | 479 | 2 | Brant Hale | United States | 43,600 | 36 |
Amazon | 479 | 3 | Ramin Hajiyev | Azerbaijan | 77,100 | 64 |
Amazon | 479 | 4 | Randy Ohel | United States | 81,700 | 68 |
Amazon | 479 | 5 | Grant Wall | Canada | 96,500 | 80 |
Amazon | 479 | 6 | Travis Pearson | United States | 50,500 | 42 |
Amazon | 480 | 1 | Luis Velador | United States | 27,900 | 23 |
Amazon | 480 | 2 | Kurt Fruth | United States | 93,900 | 78 |
Amazon | 480 | 3 | Michael Kamran | United States | 47,000 | 39 |
Amazon | 480 | 4 | Thomas Zanot | United States | 21,200 | 18 |
Amazon | 480 | 5 | Jan-Peter Jachtmann | Germany | 179,000 | 149 |
Amazon | 480 | 6 | Casey Yontz | United States | 49,600 | 41 |
Amazon | 481 | 1 | Dominik Nitsche | Germany | 220,200 | 184 |
Amazon | 481 | 2 | Farid Jattin | United States | 79,700 | 66 |
Amazon | 481 | 3 | Noah Schwartz | United States | 90,700 | 76 |
Amazon | 481 | 4 | David Eldridge | United States | 65,000 | 54 |
Amazon | 481 | 5 | Vasil Medarov | Bulgaria | 66,700 | 56 |
Amazon | 481 | 6 | Blake Battaglia | United States | 42,300 | 35 |
Amazon | 482 | 1 | Fabian Brandes | United States | 54,900 | 46 |
Amazon | 482 | 2 | Ismael Bojang | Austria | 26,000 | 22 |
Amazon | 482 | 3 | Ben Hamnett | United States | 37,900 | 32 |
Amazon | 482 | 4 | Phillip Hui | United States | 47,400 | 40 |
Amazon | 482 | 5 | Toby Joyce | Ireland | 88,500 | 74 |
Amazon | 482 | 6 | Louis Werman | United States | 64,400 | 54 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 0
John Richards opened to 2,800 in the hijack and Igor Sharaskin flatted on the button. They saw the hit the felt and Richards checked to Sharaskin who fired 4,500. Richards called. The turn filled a flush draw and Richards checked again. Sharaskin tossed in 7,500 and Richards folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Igor Sharaskin |
90,000
6,900
|
6,900 |
John Richards |
38,000
-8,500
|
-8,500 |
There were about 6,000 chips in the pot and the board read when we got to the table. Romain Lewis bet 3,800 from the big blind and Jeffrey Higgins called from the hijack.
The river brought the and Lewis checked. Higgins bet 6,400, Lewis quickly folded, and Higgins took the pot.
Nearby, Owais Ahmed and Alexander Kuzmin were spotted exiting the tournament area.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Romain Lewis |
211,000
-4,700
|
-4,700 |
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Jeffrey Higgins |
167,000
11,400
|
11,400 |
Owais Ahmed | Busted | |
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Alexander Kuzmin | Busted |
Under the gun, David Eldridge checked to Dominik Nitsche on the button and Nitsche fired a pot-sized 9,800 on the turn. Eldridge, however, announced he was raising the pot, making it 39,200. Nitsche wasn't willing to engage in further fireworks and let his hand go.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dominik Nitsche |
212,000
-8,200
|
-8,200 |
|
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David Eldridge |
90,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
With about 7,200 chips in the pot and the board reading , Jeff Gross checked from the big blind and Max Silver checked behind from the hijack.
The turn brought the and Gross bet 3,500. Silver called.
The fell on the river and Gross checked. Silver bet 9,000, sending Gross into the tank for about half a minute.
"A set and a king," said Gross as he moved chips forward to call.
"Good read," Silver replied, tabling . Gross mucked and Silver took the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Max Silver |
196,500
9,500
|
9,500 |
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Jeff Gross |
82,400
-23,700
|
-23,700 |
Picking up the action on the turn, Tony Gargano had already put his chips in on previous streets while Girish Sampath and Michel Abecassis tangled for the side pot. Sampath checked, Abecassis potted for 13,200 and Sampath check-raised all in, covering Abecassis' 40,000 or so. Abecassis called but he learnt brutal news as he found himself drawing dead.
Gargano:
Abecassis:
Sampath:
Sampath was in a great spot, having the big side pot locked as Abecassis' out for straight flush was blocked by Gargano. Abecassis knew his fate before the river where Gargano missed his two-outer as only king could save him but the landed instead.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Girish Sampath |
165,000
110,200
|
110,200 |
Tony Gargano | Busted | |
Michel Abecassis | Busted |
There was a substantial pot already brewing and the complete board of was on the table. Randy Ohel bet 10,000 from under the gun, and after brief consideration, Travis Pearson called from the cutoff.
"Three tens," announced Ohel as he tabled . Pearson mucked and Ohel took the pot to put his stack into six-figure territory.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Randy Ohel |
102,000
20,300
|
20,300 |
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Travis Pearson |
26,500
-24,000
|
-24,000 |
William Migely made it 2,700 under the gun and the action stopped at big blind Ryan D'Angelo who three-bet to 9,000. Migely said "let's go" and thew in some more chips to put D'Angelo at risk as he played only 13,800 total.
D'Angelo:
Migely:
D'Angelo was ahead and his hand held on the board of .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
William Migely |
170,000
-11,700
|
-11,700 |
Ryan D'Angelo |
28,200
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
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