Event #45: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller Day 1 | 2019 World Series of Poker

06-19-2019 19:45 UTC-8

Hecklen Busts Hu

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Big stack not long ago, Tom Hu went from hero to zero after yet another clash with Henrik Hecklen. Hu got the remainder of his short stack in after the flop to create the following showdown:

Tom Hu:
Henrik Hecklen:

Hu had a lot of outs with his gutshot and flush draw, but the turn and river run out brought no help.

Player	Chips	Progress
Henrik Hecklen	234,000 29,000	29,000
Tom Hu	Busted

Tags: Henrik Hecklen Tom Hu

06-19-2019 19:52 UTC-8

Lehr Eliminates One with Nines-Full

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Tim Duckworth

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

On the flop of , Keith Lehr checked, and his opponent bet 52,500.

Lehr called, and when the turn landed the , he checked once more.

Lehr's opponent moved all in for roughly 82,000, and Lehr snap-called having him covered.

Lehr:
Opponent:

The river landed the , and Lehr eliminated his opponent with nines-full.

Player	Chips	Progress
Keith Lehr	358,000 166,000	166,000

Tags: Keith Lehr

06-19-2019 19:59 UTC-8

Two Pair Works for Pulusani

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Picking up the action on the turn, Sandeep Pulusani checked out of the big blind and Ben Tollerene made it 8,000 to go. Pulusani called and checked again the on the river. Tollerene checked behind and Pulusani's for two pair won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Tollerene	245,000 35,000	35,000
Sandeep Pulusani	110,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Ben Tollerene Sandeep Pulusani

06-19-2019 20:05 UTC-8

No Rabbit Hunt for Rocha

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Scott Eskenazi raised to 2,000 and Alex Rocha called. Martin Zamani raised the pot to 9,000 with a stack of 34,300 behind and Eskenazi folded. "Do you rabbit flops?" big stack Rocha asked and Zamani joked "I would do it." Alas, Rocha also folded and the pot was shipped to Zamani.

Below are further assorted counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Rocha	300,000 150,000	150,000
James Chen	245,000 95,000	95,000

Niko Soininen	215,000 215,000	215,000
Ivaylo Sivinov	195,000 85,000	85,000
Alex Epstein	190,000 190,000	190,000

Ognjen Sekularac	185,000 35,000	35,000
Scott Eskenazi	180,000 180,000	180,000

Josh Arieh	160,000 10,000	10,000

Phil Galfond	150,000

Michael Mizrachi	150,000 150,000	150,000

Richard Gryko	120,000 24,000	24,000

Micah Smith	97,000 53,000	53,000
Corey Wright	75,000 21,000	21,000
Martin Zamani	50,000 8,000	8,000

Anton Morgenstern	45,000 25,000	25,000
Julien Martini	35,000 59,000	59,000

Tags: Alex Rocha Martin Zamani Scott Eskenazi

06-19-2019 20:09 UTC-8

Cajelais Shoves River on Foxen

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Tim Duckworth

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Joni Jouhkimainen opened to 3,500 in the hijack and Erik Cajelais called on the button, as did Alex Foxen from the small blind.

The flop landed and action checked round to Cajelais who bet 8,000. Foxen called, and Jouhkimainen folded.

The turn fell the and Foxen checked once more. Cajelais bet 13,000, and Foxen called as the completed the board on the river.

Foxen checked, Cajelais bet his final 33,300, and Foxen folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joni Jouhkimainen	155,000 5,000	5,000

Alex Foxen	95,100 54,900	54,900

Erik Cajelais	86,800 57,900	57,900

Tags: Joni Jouhkimainen Erik Cajelais Alex Foxen

06-19-2019 20:19 UTC-8

Recent Arrivals

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Tim Duckworth

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Baron	150,000 150,000	150,000

Matthew Gonzales	150,000
Jake Schwartz	150,000 150,000	150,000
Aaron Mermelstein	150,000 150,000	150,000
Johannes Becker	150,000 150,000	150,000

Mike Gorodinsky	150,000 150,000	150,000

Maxx Coleman	150,000 150,000	150,000

06-19-2019 20:20 UTC-8

Mizrachi Chips Up

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

On his second bullet of the day, Michael Mizrachi in the big blind three-bet an open raise by Warwick Mirzikinian from 2,000 to 7,000 and the Aussie came along to see the flop. Mizrachi continued for 7,000 and Mirzikinian called to face a second barrel worth 20,000 on the turn. Another call by Mirzikinian followed and they checked the river.

Mizrachi announced top two and flipped over , which was enough to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	175,000 25,000	25,000

Warwick Mirzikinian	110,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Michael Mizrachi Warwick Mirzikinian

06-19-2019 20:28 UTC-8

Ochana Bests Pham

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

On a completed board of , Cong Pham checked out of the big blind and Eddie Ochana in the hijack made it 56,000 to go.

Pham grabbed calling chips from his stack, gave it half a minute of consideration and called. Ochana rolled over for jacks full and Pham sigh-mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eddie Ochana	290,000 110,000	110,000
Cong Pham	130,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Cong Pham Eddie Ochana

06-19-2019 20:30 UTC-8

Kamran Bets the River and Wins

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Tim Duckworth

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

On a board of , Sam Snead checked from under the gun and Michael Kamran bet 5,500 from two seats over.

Mohsin Virani called next to act in the hijack, and Snead check-raised to 25,000 total. Kamran folded, but Virani called.

The river landed the , and Snead checked. Virani bet 57,000, and Snead folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Snead	350,000 50,000	50,000
Mohsin Virani	280,000 25,000	25,000
Michael Kamran	185,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Michael Kamran Mohsin Virani Sam Snead

06-19-2019 20:31 UTC-8

Jachtmann Eliminated by Volpe

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

In the last hand of the level, a cutoff raise to 2,500 and a button call resulted in a three-bet to 10,500 by Jan-Peter Jachtmann in the small blind. Paul Volpe in the big blind squeezed to 32,000 and the action folded back to Jachtmann, who eventually called.

The flop brought and Jachtmann checked, which prompted a pot-sized bet of 69,000 by Volpe. Jachtmann carefully counted his remaining stack, around 81,000, and took several minutes before announcing all in. Volpe called and the cards were turned over.