Event #52: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
Day 1 Started
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #52: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$4,869,200
Entries
518
Level
35
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
0
Day 1 of Event #52: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship Starts at 3 p.m.
While the $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha tournament is playing down to a winner, a new PLO event is about to kick off. It's time for Event #52: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship at the 2019 World Series of Poker and the ceremonial 'shuffle up and deal' will be announced at 3 p.m. local time here at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.
This four-day event will search for the successor of Loren Klein, as it was he who beat a 476-entry field last year at the World Series to take home his third bracelet. Klein already won his fourth bracelet just two days ago when he beat the Mixed Big Bet field in fine style to make it four bracelets in four years, a phenomenal achievement by anyone's standards.
The plan for today is to play ten one-hour levels with a 15-minute break after every two levels. Late registration for the tournament will be open until the start of Day 2 of the tournament at 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 23. The players will start with 60,000 in chips and the first two levels of the day will be 100/200 blinds. The last level of the day will be 800/1,600 and players can buy-in with a 30 big blind stack into Day 2 of the tournament.
The tournament attracted 400 entries in 2016 and that number grew to 428 in 2017. This event had a whopping 476 entries last year and there has been a lot of growth in pot-limit omaha events this summer. The field is expected to be bigger again, with plenty of familiar names battling it out for bragging rights in this ever-more-popular poker format.
PokerNews will be on site to report on all the action so make sure to stay locked to this page to follow the early part of what should be another thrilling story in the four-card game.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
"Hey, Brandon! Bet you won't win!" Daniel Negreanu told Brandon Shack-Harris just before the customary "Shuffle up and deal!" announcement. With that, cards are in the air for Day 1 of Event #52: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship.
Faces In The Crowd
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
More Familiar Faces
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000 | |
|
60,000 | |
|
60,000 | |
|
60,000 |
Benyamine Takes The Lead
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
A player raised to 600 in the cutoff, and 2008 WSOP $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better champ David Benyamine made the call in the small blind.
Benyamine elected to lead out for 1,200 on the 
flop, and his opponent called.
The 
fell on the turn, and Benyamine fired 3,600. That did the trick as his opponent folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
67,000 | 7,000 |
Reagan Nets An Early KO
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
Mason Reagan checked a 
flop from the hijack, and Matt Shepsky bet 2,300. Reagan check-raised to 11,300, and Shepsky announced, "Pot," making it 38,000. Reagan called.
The fell on the turn, and Reagan quickly announced pot. Shepsky called off his last 19,500.
Matt Shepsky: 
Mason Reagan: 
Reagan's flopped two pair had turned the nut straight, but Shepsky was still live with the nut heart draw. The 
bricked off on the river, and Reagan eliminated Shepsky just a few minutes into the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
118,000 | 118,000 |
|
Busted |
Porter Loses Against the Nuts of Chen
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
The board was already 
and Rep Porter was facing a bet of 5,700 from James Chen. There was about 8,000 in the pot and Porter was up.
He flicked in a call and Chen opened his hand which showed 
. Chen had the absolute nuts and Porter mucked his hand sending the chips to his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,000 | |
|
|
51,000 | -9,000 |
More Entries
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
60,000 | |
|
60,000 |