Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 0
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #65: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,814,200
Entries
193
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
0
Chip Counts at Break
Level 6
: 300/600, 0 ante
Players are taking their third 15-minute break of the day. Here are a few updated chip counts from around the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000 | 44,400 |
|
107,000 | 56,800 |
|
101,500 | 500 |
|
88,000 | 27,000 |
|
79,000 | 19,000 |
|
75,500 | -8,000 |
|
66,500 | 12,000 |
|
63,000 | 3,000 |
|
61,300 | -2,700 |
|
61,000 | -2,000 |
|
49,900 | -14,900 |
|
46,100 | -19,900 |
|
37,000 | -11,500 |
Mouth Announces Pot
Level 6
: 300/600, 0 ante
Mike Matusow limped from early position and David "ODB" Baker raised to 1,500 from the cutoff. The player on the button called, as did Matusow and the three proceeded to a flop of 
.
Matusow checked and Baker bet 1,500. The player on the button called and Matusow announced a check-raise of the pot, 11,400 after about 15 seconds. Baker got out of the way relatively quickly and action was on the player on the button, who went into the tank for about 35 seconds before folding, showing 
face up while announcing that he was folding.
"I wanted you to fold!" Matusow exclaimed, tabling 
for Broadway as he collected his chips.
Matusow was allegedly down to 10,000 after three hands and is steadily along his journey back towards starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
58,000 | 14,000 |
|
36,600 | -3,900 |
Wilkerson Doubles With Set
Level 6
: 300/600, 0 ante
Dylan Wilkerson limped in from early position and the player to his left raised to 2,000. Nick Guagenti flatted on the button and Wilkerson made the call, taking action three ways to a flop of 
. Wilkerson checked and the original raiser bet 5,000. Guagenti called and Wilkerson announced a pot-sized raise to 27,000.
After a few seconds, the original raiser announced a second pot-sized raise, which the dealer announced at 87,000. Guagenti got out of the way and Wilkerson called off his last 18,300.
Dylan Wilkerson: 
Opponent: 
Wilkerson was in the lead with a set of threes, though his opponent had direct outs to hit a flush and a low as well as more outs to hit a backdoor straight. The turn and river fell , clean as can be for Wilkerson to secure the double as the dealer counted his stack to confirm the figure.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
103,000 | -7,000 |
|
101,600 | 62,600 |
Monnette With Breathing Room
Level 6
: 300/600, 0 ante
Action was limped four ways to a flop of . Nick Guagenti checked from the small blind and John Monnette checked behind him in the big blind. Chris Vitch was in early position and bet 1,100. Allen Kessler was on the button and called. Guagenti folded and Monnette called. Three players went to the 
turn and all three checked.
The river came 
and Monnette led out for 4,000. Vitch and Kessler both folded and Monnette took down the pot without a showdown, having recently chipped up from 8,600 to nearly triple that.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000 | -1,500 |
|
46,500 | 5,500 |
|
39,400 | 3,400 |
|
24,500 | 15,900 |
Flush Good for Yockey
Level 6
: 300/600, 0 ante
Julien Martini had opened from the cutoff and was in the process of calling a three-bet to 6,000 from Bryce Yockey in the small blind. The flop came 
and both players checked. The turn was 
and Yockey fired for 4,000. Martini made the call. Both players then checked the 
river.
Yockey tabled 
for the king-high flush and Martini was unable to top it, sending his cards to the muck and finding himself with under 25 big blinds in his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
101,000 | 11,000 |
|
14,600 | -44,900 |
Uncle Johnny Joins the Party
Level 6
: 300/600, 0 ante
John Esposito was just seen walking with chips in a rack to take his seat as the most recently-registered player in the field. He did not waste much time before firing this bird after finishing in third place in the prestigious $50,000 Poker Players Championship not long ago for a massive payday of $466,407.
Esposito is the second player of the day to have registered this tournament after being eliminated from the final table of the aforementioned Poker Players Championship. Bryce Yockey was the 4th place finisher in that event, earning $325,989 and was ready for some Omaha Hi-Lo as soon as he busted, having already built his stack up to around 90,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000 | 20,900 |
|
|
60,000 |
Hoang Finds Double
Level 6
: 300/600, 0 ante
Kate Hoang had the winning hand of 
still tabled on a board of as the dealer counted her stack of 55,100 for her opponent to match. With the double, she now finds herself with over six figures and is a name to watch out for as the tournament progresses.
Hoang has made numerous WSOP Omaha Hi-Lo final tables throughout her career, including second-place finishes in last year's $1,500 Limit O8 event for $148,150 as well as the 2016 $3,000 PLO8 event for $182,282. She also made the final table in this very event last year, taking 8th place for $44,738.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,200 | 66,700 |
Another Round of Chip Counts
Level 6
: 300/600, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
117,000 | |
|
76,000 | 3,000 |
|
71,000 | 13,000 |
|
65,000 | 5,000 |
|
63,200 | -6,400 |
|
|
60,000 | |
|
58,000 | -6,000 |
|
56,500 | |
|
|
40,500 | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 0