Doshi Bags Chip Lead Among Leaderboard of Notables on Day 1 of Event #85: $3,000 Pot-LImit Omaha 6-Handed
After 10 one-hour levels of play, Day 1 of Event #85: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed is officially complete. The Amazon Room inside the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino was nothing short of electric all day with numerous other final tables occurring including Day 7 of the Main Event.
Though today was only Day 1, the tournament contributed significantly to the action and excitement in the room as it filled up the purple section of the Amazon room and spilled into orange for a while as a field of 835 entries played down to just 173.
When the dust settled, it was Paresh Doshi that bagged the chip lead with a massive stack of 359,300. He was far and away the chip leader, though he enjoys the company of a leaderboard full of notables. Keith Lehr (239,400), Anton Morgenstern (233,000), Martin Zamani (231,700), David Williams (211,600), and Leif Force (211,000) all bagged north of 200,000 at the end of the day and will look to build on that figure tomorrow.
An interesting hand occurred the last hand of the night when 888poker Ambassador Vivian Saliba hit a royal flush against a set and doubled up, finishing the night with a stack of 125,800. Other notables to advance to Day 2 include Max Silver (199,700), Joseph Cheong (151,500), Bryce Yockey (109,700), and Ben Yu (21,900).
Some players who were not as fortunate to make it to the end of the day included Joe Hachem, Alex Foxen, Cliff Josephy, Dan Zack, and Yuri Dzivielevski, who registered after finishing in 28th place in the Main Event for a payday of $261,430 just hours before.
Day 2 continues Saturday at 2 p.m. local time with blinds of 800/1,600. Ten more one-hour levels are on the docket with 15-minute breaks at the completion of each level and a one-hour dinner break after the sixth hour of play. Keep your eyes peeled as PokerNews provides coverage throughout the homestretch of the 2019 World Series of Poker.
A series of bets and raises got all the chips in and the two tabled their hands.
and Negreanu had worse diamonds. The turn brought the 
to give Rutherford the nut flush and Negreanu was drawing dead, ending his tournament life for bullet number one.
. His opponent, Adi Aizin, was in the big blind with 
and both players proceeded to turn the nut- and second-nut flushes. When all was said and done, Hachem was eliminated and the pot was being sent Aizin's way.
-rainbow and everybody checked.
, a player bet 4,000 and Foxen called. Madsen got out of the way and Mizrachi raised to 21,000. The player who bet 4,000 folded and Foxen quickly committed the rest of his chips, which Mizrachi called. 
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landed on the turn to give Tsang quads, he could breath a sigh of relief. The river landed the meaningless 
, and Tsang scooped the double with his quads.
and the player in the big blind checked to Craig Varnell who was under the gun. Varnell checked behind.
