Event #85: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed
Day 2 Started
Event #85: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed
Day 2 Started
Of the 835 entries into Event #85: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed, 173 will return this afternoon with the goal of winning the 2019 World Series of Poker’s last PLO event of the summer.
Cards are set to go in the air at 2 p.m. local time and should see a fast pace of play to begin the day. In total, 126 will make it into the money and earn a minimum payout of $4,489. The eventual winner, however, will receive $448,392 and a WSOP gold bracelet.
Entering the day atop the leaderboard is Paresh Doshi with 359,300 in chips. Like Doshi, the remaining players in the top five all enter the day in search of their first career bracelet. Kenneth Lucas (291,500), Hao Chen (287,800), Christopher Wehner (284,300), and Alan Sternberg (270,100) will be the ones at the front of the chase when play resumes.
Keith Lehr (235,400) enters the day as the highest stack among previous bracelet winners. Other notables to start the day with big stacks include Anton Morgenstern (233,000), Martin Zamani 231,700, and Iaron Lightbourne (214,000).
There are several other players who have had hot summers and are looking to put an exclamation mark on the end of their list of results in Las Vegas. Denis Strebkov (152,100), Loren Klein (139,700), Jesse Hampton (140,800), and Bryce Yockey (109,700) have all made multiple final tables this summer and all find themselves in contention with above-average stacks.
Ten one-hour levels are on the schedule with blinds resuming at 800/1,600 with no antes due to the pot-limit format. There will be 15-minute breaks at the completion of every two levels with a one-hour dinner break after Level 6, the sixth level of the day at approximately 8:30 p.m. local time. Action is sure to be exciting both early and often so stay glued to PokerNews to be sure to catch it all.
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 0
Cards are now in the air for the 173 players of Day 2 in Event #85: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed.
There was around 23,000 in the pot on a board of and the player in the hijack checked to Noah Schwartz on the cutoff, who bet 16,000. Andrew Ostapchenko went all in for around 51,000 and the hijack folded. Schwartz called and the two tabled their hands.
Noah Schwartz:
Andrew Ostapchenko:
Ostapchenko had turned a set but was in trouble as Schwartz had flopped a higher one. The river fell and Ostapchenko was on his way to the rail as Schwartz raked in the pot
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Noah Schwartz |
168,000
76,300
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76,300 |
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Andrew Ostapchenko | Busted |
Veselin Karakitukov raised under the gun to 4,000 and it was called by Bryce Yockey in the cutoff, Denis Strebkov on the button and Paul Volpe in the big blind.
The flop brought and the four players checked to see a on the turn. It checked again to Strebkov who bet 5,800. Volpe tanked before raising it to 23,000. The action folded back to Strebkov who tossed a pile of 5,000 chips in front of him, putting Volpe at risk for his tournament. Volpe ended up folding as well.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Denis Strebkov |
159,000
6,900
|
6,900 |
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Bryce Yockey |
120,000
10,300
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10,300 |
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Veselin Karakitukov |
113,000
-8,700
|
-8,700 |
Paul Volpe |
29,000
-23,300
|
-23,300 |
|
David Williams opened to 4,000 on the button and received calls from Norbert Szecsi in the small blind and Aleksandr Gofman in the big blind. The flop fell and action checked to Williams who fired a continuation bet of 6,000. Szecsi called and Gofman folded.
The turn came and Szecsi checked again. Williams fired a second barrel for 6,000 and received a call. Both players then checked the river .
"Six," Szecsi announced to signify trips.
Williams tabled the for a flush along with his other two cards, and Szecsi looked back at his cards for a moment before tossing them into the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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David Williams |
260,000
48,400
|
48,400 |
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Norbert Szecsi |
79,000
-47,600
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-47,600 |
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Aleksandr Gofman |
79,000
41,300
|
41,300 |
Gary Benson raised on the button to 3,500 and Vincent Lam raised it to 11,500 in the small blind. Graeme Siow, in the big blind, reraised to 30,000. Benson folded and Lam tanked for a minute before making the call.
Both players checked throughout the board and Lam announced he had kings. However, Siow tabled and took down the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Graeme Siow |
220,000
22,200
|
22,200 |
Vincent Lam |
68,000
-93,000
|
-93,000 |
Gary Benson |
38,000
-300
|
-300 |
|
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Tom McCormick | Busted | |
Ramin Hajiyev | Busted | |
Jeff Lisandro | Busted | |
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Paul Amsbury
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Busted | |
Danny Wong | Busted | |
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Ben Yu | Busted | |
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Jason Burt | Busted | |
Ryan Mcknight | Busted | |
Brent Roberts | Busted |
Sven Reichardt opened to 3,500 from the cutoff and Martin Zamani three-bet to 12,000. Reichardt announced a four-bet of the size of the pot which was figured at 38,400. Zamani made the call.
The dealer fanned a flop of and Reichardt announced another pot-sized bet of around his stack. Zamani said he couldn't fold and the two of them got all the necessary chips into the middle.
Sven Reichardt:
Martin Zamani:
The turn and river came to give Reichardt queens and tens to the queens and nines of Zamani and he secured the double.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Martin Zamani |
235,000
3,300
|
3,300 |
Sven Reichardt |
149,500
51,700
|
51,700 |