Event #28: $1,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 6-Max
Day 1 Completed
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Event #28: $1,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 6-Max
Day: 1
William “SlaweelRyam” Romaine Wins Event #28: $1,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 6-Max ($110,673)
Level 33
: 80,000/160,000, 0 ante
On Tuesday night, the 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #28: $1,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 6-Max attracted 425 players who rebought 100 times. The 525-entry field resulted in a $498,750 prize pool, and after 12 hours of play, it was Connecticut's William “SlaweelRyam” Romaine coming out on top for $110,672.62 and his first gold bracelet
It was a bit of redemption for Romaine, who earlier in the series finished runner-up to Michael “miguelfiesta” Lech in Event #13: $1,500 High Roller Freezeout, which was good for $110,979. Romaine went on to notch four smaller cashes before getting his hands on a gold bracelet here two weeks later.
It wasn’t the first time Romaine hit it big on WSOP.com; in fact, his lone gold ring came back in March 2019 when he won the WSOP Circuit WSOP.com $525 Main Event for $92,400. In the live realm, Romaine has $234,614 in tournament earnings including a career-best $142,215 for finishing 61st in last year’s WSOP Main Event.
2020 WSOP Online Event #28 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | William “SlaweelRyam” Romaine | $110,673 |
| 2 | Mark “victb” Ioli | $68,478 |
| 3 | Vasu “kheescoopy” Amarapu | $45,287 |
| 4 | Stephen “Chippingggup” Tyson | $30,474 |
| 5 | Kyle “Ksparks740” Sparks | $21,047 |
| 6 | Gabriel “NJ_FittyFish” Ramos | $14,813 |
After two-time bracelet winner Anthony “heheh” Zinno bubbled in 81st place, the march to the final table began in earnest. Among those to fall short but earn a payday were Brian “tsarrast” Rast (69th - $1,596), Eric “circleball” Baldwin (59th - $1,695.75), Ryan “im.sorry” Torgersen (38th - $2,144.62), Erica “huckcheevers” Lindgren (30th - $2,992.50), Ryan “protential” Laplante (22nd - $3,690.75), ESPN commentator Norman “normanchad” Chad (13th - $4,638.37), three-time bracelet winner Upeshka “gomezhamburg” De Silva (9th - $7,880.25), and final table bubble boy Ralph “sosana” Perry (7th - $10,673.25).
Vasu “kheescoopy” Amarapu began the final table as the big stack but with the blinds up there the chips were flying. Gabriel “NJ_FittyFish” Ramos was the first to go after calling off a short stack with queen-ten-ten-nine and failing to get there against the ace-king-king-three of Romaine.
Kyle “Ksparks740” Sparks got his stack all in preflop against two players, which was whittled down to one on the run. Stephen “Chippingggup” Tyson had the nut low and a medium pair while Sparks had bottom pair. The latter failed to improve on the river and exited in fifth place.
During four-handed play, Tyson got it in on the turn with the high while Romaine had the low. The latter rivered a straight to scoop, and just like that Tyson was gone in fourth place.
Amarapu, who had qualified via a $100 satellite, got his stack in with both low and high draws against Romaine’s top pair, which ultimately held when a king completed the board on the river. That allowed Romaine to take 4.7 million into heads-up play against the 3.1 of Mark “victb” Ioli.
It didn’t take long for Romaine to whittle down his opponent, eventually leaving Ioli with crumbs after betting him off on the river. It was all over the very next hand.
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Mark "victb" Ioli Eliminated in 2nd Place ($68,478.37)
Level 33
: 80,000/160,000, 0 ante
William "SlaweelRyam" Romaine raised the button and Mark "victb" Ioli called to see a 
flop. Ioli checked, Romaine bet, and Ioli check-raised. Romaine called and the 
appeared on the turn. Ioli bet and then called when Romaine raised. On the 
river, Ioli, who had 430,150 left, checked it over to Romaine, who bet. Ioli thought for a bit and folded.
In the very next hand, Ioli raised the button and Romaine called to see the 
flop. Romaine bet and Iola called off his remaining 110,150.
William "SlaweelRyam" Romaine: 
Mark "victb" Ioli: 
Romaine was ahead with a pair of aces and that's what won him the pot after the 
appeared on the turn followed by the 
on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,875,000 | 3,230,150 |
|
Busted |
Vasu “kheescoopy” Amarapu Eliminated in 3rd Place ($45,286.50)
Level 33
: 80,000/160,000, 0 ante
William "SlaweelRyam" Romaine raised to 320,000 from the small blind and Vasu “kheescoopy” Amarapu defended their big blind to see a 
flop.
Romaine continued for 160,000 and then called Amarapu's 320,000 raise bringing the 
turn. Romaine led out for 320, 000 and Amarapu called off their 156,086 stack.
Vasu “kheescoopy” Amarapu: 
William "SlaweelRyam" Romaine: 
Amarapu held outs going to the river but the wasn't one of them and Amarapu turned their $100 satellite into a third place finish.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,644,850 | 1,606,086 |
|
|
3,230,150 | 1,840,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 33
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 0
Stephen “Chippingggup” Tyson Eliminated in 4th Place ($30,473.62)
Level 32
: 60,000/120,000, 0 ante
Stephen “Chippingggup” Tyson raised the button and William "SlaweelRyam" Romaine defended the big blind to see a 
flop.
Romaine checked, Tyson bet, and Romaine check-raised. Tyson called and the 
appeared on the turn.
Romaine bet and then called when Tyson raised all in for 438,688.
Stephen “Chippingggup” Tyson: 
William "SlaweelRyam" Romaine: 
Tyson had the overpair of kings, while Romaine had a low. That low turned into a high as well when the spiked on the river to give Romaine a straight for the scoop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,038,764 | 258,688 |
|
|
Busted |
"kheescoopy" Scores a Double
Level 32
: 60,000/120,000, 0 ante
William "SlaweelRyam" Romaine raised to 240,000 from the small blind and then called "kheescoopy's" 360,000 three-bet to see a 
flop.
Romaine led out for 120,000 and "kheescoopy" called bringing the 
turn. Romaine fired out 240,000 and then called "kheescoop's" 393,043 all in raise.
"kheescoopy":
William "SlaweelRyam" Romaine: 
The river secured "kheescoopy" double with the straight as there was no lo hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,780,076 | 596,957 |
|
|
1,746,086 | -271,957 |
Level: 32
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 0
Kyle "Ksparks740" Sparks Eliminated in 5th Place ($21,047.25)
Level 31
: 50,000/100,000, 0 ante
Kyle "Ksparks740" Sparks raised to 200,000 under the gun, Stephen “Chippingggup” Tyson three-bet to 300,000 the next seat overmand Vasu “kheescoopy” Amarapu called from the big blind.
Action was back on Sparks who jammed for 382,417 and both opponents called to see a 
flop appear.
Amarapu check-called Tyson's 100,000 bet bringing the 
turn. Amarapu checked their option once again only to fold after Tyson fired out 200,000.
Stephen “Chippingggup” Tyson: 
Kyle "Ksparks740" Sparks: 
Sparks was behind holding some outs, but unfortunately, the 
river wasn't one of them ending his tournament in fifth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,848,688 | 764,834 |
|
|
2,018,043 | -707,492 |
|
|
Busted |
Updated Chip Counts at the Break
Level 31
: 50,000/100,000, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,725,535 | -168,649 |
|
|
2,183,119 | 68,256 |
|
|
2,083,854 | 750,000 |
|
|
507,417 | -134,557 |
|
|
375,075 | -121,600 |