Matusow Looking for a Fifth Bracelet
Mike "The Mouth" Matusow has entered the tournament.
Matusow won one of his four bracelets in Omaha Hi-Lo in 2002.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Mike Matusow |
23,000
23,000
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23,000 |
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Mike "The Mouth" Matusow has entered the tournament.
Matusow won one of his four bracelets in Omaha Hi-Lo in 2002.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Mike Matusow |
23,000
23,000
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23,000 |
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WSOP champion Ryan Laplante is in the room and he is looking for his second title. Laplante previously won a gold bracelet in the $565 Pot-Limit Omaha event in 2016.
Omaha Hi-Lo
Laplante raised from a middle position and a player in the big blind called.
The flop was . Laplante led with a bet.
"Monster pot developing," he said.
The player in the big blind folded and Laplante took a small pot early in Day 1.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Ryan Laplante |
22,500
22,500
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22,500 |
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They bring you up to speed on all the big stories and winners from the series including recent GGPoker Ambassador Jason Koon getting the bracelet money off his back and a former WSOP Main Event champ claiming the Mixed Game Festival $30,000 Platinum Pass.
They also chat about early champs bolstered by behind-the-scenes interviews with winners including Koon, Ari Engel, and Yuval Bronshtein. Plus, they chat with online crusher Henri 'buttonclickr' Puustinen, who is considered one of the best heads-up players in the world.
Maria Ho has entered the Amazon Room and she will try to win her first WSOP gold bracelet in today's mixed Omaha event. She has five final tables and 64 cashes in her WSOP career.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Maria Ho |
25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
Two-time WSOP gold bracelet winner Brandon Shack-Harris is chipping up early in Day 1. Shack-Harris has 13 top ten finishes at the WSOP, almost all of which have come in mixed game varieties.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Brandon Shack-Harris |
39,900
39,900
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39,900 |
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WSOP bracelet-winner Derek McMaster has taken his seat and the Omaha specialist is looking for a second bracelet. McMaster won the $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo event in 2019.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Derek McMaster |
25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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Chris Vitch is in the Amazon Room and he's looking to win his third WSOP gold bracelet. His previous wins came in the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo tournament in 2017 and the $2,500 Mixed Lowball Triple Draw in 2016.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Chris Vitch |
25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
Defending champion Anatolii Zyrin is in the Amazon room. In 2019, Zyrin beat the 2018 defending champion Yueqi Zhu to claim his first bracelet.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Anatolii Zyrin |
25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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Welcome to Day 1 of Event #21: $1,500 Mixed Omaha. Cards go in the air at 3 p.m. at the 2021 World Series of Poker for this mixed game variety of Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, and Big O (five-card Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo).
Anatolii Zyrin won this event in 2019 when he beat a field of 717 entries to win the WSOP gold bracelet and $199,838. The popular format is expected to draw a tough field of bracelet-winners and mixed game specialists.
The three games will rotate every seven hands. Players will start with 25,000 chips and levels are 40 minutes on Day 1. Days 2&3 will feature 60-minute levels.
Pot-Limit blinds will start at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante and limits are 200/400. Day 1 will play for 15 levels and late registration will close after Level 9. Players bagging for Day 2 will return on Monday, October 10 at 2 p.m. Day 2 will play for 10 levels and Day 3 will play down to a winner.
Be sure to keep it here all day long for updates from the floor from the PokerNews live reporting team.