2021 World Series of Poker

Event #45: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2021 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
9652
Prize
$746,477
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$3,207,800
Entries
344
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
317
Players Left
131

Day 1 About to Start in Event #45: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship

WSOP Bracelet
WSOP Bracelet

The 52nd annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada continues today with Event #45: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship. Day 1 of the four-day tournament commences at 3 p.m. Pacific Time and will play for ten 60-minute levels before breaking for the day.

Players will begin with a starting stack of 60,000 and blinds at 100/200 with a 200 ante paid by the big blind. In the pot-limit tournament, the ante will only count as part of the pot after the flop.

Day 2 of the eight-handed tournament will take place on Oct. 24 at 2 p.m. and play for 10 levels, while Day 3 will commence the following day at the same time and will play down to five players.

Day 4 will take place on Oct. 26 at an undetermined start time and play down to a winner, who will earn the lion's share of the prize pool and a golden bracelet.

Dash Dudley of Lansing, Michigan is the reigning champion of the Pot-Limit Omaha Championship after taking down the 2019 event for a cool $1,086,967 by defeating James Park during heads-up play.

Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is ready to bring you updates of today's PLO action. Be sure to check out the team's coverage of other WSOP events in the meantime.

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Garza Chipping Up

Level 2 : 200/300, 300 ante
AP Garza
AP Garza

A player in middle position raised to 1,200 and AP Garza three-bet to 4,200. The rest of the table got out of the way and the player in middle position called.

The flop was {k-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{5-Hearts} and Garza's opponent checked. Garza fired a bet of 4,000 and the player in middle position went into the tank for nearly a minute before tossing his hand in the muck.

Garza is chipping up early in Day 1. He is looking for his first WSOP gold bracelet after a career-high finish in this year's Mixed Omaha event.

Player Chips Progress
AP Garza us
AP Garza
79,900
79,900
79,900
WSOP 1X Winner

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Donabedian Calls Bleznick

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante
Andrew Donabedian
Andrew Donabedian

Jared Bleznick raised to 1,100 from early position and Andrew Donabedian three-bet to 5,000 from the button. Bleznick was the lone caller.

The flop was {10-Clubs}{9-Spades}{5-Hearts} and both players checked.

The turn was {5-Diamonds} and both players checked again. The river was {k-Clubs}.

Bleznick fired 6,000 at the river and Donabedian called quickly. Bleznick turned over {a-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} for three fives, but Donabedian had {a-Spades}{k-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} to make a straight and take the pot.

Donabedian is looking for his second bracelet after taking down the $600 PLO Deepstack in 2019.

Player Chips Progress
Jared Bleznick us
Jared Bleznick
70,500
31,000
31,000
Andrew Donabedian us
Andrew Donabedian
52,500
52,500
52,500
WSOP 1X Winner

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Wolff Climbing

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante
George Wolff
George Wolff

George Wolff has crossed the 100K mark early in Day 1 action. Wolff has four cashes at the 2021 WSOP so far and he's looking for his first gold bracelet after finishing as the runner-up in 2019's $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship.

Player Chips Progress
George Wolff us
George Wolff
111,900
60,400
60,400

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Ball Hits the Rail

Level 4 : 300/500, 500 ante
Scott Ball
Scott Ball

With over 30,000 in the pot and {10-Spades}{9-Clubs}{k-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} on the board, Scott Ball was all-in for a little less than 10,000. There were three callers who checked all the way down to the river.

Ball turned over {q-Spades}{j-Hearts}{x-}{x-} for a straight, but his opponent turned over {7-Clubs}{7-Spades}{8-Hearts}{8-Spades} for sevens full of tens to take the pot and send Ball to the rail early in Day 1.

Player Chips Progress
Scott Ball us
Scott Ball
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Scott Ball

Wolff Still Climbing

Level 5 : 300/600, 600 ante
George Wolff
George Wolff

George Wolff raised to 2,000 from middle position. Players in the cutoff and button called while Eric Hicks came along from the big blind.

The flop was {a-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} and Wolff bet 6,000. The cutoff and button folded and Eric Hicks called.

Both players checked the turn {4-Clubs} and the river {6-Hearts}.

Wolff turned over {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} to win the pot with a pair of aces and Hicks sent the losing hand into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
George Wolff us
George Wolff
168,000
60,200
60,200
Eric Hicks us
Eric Hicks
95,100
95,100
95,100

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Sandrock Crosses 300K

Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante
Chris Sandrock
Chris Sandrock

With {7-}{a-}{j-}{6-}{6-} on the board, Chris Sandrock was seen collecting the chips of Ami Alibay.

Sandrock had tabled {6-}{6-} for quad sixes and Alibay was showing {a-}{a-}{j-}{8-} while commiserating over the disastrous river.

Sandrock continues to roll as Day 1 crosses the midpoint.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Sandrock us
Chris Sandrock
316,000
85,000
85,000
Day 1 Chip Leader
Ami Alibay ca
Ami Alibay
Busted

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