Event #45: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
Day 1 Started
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #45: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2021 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$3,207,800
Entries
344
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
317
Players Left
131
Day 1 About to Start in Event #45: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
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.
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Cards are now in the air for Event #45: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha. Keep it with PokerNews all day for updates live from the floor.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Weisman Gets Paid Off With a Flush
Level 1
: 100/200, 200 ante
Picking up the action on a board of 
with a few thousand in the middle, Dylan Weisman checked and his opponent on the button checked back.
Weisman led out with a bet of 3,600 on the 
river and his opponent quickly called. Weisman tabled 
for a queen-high flush and his opponent mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
66,000 | 66,000 |
A Few Notables
Level 1
: 100/200, 200 ante
Players are filing in throughout the first level of the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship. There have been 110 entrants so far with many more expected throughout the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
66,000 | |
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
60,000 | |
|
60,000 | |
|
60,000 |
Weisman Wins Another
Level 1
: 100/200, 200 ante
David Wang opened under the gun and a player in the small blind and Dylan Weisman in the big blind both called.
Wang bet around 2,500 when checked to on the flop of 
. The small blind folded and Weisman called.
Wang bet 5,000 on the 
turn but folded when Weisman check-raised to around 15,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
74,000 | 8,000 |
|
52,000 |
Wolff Finds a Fold
Level 1
: 100/200, 200 ante
George Wolff raised to 900 from the button and the small blind got out of the way for Adam Johnson to call from the big blind.
The flop was 
and Wolff continued for 600. Johnson called and the turn was .
Both players checked the turn and the river was 
. Johnson fired 2,000 and Wolff threw his cards in the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
63,000 | 63,000 |
|
|
59,300 | -700 |
More Names in the Field
Level 1
: 100/200, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000 | |
|
60,000 | |
|
60,000 | |
|
60,000 | |
|
60,000 | |
|
60,000 | |
|
60,000 |
Norden Pressures Rockowitz
Level 1
: 100/200, 200 ante
Jesse Rockowitz called 500 on the button and Alexander Norden raised to 22,000 from the small blind. The rest of the table got out of the way and Rockowitz called.
The flop was 
and Norden bet 3,200. Rockowitz gave a brief pause before folding to give the early pot to the Swedish PLO specialist.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
63,000 | 3,000 |
|
56,000 | 56,000 |