Event #45: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship Day 1 | 2021 World Series of Poker

10-23-2021 16:59 UTC-7

Sandrock Leads Latest Round of Chip Counts

Matt Hansen

Level 2 : 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Sandrock	96,000 18,000	18,000

Dong Suh	81,100 11,900	11,900
Randy Ohel	79,500 19,500	19,500

Josh Arieh	78,000 78,000	78,000

Veselin Karakitukov	65,000 65,000	65,000
Pete Chen	62,500 62,500	62,500

Will Jaffe	60,000 60,000	60,000

Maxx Coleman	59,400 59,400	59,400

Shaun Deeb	57,300 57,300	57,300

Julien Martini	56,800 56,800	56,800

John Beauprez	54,100 54,100	54,100

PJ Cha	50,800 50,800	50,800
Ryan Laplante	48,300 -11,700	-11,700

Stephen Moreschi	45,500 -14,500	-14,500
Niklas Astedt	42,100 -2,900	-2,900
Jared Bleznick	39,500 -20,500	-20,500
David Williams	39,500 -15,500	-15,500

Alexander Norden	39,000 -24,000	-24,000
Yuval Bronshtein	38,500 38,500	38,500

Chris Brewer	28,700 28,700	28,700

Dylan Weisman	28,600 -45,400	-45,400

10-23-2021 17:01 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Deeb	70,000 12,700	12,700

Players on First Break

Connor Richards

Level 2 : 200/300, 300 ante

Players are on their first 15-minute break of the tournament after two levels of play.

10-23-2021 17:05 UTC-7

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Level: 3

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

10-23-2021 17:25 UTC-7

Laplante Wins Flush-Over-Flush Pot

Connor Richards

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Ryan Laplante in the small blind was in a three-way pot that checked down to the river with the board reading .

Laplante led out with a bet of 1,200 and got a call from one of the opponents. Laplante showed an ace-high flush with and it was good as his opponent had a king-high flush with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Laplante	55,000 6,700	6,700

Tags: Ryan Laplante

10-23-2021 17:28 UTC-7

Donabedian Calls Bleznick

Matt Hansen

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

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 and both players checked.

The turn was and both players checked again. The river was .

Bleznick fired 6,000 at the river and Donabedian called quickly. Bleznick turned over for three fives, but Donabedian had 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	70,500 31,000	31,000
Andrew Donabedian	52,500 52,500	52,500

Tags: Andrew Donabedian Jared Bleznick

10-23-2021 17:40 UTC-7

Flush for Williams

Connor Richards

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

David Williams in the small blind and a player in the big blind both defended when facing an open from the player on the button.

The flop of checked through and Williams led out with a bet of 2,100 on the turn. The player in the big blind folded while the opponent on the button called.

Williams checked after the peeled off on the river and his opponent checked back. Williams tabled for a flush and his opponent did not show.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Williams	21,000 -18,500	-18,500

Tags: David Williams

10-23-2021 17:42 UTC-7

Wolff Climbing

Matt Hansen

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

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	111,900 60,400	60,400

Tags: George Wolff

10-23-2021 18:01 UTC-7

Manrique Felts One

Matt Hansen

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

A player limped from middle position and George Wolff raised to 1,800 from the cutoff. Camilo Manrique called from the button and both of the blinds called while the limper got out of the way.

The flop was and action checked to Manrique on the button for a bet of 4,100. The small blind took a moment before betting the pot, and the rest of the table folded back to Manrique for the shove of around 50,000. The small blind called.

Small Blind:
Camilo Manrique: