Event #62: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better
Day 1 Completed
Event #62: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better
Day 1 Completed
After a solid fifteen levels of play, Day 1 of Event #62: Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better is completed. There were 725 total entries for this event with 113 players headed to Day 2.
Leading the field into Day 2 is Japan's top live poker tournament earner Tsugunari Toma (1,076,000 chips) who bagged an astonishing million-plus chip stack. To put this into perspective, Toma bagged nearly triple that of his nearest competition in Steve Chanthabouasy, who bagged a healthy stack of 393,000.
From the middle to the end of the day, Toma was on cruise control. He found himself on the better end of almost every spot and used his tournament experience to bag up an impressive stack.
RANK | PLAYER | Country | CHIP COUNT | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tsugunari Toma | Japan | 1,076,000 | 179 |
2 | Steve Chanthabouasy | United States | 393,000 | 66 |
3 | Paul Holder | United States | 380,000 | 63 |
4 | Maury Barrett | United States | 373,000 | 62 |
5 | Michael Trivett | United States | 342,000 | 57 |
6 | Raymond Henson | United States | 339,000 | 57 |
7 | Sean Remz | United States | 333,000 | 56 |
8 | Nathan Gamble | United States | 328,000 | 55 |
9 | Andrew Yeh | United States | 318,000 | 53 |
10 | Dustin Dirksen | United States | 314,000 | 52 |
Others who bagged up healthy stacks at the end of the night include Mike Matusow (228,000 chips), Paul Holder (380,000 chips), and Nathan Gamble (328,000). Gamble added to his stack near the end of the night, which resulted in David Williams hitting the rail before the closing bell.
The players will return Tuesday at 2 p.m. local (PST) time and play 10 levels of 60 minutes each, with a 15-minute break after every two levels, and a 60-minute dinner break at the end of Level 21 (~8:30 p.m. local (PST) time).
Stay tuned to PokerNews for continued updates of this event, or join us live here at The Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino where cards will be back in the air on Tuesday at 2 p.m. local (PST) time.
ROOM | TABLE | SEAT | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon | 449 | 1 | Stephen Moreschi | United States | 150,000 | 25 |
Amazon | 449 | 3 | Filippos Stavrakis | United States | 53,000 | 9 |
Amazon | 449 | 5 | Thida Lin | United States | 101,000 | 17 |
Amazon | 449 | 6 | Robert Mizrachi | United States | 149,000 | 25 |
Amazon | 449 | 7 | Maury Barrett | United States | 373,000 | 62 |
Amazon | 450 | 1 | Benjamin Armstrong | United States | 68,000 | 11 |
Amazon | 450 | 2 | Tamon Nakamura | Japan | 90,000 | 15 |
Amazon | 450 | 3 | Steve Chanthabouasy | United States | 393,000 | 66 |
Amazon | 450 | 4 | Dorian Grant | United States | 52,000 | 9 |
Amazon | 450 | 5 | Brian Orrico | United States | 84,000 | 14 |
Amazon | 450 | 6 | Mike Matusow | United States | 227,000 | 38 |
Amazon | 450 | 8 | Noomis Jones | United States | 250,000 | 42 |
Amazon | 451 | 1 | Kathy Liebert | United States | 29,000 | 5 |
Amazon | 451 | 3 | Scott Stinson | United States | 156,000 | 26 |
Amazon | 451 | 4 | Colten Yamagishi | Canada | 40,000 | 7 |
Amazon | 451 | 5 | David Lolis | United States | 311,000 | 52 |
Amazon | 451 | 6 | James Hong | United States | 172,000 | 29 |
Amazon | 451 | 7 | Jesse David | United States | 90,000 | 15 |
Amazon | 451 | 8 | Christoph Csik | United States | 69,000 | 12 |
Amazon | 452 | 1 | Matthew Kaplan | United States | 112,000 | 19 |
Amazon | 452 | 2 | Wayne Mcgregor | United States | 154,000 | 26 |
Amazon | 452 | 3 | Damjan Radanov | United States | 156,000 | 26 |
Amazon | 452 | 4 | Nathaniel Wiesner | United States | 189,000 | 32 |
Amazon | 452 | 5 | Angela Jordison | United States | 187,000 | 31 |
Amazon | 452 | 7 | Kelly Kim | United States | 89,000 | 15 |
Amazon | 452 | 8 | Eric Stamey | United States | 110,000 | 18 |
Amazon | 453 | 1 | Lisa Ahumada | United States | 188,000 | 31 |
Amazon | 453 | 2 | Keshava Persad | United States | 65,000 | 11 |
Amazon | 453 | 3 | Roman Hrabec | Mexico | 158,000 | 26 |
Amazon | 453 | 4 | Ivan Zhechev | Bulgaria | 100,000 | 17 |
Amazon | 453 | 5 | Sergio Benso | Italy | 123,000 | 21 |
Amazon | 453 | 6 | Pin Jiang | United States | 140,000 | 23 |
Amazon | 453 | 7 | Donald Maloney | Canada | 142,000 | 24 |
Amazon | 453 | 8 | Cong Tran | United States | 89,000 | 15 |
Amazon | 454 | 1 | Jean-Philippe Piquette | Canada | 95,000 | 16 |
Amazon | 454 | 2 | Robert Mather | United States | 155,000 | 26 |
Amazon | 454 | 3 | Charles Coultas | United States | 254,000 | 42 |
Amazon | 454 | 5 | Edward Han | United States | 255,000 | 43 |
Amazon | 454 | 6 | Ben Tang | United States | 42,000 | 7 |
Amazon | 454 | 7 | Khalid Zoudo | United States | 98,000 | 16 |
Amazon | 454 | 8 | Richie Allen | United Kingdom | 126,000 | 21 |
Amazon | 455 | 1 | Andrew Yeh | United States | 318,000 | 53 |
Amazon | 455 | 2 | Danny Chang | United States | 127,000 | 21 |
Amazon | 455 | 3 | Ted Leva | United States | 103,000 | 17 |
Amazon | 455 | 4 | Jason Stern | United States | 67,000 | 11 |
Amazon | 455 | 5 | Barth Melius | United States | 213,000 | 36 |
Amazon | 455 | 6 | Sterling Lopez | United States | 173,000 | 29 |
Amazon | 455 | 7 | Michael Dreese | United States | 161,000 | 27 |
Amazon | 455 | 8 | Scott Fitzhugh | United States | 183,000 | 31 |
Amazon | 456 | 1 | Ari Oxman | United States | 246,000 | 41 |
Amazon | 456 | 3 | Andreas Hole | Norway | 118,000 | 20 |
Amazon | 456 | 4 | Thomas Doeh | United States | 174,000 | 29 |
Amazon | 456 | 6 | Daniel Weinman | United States | 168,000 | 28 |
Amazon | 456 | 7 | Wendy Wolf | United States | 95,000 | 16 |
Amazon | 456 | 8 | Yuebin Guo | United States | 105,000 | 18 |
Amazon | 457 | 1 | James Karamanis | United States | 100,000 | 17 |
Amazon | 457 | 2 | Pj Cha | United States | 100,000 | 17 |
Amazon | 457 | 3 | Peterpaul Shaker | United States | 209,000 | 35 |
Amazon | 457 | 4 | Hernan Salazar | United States | 181,000 | 30 |
Amazon | 457 | 5 | Paul Holder | United States | 380,000 | 63 |
Amazon | 457 | 6 | Scott Baumstein | United States | 145,000 | 24 |
Amazon | 457 | 7 | Rebecca Thompson | United States | 13,000 | 2 |
Amazon | 457 | 8 | Mark Birdsall | United States | 173,000 | 29 |
Amazon | 458 | 1 | Adrian Jimenez | United States | 131,000 | 22 |
Amazon | 458 | 2 | Jared Hemingway | United States | 58,000 | 10 |
Amazon | 458 | 3 | Geoffrey Tomes | United States | 150,000 | 25 |
Amazon | 458 | 4 | Zachary Gruneberg | United States | 109,000 | 18 |
Amazon | 458 | 5 | Jeffrey Kostyniuk | Canada | 128,000 | 21 |
Amazon | 458 | 6 | Kevin Gerhart | United States | 188,000 | 31 |
Amazon | 458 | 7 | Adam Stone | United States | 232,000 | 39 |
Amazon | 458 | 8 | Tsugunari Toma | Japan | 1,076,000 | 179 |
Amazon | 459 | 1 | Peter Levine | United States | 46,000 | 8 |
Amazon | 459 | 2 | Ari Engel | United States | 245,000 | 41 |
Amazon | 459 | 3 | John Reiss | United States | 97,000 | 16 |
Amazon | 459 | 4 | Joseph Haddad | United States | 120,000 | 20 |
Amazon | 459 | 5 | Michael Tannenbaum | United States | 76,000 | 13 |
Amazon | 459 | 6 | Artur Saakyants | Russia | 242,000 | 40 |
Amazon | 459 | 7 | Chip Jett | United States | 157,000 | 26 |
Amazon | 459 | 8 | Dustin Dirksen | United States | 314,000 | 52 |
Amazon | 460 | 1 | Adam Owen | United Kingdom | 186,000 | 31 |
Amazon | 460 | 2 | Jerry Wong | United States | 148,000 | 25 |
Amazon | 460 | 3 | John Fauver | United States | 199,000 | 33 |
Amazon | 460 | 4 | Raymond Henson | United States | 339,000 | 57 |
Amazon | 460 | 5 | Michael Trivett | United States | 342,000 | 57 |
Amazon | 460 | 6 | Jay Hong | United States | 157,000 | 26 |
Amazon | 460 | 7 | Sean Remz | United States | 333,000 | 56 |
Amazon | 460 | 8 | Calen McNeil | Canada | 150,000 | 25 |
Amazon | 461 | 1 | Leonard August | United States | 113,000 | 19 |
Amazon | 461 | 2 | Adam Farber | United States | 51,000 | 9 |
Amazon | 461 | 3 | Maxx Coleman | United States | 188,000 | 31 |
Amazon | 461 | 4 | James Mcwhorter | United States | 79,000 | 13 |
Amazon | 461 | 5 | Alexandr Orlov | Russia | 126,000 | 21 |
Amazon | 461 | 7 | Ariel Shefer | United Kingdom | 208,000 | 35 |
Amazon | 461 | 8 | Peter Ferderber | United States | 91,000 | 15 |
Amazon | 462 | 1 | Christian Harder | United States | 190,000 | 32 |
Amazon | 462 | 2 | Senovio Ramirez III | United States | 224,000 | 37 |
Amazon | 462 | 3 | Kuhn Keenan | United States | 40,000 | 7 |
Amazon | 462 | 4 | Andrew Kelsall | United States | 98,000 | 16 |
Amazon | 462 | 7 | Jeremy Sussman | United States | 60,000 | 10 |
Amazon | 462 | 8 | John Reading | United States | 107,000 | 18 |
Amazon | 463 | 1 | Derek McMaster | United States | 140,000 | 23 |
Amazon | 463 | 3 | James Tian | United States | 175,000 | 29 |
Amazon | 463 | 4 | Jorge Leon | United States | 227,000 | 38 |
Amazon | 463 | 5 | Nathan Gamble | United States | 328,000 | 55 |
Amazon | 463 | 7 | Jason Straziuso | United States | 91,000 | 15 |
Amazon | 463 | 8 | Dylan Wilkerson | United States | 91,000 | 15 |
Amazon | 464 | 1 | Michael Moed | United States | 212,000 | 35 |
Amazon | 464 | 2 | David Simpson | United States | 59,000 | 10 |
Amazon | 464 | 3 | Ngoc Nguyen (Long) | United States | 47,000 | 8 |
Amazon | 464 | 4 | Walter Rodriguez | Mexico | 116,000 | 19 |
Amazon | 464 | 5 | Bryant Bustamante | United States | 91,000 | 15 |
Amazon | 464 | 6 | Frankie O'Dell | United States | 205,000 | 34 |
Amazon | 464 | 8 | Mariia Levseieva | United States | 145,000 | 24 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tsugunari Toma | 1,076,000 | 546,000 |
Steve Chanthabouasy | 393,000 | 393,000 |
Paul Holder | 380,000 | 380,000 |
Maury Barrett | 373,000 | 373,000 |
Michael Trivett | 342,000 | 2,000 |
Raymond Henson | 339,000 | 339,000 |
Sean Remz | 333,000 | 333,000 |
Nathan Gamble
|
328,000 | -12,000 |
Andrew Yeh
|
318,000 | 318,000 |
Dustin Dirksen | 314,000 | -11,000 |
David Lolis | 311,000 | 311,000 |
Edward Han | 255,000 | 255,000 |
Charles Coultas | 254,000 | 254,000 |
Noomis Jones | 250,000 | 250,000 |
Ari Oxman | 246,000 | -65,000 |
Ari Engel
|
245,000 | 245,000 |
Artur Saakyants | 242,000 | 242,000 |
Adam Stone | 232,000 | 232,000 |
Mike Matusow
|
227,000 | -28,000 |
Jorge Leon
|
227,000 | 227,000 |
Senovio Ramirez III | 224,000 | 224,000 |
Barth Melius
|
213,000 | 28,000 |
Michael Moed | 212,000 | 212,000 |
Peterpaul Shaker | 209,000 | 209,000 |
Ariel Shefer | 208,000 | 208,000 |
The tournament director has instructed the dealers to complete the hand that they are on and deal three more hands. After that, the remaining players will bag and tag for Day 2.
Please stay tuned to PokerNews for a recap of the day coming your way soon.
David Williams opened with a raise from early position to 15,000 and was re-raised pot to 53,000 by Nathan Gamble. The action folded back around to Williams who moved all-in for 156,000 total and Gamble called.
David Williams:
Nathan Gamble:
The dealer spread the flop of followed by the turn to lock up the low for Gamble while improving his high hand to a straight.
The river card sealed the deal for Gamble who scooped with a six-high straight alongside a wheel for the nut-low, and Williams was eliminated from the tournament.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Nathan Gamble
|
340,000 | 215,000 |
David Williams
|
Busted |
Mike Matusow raised the pot to 23,000 chips pre-flop from an early position and was called by one opponent.
The dealer spread the flop of and his opponent checked and Matusow fired out another 25,000 chips. His opponent headed into the tank for a few, but he eventually opted to call, and Matusow was awarded the pot.
"I had aces," mentioned Matusow as he stacked his newfound chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mike Matusow
|
255,000 | 40,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
The action was discovered on a flop of with Andrew Kelsall who faced a pot-sized bet from Scott Fitzhugh, with another opponent already all-in. After he tanked for a bit, Kelsall eventually opted to fold, and it was heads-up the rest of the way.
The hands were tabled and it was the held by Fitzhugh that was in the lead against the .
The dealer placed the turn card and that gave Fitzhugh's opponent a few more low outs.
The river card, however, was the and that secured the win for Fitzhugh, which in-turn eliminated his opponent.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Andrew Kelsall
|
105,000 | |
Scott Fitzhugh | 100,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tsugunari Toma | 530,000 | 355,000 |
Ray Henson | 231,000 | 104,000 |
Robert Mather | 220,000 | |
Mike Matusow
|
215,000 | -55,000 |
David Williams
|
175,000 | -200,000 |
Shaun Deeb
|
160,000 | -15,000 |
Andrew Kelsall
|
115,000 | 65,000 |
John Cernuto
|
80,000 | 55,000 |
Robert Mizrachi
|
20,000 | -35,000 |