Event #63: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Day 1 | 2022 World Series of Poker

06-29-2022 13:39 UTC-7

Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Kicks Off at 3 P.M.

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Another tournament gets underway today at the 2022 World Series of Poker, with Day 1 of Event #63 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship kicking off at 3 p.m. local time inside Bally's and Paris, Las Vegas.

This is only the fifth instalment of this event, having been won previously by Josh Arieh, Nick Schulman, Phil Galfond and Bryce Yockey, all of whom are expected to be in attendance this time around.

Along with the aforementioned names, a star-studded field is expected with the likes of Erik Seidel, Phil Hellmuth and Phil Ivey hopping into the mix at some point.

WSOP Player of the Year contender Daniel Zack won the fixed-limit version of this event at the beginning of the series. He beat Dustin Dirksen after a marathon session of heads-up play to claim his first 2022 WSOP bracelet. He then won the $10,000 Stud Hi-Lo Championship just a few weeks later to collect his second bracelet of the summer. He'll no doubt be looking to make it a hat-trick of wins to further cement his chances of being the 2022 WSOP POY.

$10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better History

Year	Entries	Winner	Country	Prize (USD)
2021	208	Josh Arieh	United States	$484,791
2019	193	Nick Schulman	United States	$463,670
2018	237	Phil Galfond	United States	$567,788
2017	207	Bryce Yockey	United States	$511,147

Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Day 1 Schedule

The plan for today is to play 10x60-minute levels, with players then bagging and tagging their stacks. Entrants receive a starting stack of 60,000 for their five-figure buy-in and have until the beginning of Day 2 (Thursday, June 30) to register for the tournament.

Players will go on break for 15-minutes after the completion of every two levels. There will be no dinner break on Day 1.

This is a four-day event, with the finale taking place on Saturday, July 2. On Day 2, the surviving players will play for another ten levels. Day 3 will see the field whittled down to five players and on Day 4 is when a winner will be crowned.

LEVEL	DURATION (MIN)	BLINDS	Big Blind Ante
1	60	100-200	200
2	60	200-300	300
		15-minute break
3	60	200-400	400
4	60	300-500	500
		15-minute break
5	60	300-600	600
6	60	400-800	800
		15-minute break
7	60	500-1,000	1,000
8	60	600-1,200	1,200
		15-minute break
9	60	1,000-1,500	1,500
10	60	1,000-2,000	2,000

Be sure to stick with PokerNews to keep up with all the action from this Championship event.

06-29-2022 15:52 UTC-7

Ruben and Radanov Hop into the Mix

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Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante

Four-time WSOP bracelet winner and 2022 WSOP Event #4: $1,500 Dealers Choice 6-Handed Champion Brad Ruben has entered the tournament.

Ruben won his fourth bracelet in two years this summer and will be looking to join the high-five club before the series concludes.

WSOP Circuit Ring winner Damjan Radanov has also hopped into the mix and is looking to lock up his fourth 2022 WSOP cash.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brad Ruben	60,000

Damjan Radanov	60,000

06-29-2022 16:30 UTC-7

POY Contender Zack Enters

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Level 2 : 200/300, 300 ante

Daniel Zack has had a superb 2022 WSOP, already winning two bracelets this summer.

The New Jersey poker player took down Event #15: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship ($440,757) and Event #40: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship ($129,670).

On top of that, he has two more final table appearances and a total of 10 series cashes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Zack	60,000 60,000	60,000

Randy Ohel	60,000 60,000	60,000

Jose Paz-Gutierrez	60,000 60,000	60,000

06-29-2022 16:48 UTC-7

Laplante Wins Big in Three-Way Pot

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Level 2 : 200/300, 300 ante

Allen Kessler raced over to the PokerNews live reporting desk to notify the team about a huge hand that had just finished.

The pot was over 200,000, with Eric Kurtzman and Ryan Laplante all-in. Tsugunari Toma was the third player in the hand and was the covering stack.

The final board read and the players had their cards exposed.

Toma had for trip eights and the nut low. Kurtzman tabled his for nut low and two pair while Laplante had the for a full house and again the nut low.

Laplante took two-thirds of the pot while the other two players took one-sixth of the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Laplante	100,000 100,000	100,000

Eric Kurtzman	32,000 -28,000	-28,000
Tsugunari Toma	25,000 25,000	25,000

06-29-2022 18:23 UTC-7

Defending Champion Arieh Sits Down

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Level 4 : 300/500, 500 ante

Defending Champion Josh Arieh has just taken his seat in the Pot-Limit Omaha 8 or Better Championship. He netted a $484,791 payday after being the last player standing.

He beat Danny Chang, who is also in the field, at heads-up play to claim his fourth WSOP bracelet.

Arieh has cashed in nine events at the 2022 WSOP and has two third-place finishes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Arieh	60,000 60,000	60,000

Danny Chang	60,000 60,000	60,000

06-29-2022 18:53 UTC-7

Dirksen Three-Quarters Hui

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Level 4 : 300/500, 500 ante

With 33,000 in the middle on the board, Phillip Hui bet pot from the big blind before Dustin Dirksen jammed for 40,000 from the next seat over.

Scott Bohlman folded on the button after thinking about it for a few moments. Hui put in the call.

Dustin Dirksen:
Phillip Hui:

Both players flopped a ten-high straight but Dirksen had a better low. The completed the board and Dirksen took three-quarters of the pot to boost his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dustin Dirksen	77,000 32,000	32,000
Phillip Hui	50,000 -20,000	-20,000

Scott Bohlman	35,000 -18,000	-18,000

06-29-2022 19:15 UTC-7

Big Scoop for Siegel

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Level 4 : 300/500, 500 ante

The cutoff was all in preflop for around 25,000, with Jordan Siegel and and Aaron Schaff calling from the hijack and small blind respectively.

Schaff moved all in on the flop. Siegel, who was covered, called off his last 27,900 chips.

Cutoff:
Jordan Siegel:
Aaron Schaff:

The cutoff was way behind with just a pair of kings while Siegel was in a great position with a pair of aces as well as a wheel draw. Schaff too had outs to the wheel.

The turn gave Siegel "nut-nut" as he made his wheel and he scooped the entire pot after a peeled off on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jordan Siegel	130,000
Aaron Schaff	40,000

06-29-2022 19:45 UTC-7

Paz-Gutierrez Doubles Through Fitoussi

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Level 5 : 300/600, 600 ante

Jose Paz-Gutierrez opened to 1,500 from middle position and was called by Bruno Fitoussi from the small blind.

Fitoussi check-raised the flop to put his opponent all-in. Paz-Gutierrez called off his short stack.

Jose Paz-Gutierrez:
Bruno Fitoussi:

The pot was chopped after the runout.

The pair battled again the very next hand, with their stacks being moved into the middle on the flop. Paz-Gutierrez had while Fitoussi had the .

The former made Broadway on the turn and held to double up following the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bruno Fitoussi	110,000
Jose Paz-Gutierrez	28,500 -31,500	-31,500

06-29-2022 21:12 UTC-7

PLO8 Championship Breaks Entry Record

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Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante

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Event #63: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship now has 248 entries, setting a new attendance record for the tournament.

The previous best turnout was in 2018, when Phil Galfond topped the 237-player field to win his third WSOP Bracelet and the $567,788 up top. That event generated a prize pool of $2,227,800.

Late registration is open until the start of Day 2 so there is till plenty of time for others to jump into the event.

06-29-2022 22:43 UTC-7

Ohel Triples Up

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Level 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Action was caught with a three-way all-in, in progress between Randy Ohel, Connor Drinan and the under-the-gun player. Ohel was the short stack for 41,000 while Drinan was covered by the third player.

Randy Ohel:
Connor Drinan:
Under-the-gun: