Connor Drinan opened to 5,500 and was called by Nick Guagenti from the next seat over.
Drinan check-jammed the flop and was quickly called.
Connor Drinan:
Nick Guagenti:
Drinan had flopped Broadway but Guagenti had outs to a full house after making two pair. The turn filled Guagenti up and he secured the bust out after the completed the board.
It's been the World Series of Breaking Records at the 2022 World Series of Poker and Event #63: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship did not disappoint.
Day 1 of the event saw record-setting 268 entries, besting the previous all-time high of 237 from the 2018 WSOP. Late registration is open until the start of Day 2, which kicks off at 2 p.m. on Thursday, June 30 inside Bally's and Paris, Las Vegas.
Event #63: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Top 10 Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chips
Big Blinds
1
Ryan Hughes
United States
407,000
163
2
Andrew Brown
United States
380,000
152
3
Sterling Savill
United States
342,000
137
4
Chino Rheem
United States
331,500
133
5
Filippos Stavrakis
United States
303,000
121
6
Michael Sortino
United States
289,500
116
7
Chance Kornuth
United States
273,500
109
8
Kyle Cartwright
United States
269,500
108
9
Damjan Radanov
United States
257,500
103
10
Amnon Filippi
United States
247,500
99
From the first day of action, just 124 players bagged and tagged a stack. Leading the pack of survivors is Ray Hughes, who bagged a massive 407,000, almost seven times the starting stack. Not far behind him are Sterling Savill (342,000) and Chino Rheem (273,500).
Other notable names who have jumped over the first hurdle include Daniel Negreanu (191,500), Brian Hastings (177,500) and defending champion Josh Arieh (189,000).
Looking for WSOP bracelet number 17 was Phil Hellmuth, however, his quest for another piece of WSOP hardware came to an early finish after he was despatched by Rheem. Other famous faces who failed to make it to the next stage were Danny Chang, Mike Matusow and Talal Shakerchi.
The prize pool and payouts have yet to be confirmed but will be announced when Day 2 gets underway. As this is the highest number of entries for this event, a record-setting prize pool is on the cards.
Tune into PokerNews to keep up to date with all the action from Day 2 of this Championship event.