Event #64: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack Day 1 | 2022 World Series of Poker

07-01-2022 02:33 UTC-7

Day 1 of Event #64: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha Deep Stack is a Wrap

Toogood32

Level 22 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Day 1 of Event #64: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha Deep Stack at the 2022 World Series of Poker at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas saw the 2,858 entrants whittled down to only 102 over the course of 22 levels. Those entrants created a $1,458,580 prize pool and a first place prize weighing in at $199,466.

It was Frenchman Guillaume Soumier that ended the day with the chip lead, he bagged up 3,055,000 chips, a very healthy stack coming into Day 2, which commences at noon local time on July 1.

Event #64: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha Deep Stack Top 10 Chip Counts

Place	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Guillaume Soumier	France	3,055,000	102
2	Tommi Lankinen	Finland	2,440,000	81
3	Geln Keogh	Ireland	2,385,000	80
4	Xiaohui Yu	United States	1,930,000	64
5	Stanislav Halatenko	United Kingdom	1,780,000	59
6	Jihyun Min	South Korea	1,775,000	59
7	Daniel Tordjman	France	1,770,000	59
8	Michael Newman	United States	1,590,000	53
9	Igor Ioffe	United States	1,545,000	52
10	Barry Leventhal	United States	1,500,000	50

Plenty of notables made it through to Day 2 relatively unscathed. Tommy Le (1,310,000), Michael Mizrachi (1,105,000), Allan Le (880,000), Vivian Saliba (830,000), and reigning WSOP Main Event champion Koray Aldemir (265,000) to name a few.

The money bubble was burst when only 429 players remained. Two players were eliminated during the same hand to put players straight into the money. Many big names names saw a return on their investment, including Barry Greenstein, Jesse Sylvia, Brad Ruben, Matt Waxman, Anson Tsang, Erik Cajelais, Joe Cada, and Jeremy Ausmus.

Day 2 will resume from Bally's at 12 p.m. local time on July 1, going into Level 23, and with the intention of playing down to a winner. Catch all the action and live updates via PokerNews as we crown another World Series of Poker champion.

Tags: Vivian Saliba

07-01-2022 00:14 UTC-7

Brooks Triples

Toogood32

Level 20 : 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

After Peter Brooks opened from middle position to 30,000, the cutoff called and the button bet pot, Brooks then re-pot all in and the other two players got it all in.

Peter Brooks:
Opponent 1:
Opponent 2:

Brooks had the same stack as the cutoff player, 195,000 with the button having them covered by 80,000.

The board kept changing who the ahead player was, after it ran out , ultimately giving Brooks a flush for the win.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Brooks	610,000

06-30-2022 23:26 UTC-7

ClubGG is Offering $18,000 Worth of WSOP Bubble Protection For $49.99

Matt Hansen

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

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06-30-2022 21:32 UTC-7

Taylor Cracks Aces Before Break

Adam Lamers

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Thomas Taylor raised to 12,000 in middle position and was called by the player on his left. The big blind ripped all in for the last 39,000 and Taylor four-bet to 112,000 which got the other player to fold.

Big Blind:
Thomas Taylor:

The flop came to give Taylor a flush draw and he nailed it on the turn. The on the river changed nothing and Taylor eliminated his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Taylor	710,000	390,000

Tags: Thomas Taylor

06-30-2022 20:31 UTC-7

Saliba Still In Cruise Control

Toogood32

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

On a turn of , Vivian Saliba lead from the big blind into the cutoff, for pot, 46,000 chips. The cutoff only had around 50,000 behind and laughed as he folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vivian Saliba	800,000	410,000

06-30-2022 20:31 UTC-7

Mizrachi Cracks Two Sets

Adam Lamers

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

On a flop of , three players got all of their chips in the middle including Michael Mizrachi. One player turned over a set of jacks while the other had a set of queens. Mizrachi boasted the for a straight draw.

The turn was the and Mizrachi nailed his straight to take the lead. The on the river was a brick and Mizrachi scored the double knockout and all of the chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	255,000	225,000

Tags: Michael Mizrachi

06-30-2022 17:56 UTC-7

Lin Somehow Gets Opponents To Fold...And He Has Quads

Toogood32

Level 12 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

On a board of Ren Lin had moved all in for around 29,000 chips. He was out of position in the small blind versus the cutoff and button and when he jammed river they both made the fold.

With 100,000 at least already in the pot, Lin laughed as he took it down, showing his table mates for flopped quads.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ren Lin	140,000

Tags: Ren Lin

06-30-2022 17:06 UTC-7

Saliba Crushing It

Toogood32

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Vivian Saliba is on fire at the moment, she has possibly the biggest stack in Bally's ballroom at the moment and she was just involved with another pot.

On a board of , she was betting from the big blind versus one opponent in a 20,000 chip pot. Saliba made it pot and her opponent quickly mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vivian Saliba	390,000	390,000
Alex Livingston	30,000

06-30-2022 16:43 UTC-7

Laval Top Boat Trumps The Trips Of Qasem

Toogood32

Level 9 : 1,000/1,000, 1,000 ante

After Philippe Laval bet 4,000 on a flop of , Zyad Qasem made it 18,000. Laval then moved all in for 49,000 and Qasem called.

Philippe Laval:
Zyad Qasem:

The and river didn't improve Qasem and Laval doubled in a big way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philippe Laval	120,000	120,000
Zyad Qasem	30,000	-22,000

06-30-2022 15:03 UTC-7

Shack-Harris Fades To Double

Toogood32

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

With 35,000 chips already in the pot after a three-bet pre flop from the small blind versus Brandon Shack-Harris in the cutoff, a flop of came down. Brandon Shack-Harris jammed for 47,900 chips against the continuation bet from the small blind of 16,000. His opponent quickly called and cards were on their backs.