Event #69: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship Day 1 | 2022 World Series of Poker

Event #69: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship

Day 1 Completed

07-03-2022 03:00 UTC-7

Defending Champion Le Among Day 1 Chip Leaders of $10,000 PLO Championship

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Mike Patrick

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Another record-setting field of 641 entries and counting came together in the Paris Ballroom for a massive Day 1 of WSOP Event #69: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship (8-handed).

With registration open until the start of Day 2 on Sunday, the field will continue to grow to smash the former record of 518 entries from 2019, with Scott Seiver (452,000) and defending champion Tommy Le (400,000) among the biggest stacks to advance.

Event #69: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts

RANK	PLAYER	Country	CHIP COUNT	Big blinds
1	Majid Yahyaei	United States	701,000	280
2	Peter Levine	United States	521,000	208
3	Kazuhiko Yotsushika	Japan	445,500	178
4	Scott Seiver	United States	425,000	170
5	Stephen Burns	United States	417,500	167
6	Joachim Haraldstad	Norway	410,000	164
7	Tommy Le	United States	400,000	160
8	Eduardo Bernal Sanchez	Colombia	383,000	153
9	Luis Velador	United States	381,500	153
10	Robert Valden	United States	381,000	152

Patrick Leonard (342,000), Allan Le (330,000), and Ken Aldridge (312,000) are among others to bag big, while 2019 champion Dash Dudley (65,000), Bruno Fitoussi (60,000), Matt Glantz, (39,000), and three-time bracelet winner Phillip Hui (26,500) are among those with some work ahead of them on Day 2.

With so many entries in the field there were also plenty of notables to not survive the day including multi-time bracelet winners Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Shaun Deeb, and Mike Matusow to name just a few.

All told, 264 of the original 641 will return Sunday to the Paris Ballroom at 2 p.m. As mentioned, several more are likely to enter before the start of play Sunday. Blinds will start at 1,000/2,500 with a 2,500 big blind ante. Last-minute registrants will start with 24 big blinds.

PokerNews will be with you for all ten levels of play Sunday (with a dinner break after Level 16). So be sure to keep it close to us for all the excitement from this and every event from the 53rd World Series of Poker from its new home at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas.

Tags: Allan Le Bruno Fitoussi Daniel Negreanu Dash Dudley Ken Aldridge Matt Glantz Mike Matusow Paris Ballroom Patrick Leonard Phil Ivey Phillip Hui Scott Seiver Shaun Deeb Tommy Le

07-03-2022 02:41 UTC-7

Day 2 Seat Draw

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Shirley Ang

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

ROOM	TABLE	SEAT	PLAYER	CITY / STATE / COUNTRY	CHIP COUNT	Big Blinds
Paris	102	3	Joseph Couden	United States	37,000	15
Paris	102	4	Richard Austin	United States	119,500	48
Paris	102	5	Nick Guagenti	United States	32,000	13
Paris	102	6	Joshua Ladines	United States	77,000	31
Paris	102	7	Ryan Laplante	United States	37,000	15
Paris	102	8	Christopher Costa	United States	156,000	62

Paris	103	2	Brent Roberts	United States	204,000	82
Paris	103	3	Vincent Lam	Canada	69,500	28
Paris	103	4	Yuval Bronshtein	Israel	95,000	38
Paris	103	5	Benjamin Diebold	United States	61,000	24
Paris	103	6	Trevor Hebert	Canada	100,000	40
Paris	103	7	Conrad Fourie	South Africa	374,500	150

Paris	104	1	Brian Hastings	United States	43,000	17
Paris	104	2	Rick Mata	United States	25,500	10
Paris	104	3	Jesse Rockowitz	United States	53,000	21
Paris	104	5	John Kabbaj	United Kingdom	176,000	70
Paris	104	7	Dzmitry Urbanovich	Poland	63,000	25
Paris	104	8	Rick Alvarado	United States	180,500	72

Paris	105	1	Yung Hwang	United States	58,000	23
Paris	105	2	Eoghan O'Dea	Ireland	202,500	81
Paris	105	3	Sam Stein	United States	348,000	139
Paris	105	5	Anderson Ireland	United States	71,000	28
Paris	105	6	Eduardo Bernal Sanchez	Colombia	383,000	153
Paris	105	8	Eric Cloutier	Canada	83,000	33

Paris	106	1	Peter Oh	United States	150,000	60
Paris	106	2	Roee Shalom	Israel	71,000	28
Paris	106	3	Michael Kuney	United States	48,500	19
Paris	106	4	Iakov Onuchin	Russia	168,000	67
Paris	106	6	Josh Pollock	United States	217,000	87
Paris	106	7	Quirin Zech	Germany	171,500	69

Paris	107	1	Ronald Keijzer	Netherlands	234,000	94
Paris	107	2	Peter Brooks	United States	137,000	55
Paris	107	3	Joachim Haraldstad	Norway	410,000	164
Paris	107	5	Ian Davis	United States	214,500	86
Paris	107	6	John Riordan	United States	75,500	30
Paris	107	8	Jordan Scott	United States	98,500	39

Paris	108	2	Jonathan Greene	United States	42,000	17
Paris	108	3	Roman Soybelman	United States	217,000	87
Paris	108	4	Andrew Watson	United States	75,500	30
Paris	108	6	Thi Xoa Nguyen	France	80,000	32
Paris	108	7	Tom McCormick	United States	156,000	62
Paris	108	8	Eli Elezra	Israel	105,500	42

Paris	109	2	Ardit Kurshumi	United States	224,000	90
Paris	109	3	Rob Hollink	Netherlands	211,000	84
Paris	109	6	Charles Coultas	United States	77,000	31
Paris	109	7	Alan Reyf	United States	250,000	100
Paris	109	8	Hanna Khalaf	United States	23,500	9

Paris	110	1	Scott Seiver	United States	425,000	170
Paris	110	2	Adam Dunkle	United States	96,000	38
Paris	110	3	Robert Valden	United States	381,000	152
Paris	110	5	Kyle Cartwright	United States	166,500	67
Paris	110	6	Dan Shak	United States	216,000	86
Paris	110	8	Allan Le	United States	330,000	132

Paris	111	2	Michael Cox	United States	240,000	96
Paris	111	3	Dan Iman	United States	201,000	80
Paris	111	4	Fabian Brandes	United States	184,000	74
Paris	111	7	Richie Allen	United Kingdom	128,000	51
Paris	111	8	Matt Livingston	United States	157,500	63

Paris	112	1	Andjelko Andrejevic	United States	40,000	16
Paris	112	2	Clemens Von Blanckenburg	Germany	75,000	30
Paris	112	4	Michael Krasienko	United States	66,000	26
Paris	112	5	Matt Vengrin	United States	66,500	27
Paris	112	6	Laurids Nielsen	United Kingdom	100,500	40
Paris	112	7	Joao Augusto Pimenta Bueno	Brazil	127,500	51

Paris	113	1	Matthew Wantman	United States	157,000	63
Paris	113	4	Keith Ferrera	United States	125,500	50
Paris	113	5	Zachary Hirst	United States	137,000	55
Paris	113	6	Jaspal Brar	Canada	60,500	24
Paris	113	7	Eric Fields	United States	247,000	99

Paris	114	1	Dennis Durante	United States	68,000	27
Paris	114	3	Sylvain Loosli	France	48,500	19
Paris	114	5	Tom Hu	United States	95,000	38
Paris	114	6	Daniel Rezaei	Austria	159,500	64
Paris	114	7	Kenneth Lin	United States	164,000	66
Paris	114	8	Toby Lewis	United Kingdom	229,000	92

Paris	115	2	Jesse Chinni	United States	203,500	81
Paris	115	3	Michael Duek	United States	225,500	90
Paris	115	4	Ryan Smith	Canada	108,500	43
Paris	115	5	Chris Fraser	United Kingdom	297,500	119
Paris	115	8	Philip Wiszowaty	United States	114,000	46

Paris	116	1	Badr Imejjane	United States	252,000	101
Paris	116	2	Dante Goya	Brazil	135,000	54
Paris	116	3	Thair Kallabat	United States	202,000	81
Paris	116	5	Kristopher Tate	United States	138,500	55
Paris	116	7	Konstantin Beylin	United States	53,500	21
Paris	116	8	Jordan Siegel	United States	53,000	21

Paris	117	1	David Datashvili	United States	179,500	72
Paris	117	2	Karen Sarkisyan	Russia	75,000	30
Paris	117	3	Rory Rees-Brennan	Ireland	66,500	27
Paris	117	4	Nithin Eapen	United States	319,000	128
Paris	117	6	Austin Morin	United States	261,000	104
Paris	117	7	Kazuhiko Yotsushika	Japan	445,500	178

Paris	118	1	Stephen Burns	United States	417,500	167
Paris	118	2	Matt Stout	United States	176,000	70
Paris	118	3	Omar Mehmood	United States	145,000	58
Paris	118	4	Nicholas Aranda	United States	29,000	12
Paris	118	7	Ryan Franklin	United States	299,000	120

Paris	119	1	Sondre Sagstuen	Norway	50,000	20
Paris	119	3	Jens Lakemeier	Germany	50,000	20
Paris	119	4	Anthony Zinno	United States	75,500	30
Paris	119	5	Nitesh Rawtani	United States	252,500	101
Paris	119	7	Quang Ngo	United States	49,000	20
Paris	119	8	Elior Sion	United Kingdom	102,000	41

Paris	120	2	Sterling Savill	United States	232,500	93
Paris	120	3	David Coleman	United States	185,000	74
Paris	120	5	Tommy Le	United States	400,000	160
Paris	120	6	Yarin Cohen	United States	150,000	60
Paris	120	7	Allison Marques	Brazil	187,000	75
Paris	120	8	Davidi Kitai	Belgium	171,000	68

Paris	121	1	Jeff Hakim	Lebanon	124,000	50
Paris	121	5	Pankaj Sharma	United States	86,500	35
Paris	121	6	Noah Bronstein	United States	30,000	12
Paris	121	7	Sunita Advaney	United States	37,000	15
Paris	121	8	Jared Jaffee	United States	34,000	14

Paris	122	2	Joseph Wagganer	United States	53,500	21
Paris	122	3	Nai Hu	Taiwan	248,000	99
Paris	122	6	Ben Landowski	United States	265,500	106
Paris	122	7	Taylor Paur	United States	120,000	48
Paris	122	8	Christoph Csik	United States	161,500	65

Paris	123	1	Tsugunari Toma	Japan	101,000	40
Paris	123	2	Rami Boukai	United States	211,500	85
Paris	123	5	Benoit Galland	Canada	195,000	78
Paris	123	6	Matt Szymaszek	United States	170,500	68
Paris	123	7	Patrik Jaros	Czech Republic	140,000	56

Paris	124	1	Nick Schwarmann	United States	155,000	62
Paris	124	3	Anik Ajmera	India	59,000	24
Paris	124	4	Jarrett Hlavaty	United States	207,500	83
Paris	124	5	Maksim Reshetov	Russia	236,000	94
Paris	124	7	David Cabrera	Spain	104,000	42
Paris	124	8	Miltiadis Kyriakides	Austria	275,000	110

Paris	125	1	Abraham Faroni	United States	38,000	15
Paris	125	2	Dominykas Karmazinas	Lithuania	45,000	18
Paris	125	3	Shahar Levi	Israel	249,500	100
Paris	125	4	Kyle Merron	United States	85,000	34
Paris	125	6	Tesfaldet Tekle	United States	135,500	54
Paris	125	8	Michael Wang	United States	116,000	46

Paris	126	1	Stephen Johnson	United States	277,000	111
Paris	126	2	Melad Marji	United States	249,000	100
Paris	126	3	Ognjen Sekularac	Serbia	154,000	62
Paris	126	5	Frank Kassela	United States	278,000	111
Paris	126	7	Dario Sammartino	Italy	66,000	26
Paris	126	8	Ashly Butler	United States	348,500	139

Paris	127	1	Scott Bohlman	United States	86,500	35
Paris	127	2	Scott Baumstein	United States	213,500	85
Paris	127	3	Yin Wu	China	72,500	29
Paris	127	5	Ken Aldridge	United States	312,000	125
Paris	127	6	Brandon Adams	United States	261,000	104
Paris	127	7	Hani Mio	United States	139,000	56

Paris	128	1	Elliott Hebden	United States	50,500	20
Paris	128	2	Vivian Saliba	Brazil	266,500	107
Paris	128	6	John Beauprez	United States	71,500	29
Paris	128	7	Gregory Wish	United States	142,500	57
Paris	128	8	Main Malan	United States	58,500	23

Paris	129	1	Tarkan Karadas	Austria	137,500	55
Paris	129	3	William Benson	United States	241,000	96
Paris	129	4	Stephen Hubbard	United States	165,500	66
Paris	129	5	Tim Grau	Germany	113,000	45
Paris	129	6	Joseph Lamkin	United States	112,500	45
Paris	129	7	Ismael Bojang	Austria	83,500	33

Paris	130	2	Yashuo Chin	United States	89,500	36
Paris	130	3	Shiva Dudani	United States	106,000	42
Paris	130	4	Kristopher Burchfield	United States	115,000	46
Paris	130	6	Fuad Razavi	United States	297,000	119
Paris	130	7	Zak Laikin	United States	1	0

Paris	131	1	Blake Napierala	United States	161,000	64
Paris	131	2	Tim Seidensticker	United States	218,000	87
Paris	131	3	Dash Dudley	United States	65,000	26
Paris	131	6	Tommi Lankinen	United States	45,000	18
Paris	131	7	Jeff Madsen	United States	242,000	97
Paris	131	8	Nathan Zimnik	United States	164,000	66

Paris	132	1	Mark Stockton	United States	189,000	76
Paris	132	3	Luis Velador	United States	381,500	153
Paris	132	4	Nicholas Baris	United States	260,000	104
Paris	132	6	Isaiah Goldman	United States	169,500	68
Paris	132	7	Patrick Leonard	United Kingdom	342,000	137
Paris	132	8	David Novosel	United States	117,500	47

Paris	133	1	Jonathan Cole	United States	42,500	17
Paris	133	3	Florin Haiduc	Romania	61,000	24
Paris	133	5	Michael Russell	United States	95,500	38
Paris	133	6	Sokchheka Pho	United States	124,000	50
Paris	133	7	Matthew Shepsky	United States	87,500	35
Paris	133	8	Maxx Coleman	United States	199,000	80

Paris	134	2	Benedikt Eberle	United States	119,000	48
Paris	134	4	Scott Eskenazi	United States	174,000	70
Paris	134	5	Robert Nehorayan	United States	369,500	148
Paris	134	6	Joseph Leung	Canada	188,500	75
Paris	134	7	James Crowshaw	Canada	178,500	71
Paris	134	8	Nir Cohen	United States	274,500	110

Paris	135	1	Sorel Mizzi	Canada	172,500	69
Paris	135	2	Oshri Lahmani	Israel	197,000	79
Paris	135	3	Jered Bettencourt	United States	137,000	55
Paris	135	4	Chris Lee	United States	115,500	46
Paris	135	5	Firas Sadou	United States	150,000	60
Paris	135	6	Mr Mcswiney	Germany	154,500	62

Paris	136	1	Joseph Cheong	United States	41,500	17
Paris	136	2	Anson Tsang	Hong Kong	260,500	104
Paris	136	4	David Funkhouser	United States	305,000	122
Paris	136	6	Bogdan Capitan	Romania	144,000	58
Paris	136	7	Andy Seth	United States	65,500	26
Paris	136	8	Oswin Ziegelbecker	Austria	365,000	146

Paris	137	1	Nohad Teliani	Canada	220,000	88
Paris	137	2	Farid Dhanani	United States	57,000	23
Paris	137	4	Matt Waxman	United States	85,000	34
Paris	137	6	Bruno Fitoussi	France	60,000	24
Paris	137	7	Matt Glantz	United States	39,000	16
Paris	137	8	Ken Fishman	United States	137,500	55

Paris	138	1	Amit Benyacov	Israel	55,500	22
Paris	138	2	Richard Belcastro	Italy	59,500	24
Paris	138	4	Jake Schwartz	United States	108,000	43
Paris	138	5	Phillip Hui	United States	26,500	11
Paris	138	6	Soheb Porbandarwala	United States	207,000	83
Paris	138	8	Naor Slobodskoy	Israel	91,000	36

Paris	139	1	Armando Collado	Mexico	143,500	57
Paris	139	2	Adi Abugazal	United States	52,000	21
Paris	139	3	Tarun Gulati	United States	165,000	66
Paris	139	5	Jonathan Hutson	United States	215,500	86
Paris	139	7	Cody Rich	United States	205,500	82

Paris	140	1	William Mcmahan	United States	93,000	37
Paris	140	2	James Mendoza	United States	312,500	125
Paris	140	3	Asem Alsaadi	Albania	361,500	145
Paris	140	5	Jan-Peter Jachtmann	Germany	83,000	33
Paris	140	7	Chun Li	United States	365,000	146
Paris	140	8	Brandon Caputo	United States	234,000	94

Paris	141	1	Jordan Cristos	United States	150,000	60
Paris	141	2	Jianfei Bai	United States	129,000	52
Paris	141	3	Oliver Weis	Germany	142,500	57
Paris	141	5	James Czarnecki	United States	59,500	24
Paris	141	7	Jacob Baumgartner	United States	233,000	93
Paris	141	8	Dmitrii Perfilev	United States	154,000	62

Paris	142	2	Esther Taylor	United States	161,000	64
Paris	142	3	Matthew McEwan	United States	240,500	96
Paris	142	4	Manh Nguyen	United States	236,000	94
Paris	142	5	Lev Zerkal	United States	146,000	58
Paris	142	6	Khorchidian Nichan	Lebanon	18,500	7
Paris	142	8	Artem Maksimov	Russia	29,000	12

Paris	143	1	Vasil Medarov	Bulgaria	337,000	135
Paris	143	3	Vincent Moscati	United States	66,000	26
Paris	143	4	George Wang	United States	304,900	122
Paris	143	5	Mohammad Arani	United States	68,000	27
Paris	143	7	Brekstyn Schutten	United States	84,000	34

Paris	144	1	Aden Salazar	United States	101,000	40
Paris	144	2	Travis Doran	United States	83,000	33
Paris	144	3	Majid Yahyaei	United States	701,000	280
Paris	144	4	Norbert Szecsi	Hungary	137,000	55
Paris	144	5	Xunen Zheng	United Kingdom	366,000	146
Paris	144	6	Peter Levine	United States	521,000	208

07-03-2022 02:25 UTC-7

End of Day 1 Chip Counts (full)

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Mike Patrick

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Seiver	455,000 25,000	25,000

Kazuhiko Yotsushika	445,500 15,500	15,500
Stephen Burns	417,500
Joachim Haraldstad	410,000 410,000	410,000
Tommy Le	400,000 90,000	90,000

Eduardo Bernal Sanchez	383,000 8,000	8,000
Luis Velador	381,500 336,500	336,500

Robert Valden	381,000 77,000	77,000
Conrad Fourie	374,500 4,500	4,500
Robert Nehorayan	369,500 369,500	369,500

Xunen Zheng	366,000 366,000	366,000
Chun Li	365,000 365,000	365,000
Oswin Ziegelbecker	365,000 365,000	365,000
Asem Alsaadi	361,500 361,500	361,500
Ashly Butler	348,500 121,000	121,000
Sam Stein	348,000 68,000	68,000
Patrick Leonard	342,000 2,000	2,000

Vasil Medarov	337,000 -18,000	-18,000
Allan Le	330,000 150,000	150,000

Nithin Eapen	319,000 319,000	319,000

James Mendoza	312,500 312,500	312,500
Ken Aldridge	312,000 -3,000	-3,000

David Funkhouser	305,000 75,000	75,000

George Wang	304,900 304,900	304,900
Ryan Franklin	299,000 -6,000	-6,000

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07-03-2022 02:02 UTC-7

Day 1 Completed

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

An unofficial 264 players out of 641 entrants have completed Day 1 and assorted chip counts as well as a recap of today's action are to follow.

07-03-2022 01:56 UTC-7

Very Late Double for Leonard

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

With 96,000 in the middle on a completed board of , Vasil Medarov bet the pot and then sigh-called the all-in of Patrick Leonard for little more. Leonard tabled the and Medarov mucked the before paying 114,500 to his table neighbour.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	430,000 -70,000	-70,000
Vasil Medarov	355,000 -135,000	-135,000
Patrick Leonard	340,000 215,000	215,000

Tags: Patrick Leonard Vasil Medarov

07-03-2022 01:53 UTC-7

Final Five Hands

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Mike Patrick

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Tournament staff has just announced that five more hands will be played before the surviving players bag up for the night.

07-03-2022 01:50 UTC-7

Late Triple Up for Kabbaj

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

John Kabbaj had been down to as little as 25,000 and then got his chips in while facing action from Elior Sion and Dominykas Karmazinas.

On a board of , Karmazinas banged his hand on the table as his for a full wrap and two pair on the turn earned no portion of the pot. Kabbaj tripled with the for the nut flush while Sion doubled through Karmazinas with the .

Player	Chips	Progress
John Kabbaj	130,000 55,000	55,000

Elior Sion	81,000 81,000	81,000

Dominykas Karmazinas	42,000 -53,000	-53,000

Tags: Dominykas Karmazinas Elior Sion John Kabbaj

07-03-2022 01:46 UTC-7

Nguyen Sometimes Has It; Sometimes Not

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Tommy Le recalled a hand in which Thi Xoa Nguyen ran a triple barrel bluff with the on a board, which was looked up by Le with the for two pair.

Nguyen was involved in the action again just now and bet the turn as well as the river with the final bet worth 34,000. Her sole remaining opponent reluctantly called and Nguyen tabled the for the straight.

"Ah, so sometimes you have it ..." the comment came while Nguyen raked in the pot with a smile. Naor Slobodskoy chimed in that they would have snap-called earlier had they known Nguyen's aggressive approach, which caused some laughter at the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tommy Le	310,000 150,000	150,000

Thi Xoa Nguyen	125,000 -85,000	-85,000
Naor Slobodskoy	110,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Naor Slobodskoy Thi Xoa Nguyen Tommy Le

07-03-2022 01:38 UTC-7

Yotsushika Emerges Among the Big Stacks

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Kazuhiko Yotsushika raised to 4,000 and was called by fellow big stack Vasil Medarov on the button. Patrick Leonard then raised to 19,000 in the small blind and both big stacks came along. The flop was checked and the followed on the turn. It checked to Yotsushika and he bet 40,000 in order to win the pot uncontested.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	500,000 500,000	500,000
Vasil Medarov	490,000 40,000	40,000
Patrick Leonard	125,000 -50,000	-50,000

Tags: Kazuhiko Yotsushika Patrick Leonard Vasil Medarov