2022 World Series of Poker

Event #72: $1,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better
Day: 1
Event Info

2022 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
76432
Prize
$195,565
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,628,530
Entries
771
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
771
Players Left
223

Thiem Turns Up The Pressure

Level 2

Big O

Thao Thiem in the hijack bet 500 and was called by the cutoff, button, small blind, and big blind.

The flop of {j-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} prompted the small blind to lead out for 1,500 and got calls from Thiem and the cutoff and folds from the button and big blind.

The {4-Diamonds} on the turn completed any flush draws and the small blind elected to check, Thiem however bet 6,500 which gained a fold from the cutoff but the small blind called.

The {9-Clubs} on the river denied any low draws and Thiem bet the pot for 19,000 which would have been enough to put the small blind all in.

After lengthy consideration, the small blind folded and showed {j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} for a set and a flush, but Thiem said good fold and revealed {a-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} for the nut flush.

Player Chips Progress
Thao Thiem us
Thao Thiem
41,300

Sokoloff on Right Side of Multiway Chop

Level 2

Big O

Cards were on their backs and a huge pot needed several minutes to sort out, with the floor called to help identify the correct portions of the pot to be pushed to various parts of the table.

The board read {4-Hearts}{4-Spades}{6-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}, with tabled hands in front of Paul Sokoloff, Jonathan Wang, and Todd Bareika.

To keep things simple, Each player had some form of {a-}{2-} to split the low half of the pot three-ways, which saved Bareika, who was all in.

Sokoloff managed to get the high half of the pot all to himself with {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{k-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{2-Spades} for a full house of kings full of fours to vault his stack to over double its starting point.

Player Chips Progress
Paul Sokoloff gb
Paul Sokoloff
51,000
51,000
51,000
Jonathan Wang us
Jonathan Wang
15,000
15,000
15,000
Todd Bareika us
Todd Bareika
8,500

Tags: Jonathan WangPaul SokoloffTom Bareika

Slow Start for 2021 Runner-Up Salazar

Level 2
Hernan Salazar
Hernan Salazar

Limit Omaha 8 or Better

Defending Champion Dylan Linde has yet to be seen in the field, but several other 2021 final tablists including David Matsumoto and Damjan Radanov are already in the field looking to make a return run.

Among them is runner-up Hernan Salazar, who was recently involved in a pot with Esther Taylor.

Picking action up on a turn board of {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{3-Hearts}, Taylor led out from the big blind and was met by a fold from a player in middle position, but a call from Salazar on the button.

The turn brought the {6-Spades}, and once more Taylor quickly placed a bet. Salazar folded to send the pot across the table as his stack shrunk a bit more in the early going.

Player Chips Progress
David Matsumoto us
David Matsumoto
28,000
28,000
28,000
Esther Taylor us
Esther Taylor
25,200
25,200
25,200
Damjan Radanov us
Damjan Radanov
20,000
20,000
20,000
Hernan Salazar us
Hernan Salazar
14,800
14,800
14,800

Tags: Damjan RadanovDavid MatsumotoDylan LindeEsther TaylorHernan Salazar

Level: 3

Limit Blinds: 200/400
Limits: 400/800
Pot-Limit Blinds: 100/200 Ante: 200

Levkov Takes Pot Without Showdown

Level 3

Stephanie Chung bet 600 from the cutoff and was called by Joshua Levkov in the small blind and Jonathan Ingulls in the big blind.

All three players checked the flop of {j-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}. Levkov bet 1,500 on the {8-Diamonds} turn which received two calls.

The {2-Spades} landed on the river and Levkov bet 3,000 and got folds from Chung and Ingalls.

Player Chips Progress
Joshua Levkov us
Joshua Levkov
34,000
34,000
34,000
Stephanie Chung us
Stephanie Chung
24,600
24,600
24,600
Jonathan Ingalls us
Jonathan Ingalls
14,700
14,700
14,700

Defending Champion Linde May Not Defend His Title

Level 3
Dylan Linde
Dylan Linde

Late registration for this event is open until the start of level 10, so defending champion Dylan Linde will have until then to hop in.

However unless he opts to do some multi-room multi-tabling, that may not happen.

Linde currently has a healthy stack of almost 300,000 chips in Day 2abc of the Main Event, currently being played in the Bally's Event Center, while Day 1 of this event is across the building in the Paris Ballroom.

PokerNews will keep an eye on Linde's whereabouts and chip stack as the day progresses.

Tags: Dylan Linde