Event #45: $1,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Day 1 | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-19-2023 20:18 UTC-7

Heimiller Whiffs Everything to Bust

David Salituro

Level 9

Big O

Heads-up on a flop of K♠2♦A♠, Dan Heimiller bet from the cutoff before Joshua Steiner, on the button, raised enough to put Heimiller all in. Heimiller called for his last 18,500.

Dan Heimiller: A♦8♠5♠4♠3♦
Joshua Steiner: K♥K♦Q♠10♠6♠

Steiner had flopped a set, while Heimiller was looking to make a low. The board ran out 9♥9♦ and Heimiller missed everything as Steiner finished with a full house to send Heimiller to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Steiner	52,000
Dan Heimiller	Busted

Tags: Dan Heimiller Joshua Steiner

06-19-2023 20:07 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

David Salituro

Level 9

Player	Chips	Progress
Tim Sullivan	150,000 45,000	45,000
Shaun Deeb	85,000 10,000	10,000

Sam Farha	70,000 15,000	15,000

Scott Clements	65,000 39,000	39,000

Dylan Smith	65,000

Adam Owen	60,000
Yueqi Zhu	45,000 14,500	14,500

Ted Forrest	45,000 19,300	19,300

Craig Chait	45,000

Ben Lamb	45,000

Mike Matusow	43,000

Jerry Wong	35,000

Nick Schulman	26,500

Mason Hinkle	24,500
Andrew Shanahan	21,000 -31,000	-31,000
Allen Kessler	10,000 -15,000	-15,000

06-19-2023 20:00 UTC-7

Ogopoggio and Knapp Keep it Friendly

Chris Land

Level 9

Big O

Robert Ogopoggio limped from early position only to see Christopher Knapp raise to 1,800 from the button. Ogopoggio called to see a flop of K♥5♣4♣.

Both players opted to check through and see a 6♣ turn card together. This led to another round of checking and brought out the 5♥ on the river.

Ogopoggio decided it was time to toss out a bet of 3,000 and Knapp called immediately and turned up the A♦10♥9♠6♥2♥ as Ogopoggio showed A♥A♠Q♣Q♦J♥ and with that, the dealer chopped the pot and sent a half to each.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Knapp	67,000 67,000	67,000
Robert Ogopoggio	31,200 31,200	31,200

Tags: Christopher Knapp Robert Ogopoggio

06-19-2023 19:59 UTC-7

Brill Takes Three Quarters

David Salituro

Level 9

Omaha Hi-Lo

Veronica Brill was on the button and put in a number of bets until she was all in for 18,900 against an opponent in the big blind on a board of 5♥8♦K♠4♥J♠.

Brill turned over A♣5♦3♥2♠ for a pair of fives and a low, while her opponent had A♦9♥6♥2♥ for the same low as Brill took three quarters.

"You guys are terrible," a tablemate joked to a round of laughter from around the table.

"I'm not trying to troll you. I don't play this very often," Brill said as she took three quarters of the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Veronica Brill	35,000 22,000	22,000

Tags: Veronica Brill

Level: 9

Limit Blinds: 400/800
Limits: 800-1,600
Pot-Limit Blinds: 200/400 Ante: 400

06-19-2023 19:52 UTC-7

Manasas Wins With Trips, Campbell Builds Big Stack

David Salituro

Level 8

Big O

A player raised to 1,000 from under the gun before Renen Manasas, next to act, reraised to 3,000. The under-the-gun player called and both players checked the 9♥K♦6♥ flop.

Manasas faced a bet of 4,500 on the 6♣ turn and called to the 7♠ river, where his opponent bet another 11,000. Manasas again called and was shown A♥10♥9♠4♥2♠.

Manasas turned over A♣J♥6♠3♥2♣ for trip sixes as he took the pot.

Chad Campbell recently eliminated two players in the same hand at this table, including Matthew Wolfson, and is now sitting on around 80,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad Campbell	80,000 25,000	25,000
Renen Manasas	45,000
Matthew Wolfson	Busted

Tags: Chad Campbell Matthew Wolfson Renen Manasas

06-19-2023 19:42 UTC-7

Wess Leaves Opponent with Less

Chris Land

Level 8

A player in late position limped leading to a limp from the button, the small blind and Phil Wess in the big blind.

The flop came out 4♣9♦J♣ with action checking to the button who tossed in a bet. The small blind and Wess in the big blind both called to see the 6♦ come out on the turn with action checking through to the J♥ river.

Both the small blind and Wess checked to the button who tossed out a bet. The small blind folded and Wess made the call to set up a showdown.

Wess tabled the A♦K♦J♦10♣10♠ and his opponent tabled the A♣K♣Q♥7♣2♣ and with no low available and simply as ace high, Wess took the whole pot down with three jacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Wess	51,100

Tags: Phil Wess

06-19-2023 19:36 UTC-7

Levin Rivers the Nuts on Pisarenko

David Salituro

Level 8

Omaha Hi-Lo

A player in early position raised and Maksim Pisarenko called on the button before the small blind reraised. Alex Levin then reraised in the big blind and Pisarenko called.

The flop came J♥Q♠8♦ and Levin led out with a bet. Pisarenko then tried to put the rest of his chips in the middle thinking it was another game but could only raise the limit. Levine called to the 4♥ turn.

Pisarenko now bet and Levin called to the 10♥ river. He checked and Pisarenko checked behind.

"I have the nuts," Levin said, turning over A♥A♦10♣5♥ for the rivered flush as Pisarenko mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksey Levin	47,000
Maksim Pisarenko	10,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Alex Levin Maksim Pisarenko

06-19-2023 19:21 UTC-7

No 11th Bracelet As Johnny Chan Falls in 14th in WSOP $1,500 Big O

Connor Richards

Level 8

As ten-time bracelet winner Phil Ivey competes in Day 2 of the $50,000 Poker Players Championship at the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP), another Poker Hall of Famer was looking for his eleventh piece of WSOP gold with a deep run in Event #41: $1,500 Big O.

Johnny Chan entered the third and final day of the Omaha event toward the bottom of the counts with 18 players remaining as the 1987 and 1988 Main Event champion hoped to finally break the three-way tie between himself, Ivey and the late Doyle Brunson in second place on the all-time bracelet list.

Sadly for poker fans sweating the $1,500 buy-in event, "The Master" was eliminated 14th place for $13,982 after a confrontation with Scott Abrams.

Read About Chan's Elimination

06-19-2023 19:21 UTC-7

Schappell Leaves Negreanu With Crumbs

David Salituro

Level 8

Big O

Daniel Negreanu limped in from under the gun before Kyle Shappelle raised to 2,800 on the button. Negreanu called and they saw a flop of 10♣3♣6♠.

Negreanu now potted for 10,200, Shappelle raised, and Negreanu called off his last 29,000.

Daniel Negreanu: J♣10♦9♥8♠6♥
Kyle Shappelle: A♣Q♦Q♥9♠2♣

Negreanu had flopped two pair while Shappelle was on a flush draw. The 8♥ turn was safe for Negreanu, but Shappelle spiked the 9♣ on the river to complete his flush. The stacks were counted down and Negreanu barely had Shappelle covered, leaving him just 200 behind.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Shappelle	70,000 70,000	70,000
Daniel Negreanu	200 -24,800	-24,800

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Kyle Shappelle