2023 World Series of Poker

Event #50: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2023 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Lou Garza
Winning Hand
a433
Prize
$1,309,232
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$6,798,300
Entries
731
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
688
Players Left
266

Record Breaking Field Already Set in Day 1 of $10,000 PLO Championship.

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Wesley Fei
Wesley Fei

Day 1 of Event #50: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship 8-Handed drew 688 entrants by the end of Day 1, already surpassing the record attendance for this event of 683. The final attendance is expected to smash the previous record given that registration will be open until the start of Day 2 at 2:00 p.m. local time, Thursday June 22.

Daniel Aharoni bagged the biggest stack of the night, ending with 535,000 chips and surpassing Johann Ibanez (484,500) who was chip lead for most of the later levels of the night. Other notables advancing to Day 2 include Bryce Yockey (479,000) Sean Winter (223,500), Alex Foxen (135000), Ren Lin (150,000) and Hustler Casino's Wesley Fei (315,000) who mentioned that he had only learned how to play PLO three days ago.

Event #50: $10,000 PLO Championship 8-Handed Top 10 Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Daniel AharoniUnited States535,000214
2Motoyoshi OkamuraJapan500,000200
3Jay HarwoodIreland494,000198
4Johann IbanezColombia484,500194
5Bryce YockeyUnited States479,000192
6Caleb FurthUnited States418,000167
7Gabriel AndradeEcuador405,000162
8Jonas KronwitterGermany396,000158
9Elliott KampenUnited States393,500157
10Dylan SmithCanada393,000157

Notables who failed to advance to Day 2 include Scott Seiver, Daniel Negreanu, Chris Moneymaker, Dylan Linde and Fernando Habegger.

According to the tournament board, 266 entrants from the original 688 will return at 2:00 p.m. local time on June 22 to battle it out for Omaha supremacy. Blinds will start on Day 2 at 1,000/2,500 with a 2,500 big blind ante, meaning that last-minute entrants will begin with 24 big blinds.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the action Thursday for all ten levels (with a 60-minute dinner break after level 16) of play, as well as all your live coverage needs for this and every other event at the 2023 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.

Tags: Alex FoxenChris MoneymakerDaniel NegreanuDylan LindeFernando HabeggerJohann IbanezRen LinScott SeiverSean WinterWesley Fei