Welcome to Event #10: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship (8-Handed)
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Today sees the start of Event #10: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship (8-Handed) here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.
This four-day event gets underway at 2 p.m. local time with late registration open for nine levels. There will be 15-minute breaks every two hours of play, with no dinner break scheduled on Day 1.
The starting stack is 60,000 chips with the plan for Day 1 to play nine levels. Levels 1-3 are 40 minutes and Levels 4-13 are 60 minutes. From Level 14 onwards, levels increase to 90 minutes in length. Day 2 resumes at 1 p.m.
Last year's event saw 212 players generate a prize pool of $1,971,600. The winner was Ben Lamb who defeated James Chen heads-up to win his second WSOP bracelet, twelve years after his first. Lamb took home $492,795 for his efforts.
"Cards come and go, you have a hot streak and a cold streak, and I ran hotter than the fuckin sun, which was nice," he told PokerNews. "Again, I think I am playing pretty good poker. I haven't been playing a lot but when I have been playing, I have been more emotionally invested and focusing harder."
| Year | Entries | Winner | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 212 | Ben Lamb | United States | $492,795 |
| 2022 | 196 | Daniel Zack | United States | $440,757 |
| 2021 | 133 | Ari Engel | Canada | $317,076 |
| 2019 | 183 | Frankie O'Dell | United States | $443,641 |
| 2018 | 169 | Paul Volpe | United States | $417,921 |
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What Else is Happening at the WSOP?
- Check out our summary of all of yesterday's action here.
- James Chen and Daniel Willis won their first bracelets yesterday. You can read more about Chen's win here and Willis's win here.
- Phil Ivey made his first appearance at the 2024 WSOP, check out PokerNews's multimedia coverage of his arrival.
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