Ken Keating limped in from early position, Carol Fuchs limped behind from middle position and Robert Tanita raised to 3,800 from the cutoff. Both Keating and Fuchs made the call.
The flop came Q♥5♣2♠ and Keating moved all in for 8,900. Fuchs called with a covering stack to put him at risk while Tanita got out of the way.
Ken Keating: 6♠4♦3♥2♦
Carol Fuchs: A♦8♥6♦4♥
The rest of the board ran out J♠5♠. No low was possible and Keating had connected with his deuce to take the pot while Fuchs was left short-stacked and busted shortly afterwards.
Robert Tanita limped in from under the gun, Allan Le raised to 1,200 from the hijack, Barry Greenstein called from the cutoff and Tanita called as well.
The flop came A♠9♠5♦ and action checked around to Greenstein who bet 4,000. Tanita made the call before Le moved all in for roughly 20,000. Greenstein, who covered Le, and Tanita, who both covered both players, got the rest of their chips in the middle shortly afterwards.
Allan Le: A♣6♠4♣4♠
Barry Greenstein: A♦9♦4♦3♣
Robert Tanita: K♠K♣2♠4♥
The rest of the board ran out 6♥10♥. Greenstein was good for the high with two pair, aces and nines with a 6-5-4-3-A low and Tanita took the other half with a better six-low (6-5-4-2-A) while Le made his exit from the tournament area.
John Holley just dragged in a pot worth around 83,000, which also saw Dylan Weisman bust his first bullet. The table recapped the action.
Holley made it 800 from under the gun, with Weisman calling as the next player to act. The button, who had 900 behind, called. Michael Rodrigues popped it to 4,000 from the big blind, prompting Holley to shove for around 30,200. Weisman put in his stack of around 21,000, with the button chucking in his last 100 chip. Rodrigues called as the covering stack and the cards were tabled.
Button: Cards not caught
Dylan Weisman: A♠4♠Jx10x
John Holley: A♥A♦9x5♠
Michael Rodrigues: Ax7x4x3x
The K♥9♠6♠ board kept Holley's aces ahead, but Weisman was alive with the nut flush draw. The 10♦ turn confirmed that there would be no low ahead of the board completing 8♥ river.
Holley had the best hand with his aces and he almost tripled his stack, eliminating two players in the process.
As relayed by the players at his former table, Greg Raymer opened to 800 and was called by Ryan Conrad who was in position.
The flop came J♣7♥10♣. Raymer bet 1,200, Conrad raised to 5,000 and Raymer shoved for approximately 11,000. Conrad made the call with a covering stack to put the 2004 Main Event Champion at risk.
Greg Raymer: KxKx8x7x
Ryan Conrad: 10♥10♦3♦2♦
Raymer was in rough shape against Conrad's middle set and couldn't catch up on the 8♥5♠ runout resulting in his elimination while Conrad took down a healthy pot.
The under-the-gun player limped in before Chad Power made it 1,000 from the button. The small blind three-bet to 3,100 and the original limper called. Power then committed his stack of 26,500 and the small blind, who had 25,000, did the same. The under-the-gun player also put his 20,000 stack across the line to set up the three-way all in.
Under the gun: K♠5♦4♣3♦
Small Blind: A♦A♠10♣6♣
Chad Power: A♣Q♥Q♠3♣
The 9♦8♣5♥ flop kept the small blind's aces ahead for the entire pot, but the 4♠ turn saw Power take the low for at least half of the pot. The 2♥ river completed Power's nut-low and wheel straight for the scoop, scoring him two eliminations and the chip lead early on.
Five players limped in and saw the 10♣8♠4♥ flop. Action checked to Pot-Limit Omaha specialist Dylan Wiesman, and he bet 1,000 into a pot of 1,200 from the cutoff. The button and small blind called before the remaining two players got out of the way.
The small blind checked on the K♦ turn, prompting Weisman to continue for another 4,200. The button jammed for around 14,000, folding out the small blind. Weisman snap-called and the cards went on their backs.
Button: K♠K♣Q♥9♦
Dylan Weisman: A♥5♥8♥8♣
Weisman flopped a set of eights, but the button turned a set of kings to have the advantage. Thankfully for Weisman, the 6♥ appeared on the river to give him a low and half the pot.
Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2024 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.
Today sees the start of Event #15: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better (8-Handed) here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.
This three-day event gets underway at 12 p.m. local time with late registration open for nine levels. There will be 15-minute breaks every three levels, with a 60-minute dinner break after Level 9.
The starting stack is 25,000 chips with the plan for Day 1 to play 15 levels or down to 15 percent of the field, whichever is later. Day 2 resumes Wednesday at 12 p.m. where levels increase to 60 minutes.
Last year's event saw 1,125 players generate a prize pool of $1,501,875. The winner was William Kopp, who joined his sister Katie Kopp as a bracelet winner after defeating Michael Rodrigues heads-up. Rodrigues took home $259,549 and his first WSOP bracelet.
"When we were growing up we were always about poker. We're pretty close...me, my sister, and my mom. We all talk poker and help make each other better," Kopp said.
The last five winners have all been from the United States. In fact, you have to go back to 2013 to find a non-American winner, when Australian Jarred Graham took down the event.
Year
Entries
Winner
Country
Payout
2023
1,125
William Kopp
United States
$259,549
2022
1,303
Lawrence Brandt
United States
$289,610
2021
725
Kevin Gerhart
United States
$186,789
2019
1,117
Anthony Zinno
United States
$279,920
2018
935
Joseph Couden
United States
$244,370
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