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Event #18: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha (8-Handed)
Day 1 Completed
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #18: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha (8-Handed)
Day: 1
Event Info
2024 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,961,115
Total Entries
1,469
Level
34
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
1,469
Players Left
161
Players Left 1 / 1,469
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Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
After 15 levels and ten hours of play, Day 1 of Event #18: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha is in the books. It is Mike Dentale (1,230,000) leading the way in a star-studded field of bracelet winners and Hall of Fame inductees. Rounding out the podium are Daniel Zack (953,000) and Chino Rheem (624,000).
This year’s event brought out 1,469 runners, with 161 surviving the day. Of those entrants, 221 receive prize money, guaranteed a min-cash of $3,004. The players created a prize pool of $1,961,115, with the eventual winner receiving $294,311 and the illustrious gold bracelet.
The field was filled with notable names including Daniel Negreanu, Josh Arieh, and Scott Seiver, who just won his fifth WSOP gold bracelet in Event #10: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship. Several notable players found Day 2, including Phil Ivey (278,000), Jared Bleznick (313,000), and Dylan Weisman (482,000).
End of Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Dentale | United States | 1,230,000 | 205 |
| 2 | Daniel Zack | United States | 953,000 | 159 |
| 3 | Andreas Zampas | United States | 833,000 | 139 |
| 4 | Xiaoxiao Song | United States | 635,000 | 106 |
| 5 | Chino Rheem | United States | 624,000 | 104 |
| 6 | Michael Rodrigues | Portugal | 620,000 | 103 |
| 7 | Daniel Swartz | United States | 620,000 | 103 |
| 8 | Jonathan Bowers | United States | 599,000 | 100 |
| 9 | Greg Himmelbrand | United States | 578,000 | 96 |
| 10 | Vladislav Klepikov | Russia | 561,000 | 94 |
The Day’s Action
As is the case in many PLO tournaments, the action came early and fast with many big pots from the first hand. Dentale started to accumulate chips early in the day and he continued his momentum through to the end.
Popular social media figure Brett “Brettski” Stern joined the event, providing laughter and entertainment throughout the day as he found a bag.
Zack steadily rose up the counts as the day progressed, including a massive double knockout when he flopped a full house against kings and jacks. The three-time bracelet winner is not known for his PLO prowess, but he proved otherwise today.
Day 2 starts at 12 p.m. local time on June 6 in the Bronze section of the Horseshoe Event Center. Play will resume in Level 16 with blinds at 3,000/6,000.
As always, stay tuned to PokerNews as we provide continued coverage of Event #18: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha and all the action at the 2024 World Series of Poker.
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
| Casino | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe | 604 | 2 | Brett Bader | United States | 84,000 | 14 |
| Horseshoe | 604 | 3 | Grant Hart | United States | 181,000 | 30 |
| Horseshoe | 604 | 4 | Kamel Mokhammad | South Africa | 187,000 | 31 |
| Horseshoe | 604 | 5 | Mathyeu Provost | Canada | 179,000 | 30 |
| Horseshoe | 604 | 6 | Yuval Levi | Israel | 152,000 | 25 |
| Horseshoe | 604 | 7 | Steve Yagudaev | United States | 112,000 | 19 |
| Horseshoe | 604 | 8 | Ryan Laplante | United States | 123,000 | 21 |
| Horseshoe | 605 | 2 | Corey Wick | United States | 145,000 | 24 |
| Horseshoe | 605 | 3 | Joseph Sanders | United States | 267,000 | 45 |
| Horseshoe | 605 | 4 | Busch Ricardo | Hungary | 242,000 | 40 |
| Horseshoe | 605 | 5 | Andrejs Prost | United States | 352,000 | 59 |
| Horseshoe | 605 | 6 | Conner Reynolds | United States | 44,000 | 7 |
| Horseshoe | 605 | 7 | Jarryd Godena | Australia | 401,000 | 67 |
| Horseshoe | 605 | 8 | John Richards | United States | 287,000 | 48 |
| Horseshoe | 606 | 1 | Bernardo Tavares | Brazil | 123,000 | 21 |
| Horseshoe | 606 | 2 | Dylan Lambe | United States | 47,000 | 8 |
| Horseshoe | 606 | 3 | Jordan Spurlin | United States | 236,000 | 39 |
| Horseshoe | 606 | 4 | Daniel Zack | United States | 953,000 | 159 |
| Horseshoe | 606 | 5 | Ryan Coon | United States | 6,000 | 1 |
| Horseshoe | 606 | 6 | Tim Grau | Germany | 242,000 | 40 |
| Horseshoe | 606 | 7 | Ilmari Sukanen | United States | 289,000 | 48 |
| Horseshoe | 606 | 8 | Michael Purcell | United States | 213,000 | 36 |
| Horseshoe | 607 | 1 | Thomas Harvey | Australia | 48,000 | 8 |
| Horseshoe | 607 | 2 | Santtu Leinonen | Finland | 159,000 | 27 |
| Horseshoe | 607 | 3 | Joshua Thomas | United States | 116,000 | 19 |
| Horseshoe | 607 | 4 | Alfredo Vega Meister | Germany | 172,000 | 29 |
| Horseshoe | 607 | 5 | Geffrey Klein | United States | 45,000 | 8 |
| Horseshoe | 607 | 7 | Grzegorz Derkowski | Germany | 525,000 | 88 |
| Horseshoe | 607 | 8 | Jose Ramos | United States | 60,000 | 10 |
| Horseshoe | 608 | 1 | Trenton Pippin | United States | 288,000 | 48 |
| Horseshoe | 608 | 2 | Edward Bergman | Canada | 257,000 | 43 |
| Horseshoe | 608 | 3 | Adel Jo | United States | 47,000 | 8 |
| Horseshoe | 608 | 4 | Caleb King | United States | 349,000 | 58 |
| Horseshoe | 608 | 5 | Javier Zarco | Spain | 142,000 | 24 |
| Horseshoe | 608 | 7 | Paul Saso | United States | 243,000 | 41 |
| Horseshoe | 608 | 8 | Nir Cohen | United States | 402,000 | 67 |
| Horseshoe | 609 | 1 | Erik Perez | United States | 205,000 | 34 |
| Horseshoe | 609 | 2 | Daniel Kim | United States | 259,000 | 43 |
| Horseshoe | 609 | 3 | John Oshea | Ireland | 129,000 | 22 |
| Horseshoe | 609 | 4 | Rob Hollink | Netherlands | 222,000 | 37 |
| Horseshoe | 609 | 5 | Alfie Adam | United Kingdom | 66,000 | 11 |
| Horseshoe | 609 | 6 | George Abdallah | United States | 233,000 | 39 |
| Horseshoe | 609 | 7 | Kuhn Keenan | United States | 218,000 | 36 |
| Horseshoe | 609 | 8 | Antti Nieminen | Finland | 65,000 | 11 |
| Horseshoe | 610 | 1 | Virgile Turchi | United Kingdom | 203,000 | 34 |
| Horseshoe | 610 | 2 | Scott Ball | United States | 322,000 | 54 |
| Horseshoe | 610 | 3 | Peter Charalambous | United Kingdom | 90,000 | 15 |
| Horseshoe | 610 | 4 | 1 DNR | United States | 1 | 0 |
| Horseshoe | 610 | 5 | Leslie Roussell | United States | 305,000 | 51 |
| Horseshoe | 610 | 6 | Mary Jones | United States | 97,000 | 16 |
| Horseshoe | 610 | 7 | Pedro Rodriguez | United States | 283,000 | 47 |
| Horseshoe | 610 | 8 | Tony Hoang | Canada | 48,000 | 8 |
| Horseshoe | 611 | 1 | Reed Orem | United States | 217,000 | 36 |
| Horseshoe | 611 | 2 | Jonathan Bowers | United States | 599,000 | 100 |
| Horseshoe | 611 | 3 | Daniel Sepiol | United States | 286,000 | 48 |
| Horseshoe | 611 | 4 | Matt Sterling | United States | 123,000 | 21 |
| Horseshoe | 611 | 5 | Chase Fujita | United States | 76,000 | 13 |
| Horseshoe | 611 | 6 | Ardit Kurshumi | United States | 162,000 | 27 |
| Horseshoe | 611 | 7 | Anthony Espejo | Canada | 141,000 | 24 |
| Horseshoe | 611 | 8 | Thomas Gabriel | United States | 234,000 | 39 |
| Horseshoe | 613 | 1 | Frank Graeme | Canada | 279,000 | 47 |
| Horseshoe | 613 | 2 | Robert Meyer | United States | 277,000 | 46 |
| Horseshoe | 613 | 3 | Ladaniel Marshall | United States | 64,000 | 11 |
| Horseshoe | 613 | 4 | Cuba Levenberry | United States | 111,000 | 19 |
| Horseshoe | 613 | 5 | Corey Hochman | United States | 188,000 | 31 |
| Horseshoe | 613 | 6 | Michael Boss | United States | 181,000 | 30 |
| Horseshoe | 613 | 7 | Andrew Koenigsberg | United States | 321,000 | 54 |
| Horseshoe | 613 | 8 | Bryan Corrigan | United States | 421,000 | 70 |
| Horseshoe | 614 | 1 | Matthew Parry | United States | 323,000 | 54 |
| Horseshoe | 614 | 2 | Shaome Yang | United States | 26,000 | 4 |
| Horseshoe | 614 | 3 | Gerald Peltola | United States | 213,000 | 36 |
| Horseshoe | 614 | 5 | Zack Freeman | United States | 30,000 | 5 |
| Horseshoe | 614 | 6 | Alfred Atamian | United States | 183,000 | 31 |
| Horseshoe | 614 | 7 | Ioannis Papadopoulos | Greece | 182,000 | 30 |
| Horseshoe | 614 | 8 | Brian Leblanc | United States | 140,000 | 23 |
| Horseshoe | 615 | 1 | Brent Roberts | United States | 321,000 | 54 |
| Horseshoe | 615 | 2 | Adam Monaghan | United Kingdom | 375,000 | 63 |
| Horseshoe | 615 | 3 | Christian Darco | United States | 149,000 | 25 |
| Horseshoe | 615 | 4 | Jeff Madsen | United States | 111,000 | 19 |
| Horseshoe | 615 | 5 | Andreas Zampas | United States | 833,000 | 139 |
| Horseshoe | 615 | 6 | Jhojan Rivera | United States | 228,000 | 38 |
| Horseshoe | 615 | 7 | Michael Rodrigues Pires Santos | Portugal | 620,000 | 103 |
| Horseshoe | 615 | 8 | Zani Resulaska | United States | 294,000 | 49 |
| Horseshoe | 616 | 1 | Ran Niv | Israel | 70,000 | 12 |
| Horseshoe | 616 | 2 | James Chen | United States | 116,000 | 19 |
| Horseshoe | 616 | 3 | Devon Sampson | Canada | 74,000 | 12 |
| Horseshoe | 616 | 4 | Steve Zolotow | United States | 83,000 | 14 |
| Horseshoe | 616 | 5 | Jeffrey Cheezum | United States | 23,000 | 4 |
| Horseshoe | 616 | 6 | Andrew Donabedian | United States | 164,000 | 27 |
| Horseshoe | 616 | 8 | Nicolas Milgrom | United States | 148,000 | 25 |
| Horseshoe | 617 | 1 | Jaspal Brar | Canada | 348,000 | 58 |
| Horseshoe | 617 | 2 | Dylan Weisman | United States | 482,000 | 80 |
| Horseshoe | 617 | 3 | Jefferson Guerrero | Colombia | 188,000 | 31 |
| Horseshoe | 617 | 4 | Tony Cousineau | United States | 34,000 | 6 |
| Horseshoe | 617 | 5 | Quan Zhou | China | 235,000 | 39 |
| Horseshoe | 617 | 6 | Thomas Mccamy | United States | 274,000 | 46 |
| Horseshoe | 617 | 7 | Todd Dreyer | United States | 68,000 | 11 |
| Horseshoe | 617 | 8 | Vladimir Kendenkov | United States | 188,000 | 31 |
| Horseshoe | 618 | 1 | Gregory Aversa | United States | 117,000 | 20 |
| Horseshoe | 618 | 2 | Ruomeng Dong | United States | 490,000 | 82 |
| Horseshoe | 618 | 3 | Cedric Kolstad | United States | 185,000 | 31 |
| Horseshoe | 618 | 4 | Jacek Piontke | Poland | 91,000 | 15 |
| Horseshoe | 618 | 5 | Calen McNeil | Canada | 107,000 | 18 |
| Horseshoe | 618 | 6 | Erick Lindgren | United States | 509,000 | 85 |
| Horseshoe | 618 | 7 | Greg Himmelbrand | United States | 578,000 | 96 |
| Horseshoe | 618 | 8 | Christopher Frank | Germany | 480,000 | 80 |
| Horseshoe | 619 | 1 | Joseph Shammas | United States | 360,000 | 60 |
| Horseshoe | 619 | 2 | Arthur Morris | United States | 176,000 | 29 |
| Horseshoe | 619 | 3 | Maksim Dukic | United States | 400,000 | 67 |
| Horseshoe | 619 | 4 | Vladislav Klepikov | Russia | 561,000 | 94 |
| Horseshoe | 619 | 5 | Michael Hahn | United States | 345,000 | 58 |
| Horseshoe | 619 | 6 | John Zable | United States | 225,000 | 38 |
| Horseshoe | 619 | 7 | Ronald Casavant | United States | 54,000 | 9 |
| Horseshoe | 619 | 8 | William Mcmahan | United States | 11,100 | 2 |
| Horseshoe | 620 | 1 | Richard Alsup | United States | 1 | 0 |
| Horseshoe | 620 | 2 | Robert Price | United Kingdom | 87,000 | 15 |
| Horseshoe | 620 | 3 | Chino Rheem | United States | 624,000 | 104 |
| Horseshoe | 620 | 4 | Laura Born | United States | 73,000 | 12 |
| Horseshoe | 620 | 5 | Steven Abitbol | France | 351,000 | 59 |
| Horseshoe | 620 | 6 | Tareq Sirhan | United Kingdom | 283,000 | 47 |
| Horseshoe | 620 | 7 | Thomas Kysar | United States | 92,000 | 15 |
| Horseshoe | 620 | 8 | Brett Stern | United States | 269,000 | 45 |
| Horseshoe | 621 | 1 | Eric Mata | United States | 60,000 | 10 |
| Horseshoe | 621 | 2 | Maxim Kovalchuk | United States | 140,000 | 23 |
| Horseshoe | 621 | 3 | Kevin Kent | United States | 374,000 | 62 |
| Horseshoe | 621 | 4 | Adam Curchack | United States | 208,000 | 35 |
| Horseshoe | 621 | 5 | Alexander Ziskin | United States | 75,000 | 13 |
| Horseshoe | 621 | 6 | Andrei Kaigorodtcev | Russia | 86,000 | 14 |
| Horseshoe | 621 | 7 | Phil Ivey | United States | 278,000 | 46 |
| Horseshoe | 621 | 8 | Mark Liedtke | United States | 87,000 | 15 |
| Horseshoe | 622 | 1 | Jorge Leon | United States | 75,000 | 13 |
| Horseshoe | 622 | 2 | Grant Oen | United States | 110,000 | 18 |
| Horseshoe | 622 | 3 | Matthew Stone | United States | 111,000 | 19 |
| Horseshoe | 622 | 4 | Abdul Almagableh | United States | 537,000 | 90 |
| Horseshoe | 622 | 5 | John Bunch | United States | 49,000 | 8 |
| Horseshoe | 622 | 6 | Jared Bleznick | United States | 313,000 | 52 |
| Horseshoe | 622 | 7 | Joshua Steiner | United States | 97,000 | 16 |
| Horseshoe | 622 | 8 | Phuoc Vo | United States | 292,000 | 49 |
| Horseshoe | 623 | 1 | Christopher Vitch | United States | 110,000 | 18 |
| Horseshoe | 623 | 2 | Eugene Co | United States | 125,000 | 21 |
| Horseshoe | 623 | 3 | Alan Bittikofer | United States | 93,000 | 16 |
| Horseshoe | 623 | 4 | Warren Colman | United Kingdom | 187,000 | 31 |
| Horseshoe | 623 | 5 | Alon Yehudai | United States | 161,000 | 27 |
| Horseshoe | 623 | 6 | Thomas Taylor | Canada | 184,000 | 31 |
| Horseshoe | 623 | 7 | Yehoram Houri | France | 275,000 | 46 |
| Horseshoe | 623 | 8 | Mike Dentale | United States | 1,230,000 | 205 |
| Horseshoe | 624 | 1 | William Benson | United States | 142,000 | 24 |
| Horseshoe | 624 | 3 | Shariq Khan | Canada | 282,000 | 47 |
| Horseshoe | 624 | 4 | Gregory Kolo | United States | 314,000 | 52 |
| Horseshoe | 624 | 5 | Daniel Swartz | United States | 620,000 | 103 |
| Horseshoe | 624 | 6 | Eemil Tuominen | Finland | 228,000 | 38 |
| Horseshoe | 624 | 7 | Kelly Kim | United States | 180,000 | 30 |
| Horseshoe | 624 | 8 | David Funkhouser | United States | 322,000 | 54 |
| Horseshoe | 625 | 1 | Ryan Haas | United States | 89,000 | 15 |
| Horseshoe | 625 | 2 | Richard Ashby | United Kingdom | 325,000 | 54 |
| Horseshoe | 625 | 3 | Marcus Laffen | United States | 204,000 | 34 |
| Horseshoe | 625 | 4 | Xiaoxiao Song | United States | 635,000 | 106 |
| Horseshoe | 625 | 5 | Marcelo Costa | Brazil | 84,000 | 14 |
| Horseshoe | 625 | 6 | Dechang Zhang | Canada | 136,000 | 23 |
| Horseshoe | 625 | 7 | Joshua Thatcher | United States | 119,000 | 20 |
| Horseshoe | 625 | 8 | Nils Veipans | Latvia | 266,000 | 44 |
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,230,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
||
|
953,000
158,000
|
158,000 |
|
||
|
833,000
833,000
|
833,000 |
|
635,000
635,000
|
635,000 |
|
624,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
620,000
620,000
|
620,000 |
|
620,000
620,000
|
620,000 |
|
599,000
599,000
|
599,000 |
|
578,000
435,500
|
435,500 |
|
561,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
537,000
537,000
|
537,000 |
|
525,000
482,400
|
482,400 |
|
||
|
509,000
189,000
|
189,000 |
|
||
|
490,000
338,000
|
338,000 |
|
482,000
294,000
|
294,000 |
|
|
||
|
480,000
453,000
|
453,000 |
|
||
|
421,000
342,000
|
342,000 |
|
402,000
402,000
|
402,000 |
|
401,000
401,000
|
401,000 |
|
400,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
375,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
|
374,000
374,000
|
374,000 |
|
360,000
360,000
|
360,000 |
|
352,000
352,000
|
352,000 |
|
351,000
351,000
|
351,000 |
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Zani Resuli limped in early position, followed by Andrew Klivan in the hijack before the small blind raised to 25,000. Both Resuli and Klivan called.
The dealer fanned a flop of 10♦9♣7♦, and the action checked to Klivan who jammed for 85,000. The small blind quickly folded, butResuli went into the tank.
"Ah, you must have a straight," Said Resuli. "I would rather give my chips to a world class player."
"I am a world class player," Resuli replied, "Just not a world class poker player."
"I just want to bang you so bad," Resuli carried on while in the tank.
After a couple of more minutes, Resuli made the call.
Andrew Klivan: Q♦J♦J♠10♠ 
Zani Resuli: 8♦5♦6♥4♠
Resuli was ahead with a flopped straight and was able to dodge the straight and flush draw of Klivan as the A♣ hit the turn, and the 4♣ on the river.
"I'll still give you a back rub tomorrow," Resuli said to Klivan as he waited for his payout tag.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
245,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Under the gun opened the action with a raise to 12,000. Jordan Spurlin made the call on the button before the big blind three-bet to 60,000. Under the gun folded and Spurlin made the call, leaving himself 10,000 behind.
The flop came down 10♠7♣9♠ and the big blind continued for 10,000. Spurlin quickly called.
Jordan Spurlin: K♦K♥J♦6♥
Big blind: A♥K♠J♣4♥
The turn 7♠ and river 5♠ gave Spurlin the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000 |
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
The floor has announced that players will be playing three more hands before bagging for the end of the day.
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Middle position opened the pot with a raise to 18,000. Caleb King three-bet from the hijack to 55,000 and middle position called all in for 41,000 effective.
Middle position: K♠10♣10♦4♣
Caleb King: A♣K♥Q♦3♣
The board ran out 3♥3♠5♥9♥8♥ and King sent his opponent packing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000 |
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Jeff Landherr opened the pot with a raise to 12,000 from under the gun. The small blind three-bet to 38,000 and Landherr moved all in for 84,000. The small blind made the call, with his tournament life at risk.
Small blind: K♠K♣10♥3♣
Jeff Landherr: A♠A♣10♦3♥
The board ran out A♦9♥4♥6♦8♥ and Landherr sent his opponent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
290,000 |
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
The under-the-gun player opened 18,000 and Vladislav Klepikov called in the hijack before both the blinds came along.
The dealer fanned a flop of Q♥5♥3♥, and the blinds checked to the preflop raiser who shoved his last 5,000 into the middle. Klepikov raised to 20,000, forcing the players to fold behind him and both hands were tabled.
Under-the-gun: A♦Q♣7♠4♦
Vladislav Klepikov: A♠7♦3♠3♦
Klepikov flopped a set of threes and the board completed with the 5♦ turn and 5♠ river for him to improve to a full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
570,000 |
