Event #18: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha (8-Handed) Day 1 | 2024 World Series of Poker

06-05-2024 20:26 UTC-8

Prize Pool Announced

Tyler Foran

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event had a total of 1,469 entries, creating a prize pool of $1,961,115. 221 players will reach the minimum cash of $3,004 while the eventual champion will take home $294,311 and a WSOP gold bracelet.

Place	Prize	Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	$294,311	9	$24,335	56-63	$5,113
2	$196,191	10-11	$19,048	64-71	$4,498
3	$140,077	12-15	$15,119	72-79	$4,018
4	$101,284	16-23	$12,169	80-99	$3,647
5	$74,178	24-31	$9,936	100-117	$3,364
6	$55,034	32-39	$8,230	118-144	$3,154
7	$41,371	40-47	$6,919	145-221	$3,004
8	$31,516	48-55	$5,903

06-05-2024 20:31 UTC-8

Assorted Counts Around the Room

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Brett Slezak

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Zack	360,000 130,000	130,000

Chino Rheem	353,000 281,000	281,000
Michael Rodrigues	328,000 73,000	73,000

Phil Ivey	201,000 81,500	81,500

Dylan Weisman	188,000 97,000	97,000

Chris Vitch	166,000 119,000	119,000

Jared Bleznick	145,000 145,000	145,000

Steve Zolotow	129,000 129,000	129,000

Jaswinder Lally	119,000 23,500	23,500

Jeff Madsen	108,000 22,000	22,000

Ben Yu	81,000 81,000	81,000

Daniel Negreanu	48,000 12,000	12,000

Davidi Kitai	46,000 4,000	4,000

Ren Lin	18,000 12,000	12,000

06-05-2024 20:32 UTC-8

Song Stacks Opponent

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Stephen Song opened the action with a raise to 5,500 from under the gun. A player in middle position three-bet to 17,000 and Song made the call.

J♠4♣3♦ rolled off and Song put his opponent all in for his last 2,000. The opponent made the call and needed help from the deck.

Middle position: K♦Q♣J♦10♥ All in
Steven Song: A♥J♥10♣5♠

The board ran out 7♦J♣ and Song scooped the pot, eliminating an opponent in the meantime.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Song	164,000 164,000	164,000

Tags: Steven Song

06-05-2024 20:34 UTC-8

Zack Scores the Double Knockout

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Kaitlyn Jeffers

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Action picked up with Dan Zack covering two all in players with a flop and turn of 5♣J♣Q♥6♦ on the board. The river was the K♦ and Zack's set of fives held up and eliminated both opponents, effectively "killing the vibe" as one of Zack's tablemates remarked.

Late Position player: K♣Q♣8♣10♥ All in
Middle Position player: Q♠J♥9♠4♥ All in
Dan Zack: 10♦5♥5♦2♣

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Zack	389,500 389,500	389,500

Tags: Dan Zack

06-05-2024 20:41 UTC-8

Wiszowaty Coolers Opponent

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Middle position opened the action with a raise to 5,000. Philip Wiszowaty three-bet to 17,500 from the button and his opponent moved all in for 49,000. Wiszowaty made the call, covering the middle position player.

Middle position: K♠K♥10♦7♦ All in
Philip Wiszowaty: A♣A♠8♣7♣

The board ran out 3♠6♦8♦4♣6♣ and Wiszowaty stacked his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philip Wiszowaty	190,000 46,000	46,000

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06-05-2024 20:43 UTC-8

Good Flop for Ajez

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Tyler Foran

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Najeem Ajez limped in the hijack before Daniel Zack raised to 10,000 in the small blind. The big blind folded, but Ajez stuck around with a call.

When the 10♥9♠8♠ flop hit the felt, Zack quickly check-folded to a bet of 10,000 from Ajez.

"Good flop for me," Ajez said as he tabled three of his four cards showing the A♠10♠8♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Zack	387,000 2,500	2,500

Najeem Ajez	138,000 22,000	22,000

Tags: Daniel Zack Najeem Ajez

06-05-2024 20:47 UTC-8

Mueller Doubles Through Negreanu

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Brett Slezak

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Action was picked up on a A♥5♠3♠ flop in a hand between Brandon Mueller in the big blind and Daniel Negreanu in the hijack.

Mueller checked, Negreanu bet 8,000, Mueller check-potted, and Negreanu re-potted to 69,000 effective. Mueller quickly called to put himself at risk.

"What do you have?" asked Negreanu. "Everything," responded Mueller.

Negreanu replied, "You have everything? I have everything!"

Brandon Mueller: 7♠6♦4♠3♥ All in
Daniel Negreanu: A♠6♠5♥4♥

Negreanu had Mueller in terrible shape but the 9♦ turn gave Mueller more outs.

The 8♦ peeled off on the river which gave Mueller the nut straight and a full double up at the expense of Negreanu. No selfie sticks were harmed in the process.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Mueller	174,000 26,500	26,500
Daniel Negreanu	47,000 1,000	1,000

Tags: Brandon Mueller Daniel Negreanu

06-05-2024 20:49 UTC-8

Final Break

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Players are headed to their final 20-minute break of the night. Action will resume at Level 13 with blinds of 2,000-3,000. 288 players remain in the field.

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/3,000

Ante: 3,000

06-05-2024 21:16 UTC-8

Bleznick Eliminates Opponent

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Under the gun opened the action with a raise to 7,000. Jared Bleznick three-bet from the big blind to 20,000 and his opponent called for 18,500 effective.

Under the gun: K♣K♠7♣7♥ All in
Jared Bleznick: A♣A♥Q♣8♥