Event #43: $1,500 Mixed: Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Big O (7-Handed)
Day 1 Started
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #43: $1,500 Mixed: Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Big O (7-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
$1,138,755
Entries
853
Level
35
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Entries
853
Players Left
215
Players Left 1 / 853
Filter
(1)
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 #43: $1,500 Mixed Omaha (Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, & Big O (8-Handed) here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
This three-day event gets underway at 2 p.m. local time with late registration open for nine levels (approximately 8:45 p.m.). There will be 15-minute breaks every three levels, with no dinner break pencilled in. Players are permitted two reentries.
The starting stack is 25,000 chips with the plan for Day 1 to play 15 40-minute levels. For the surviving players, Day 2 resumes at 1 p.m. Monday, levels increase to 60 minutes, and closes after another ten levels of play. A winner will be crowned on Day 3.
Last year’s event was the largest field in the event's history, with a field of 1,091 entries generating a prize pool of $1,456,485. The winner was William Leffingwell, who defeated Zhen Cai heads-up to win $253,651 and his first WSOP bracelet.
Supported by a loud and passionate rail, Leffingwell told PokerNews "I love these people, and I love Houston. We've been through a lot these last couple of years, and poker down there is the best in the world."
"PLO is our game, and we invite everyone in the world to come play at any stake."
| Year | Entries | Winner | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1,091 | William Leffingwell | United States | $253,651 |
| 2022 | 771 | Bradley Anderson | United States | $195,565 |
| 2021 | 641 | Dylan Linde | United States | $170,269 |
| 2020 | - | Not held | - | - |
| 2019 | 717 | Anatolii Zyrin | Russia | $199,838 |
| 2018 | 776 | Yueqi Zhu | United States | $211,781 |
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Level: 1
Limit: 100/200 Blinds, 200-400 Limits
Pot-Limit: 100 Ante, 100/100 Blinds, 200-400 Pot Limit Raise
Level 1
Cards are in the air and action has begun!
Level 1
Omaha Hi-Lo
The under the gun player raised to 400 and everyone except the small blind made the call.
When the flop came Q♥3♦7♥, the big blind was quick to check. Under the gun continued for 200. Both Kris Kwiatkowski and Keith Olsby called from the cutoff and button, respectively.
The turn was the 9♠ and all three players were quick to check.
When the river came the 6♥, both under the gun and Kwiatkowski checked to Olsby. He fired for 400 and received a call from both players. Olsby showed A♣2♠2♦6♠ for the nut low and Kwiatkowski A♥Q♣J♥K♠ for the high with the nut flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
24,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
Level 1
Omaha Hi-Lo
Acton folded to Bill Smith in the small blind who raised and was called by Mark van der Loo in the big blind.
The flop came 9♦2♣7♣ and Smith check-called the bet from Van Der Loo.
After the K♠ came on the turn, Smith lead out for a bet and was called by Van Der Loo.
The river was the Q♠ and Smith again check-called a bet from Van Der Loo.
Van Der Loo showed down J♥10♣8♥2♥ for the nut straight to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,400
26,400
|
26,400 |
|
23,800
23,800
|
23,800 |
Level 1
Big O
Action was caught after the turn of A♥8♦K♥3♠ and under the gun led out for 200.
The cutoff made the call and Yuan Jinmui raised to a pot size bet of 1,700.
Both remaining players mucked their hands for Jinmui to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
23,500
23,500
|
23,500 |
Level 1
Big O
Acton was picked up on a flop showing 9♠Q♦5♦ with three players, when a player from the small blind bet out. Mike Matusow in the big blind then put in a raise, and player on the button folded. The player in the small blind put in a three-bet, before Matusow put in a four-bet all in, which was called by the small blind.
Mike Matusow: A♦Q♠Q♥10♥7♠ 
Small Blind: Q♣9♦8♦7♦6♣
It was Matusow ahead with his set of queens versus the top two pair of the small blind, who also had a flush and straight draw.
When the board ran out J♠ on the turn and K♠ on the river, Matusow improved to a flush, to get the early double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
62,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
||
Level 1
Big O
Action was caught after the board ran out 7♥5♦A♥6♣6♠ and Sean Moore moved all in from the small blind.
Garrett Dukes made the call and the button folded as both players revealed their hands.
It was a chop as Moore showed 7♣2♦3♣6♦K♥ for the nut low and Dukes A♠A♣9♥8♦J♣ for the high with aces-full.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
34,500
34,500
|
34,500 |
|
23,500
23,500
|
23,500 |
Level: 2
Limit: 200/300 Blinds, 300-600 Limits
Pot-Limit: 200 Ante, 100/200 Blinds, 400-700 Pot Limit Raise
