Event #66: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship (8-Handed) Day 1 | 2024 World Series of Poker

06-26-2024 23:51 UTC-8

Wang Scores Large Pot and Knockout

Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Jim Collopy opened to 8,000 from under the gun and was called by Guofeng Wang in middle position, Ludovic Geilich in late position and a player in the big blind.

All four players checked through the 7♦9♥J♥ flop to the 4♠ turn at which point the big blind bet 21,000. Collopy called while Wang responded by potting to 123,500. That forced Geilich and Collopy out of the hand but the big blind called off for less.

Big Blind Player: J♦9♠10♠7♠ All in
Guofeng Wang: A♣10♣8♦2♠

Wang had flopped a straight to leave his opponent drawing thin. The river changed nothing to send the big blind out of the tournament while awarding Wang a large pot to go along with the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jim Collopy	640,000 330,000	330,000

Guofeng Wang	315,000
Ludovic Geilich	115,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Guofeng Wang Jim Collopy Ludovic Geilich

06-26-2024 20:17 UTC-8

Bronstein Among the Latest Casualties

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

On a completed board of K♦Q♦10♥8♦4♣, Noah Bronstein in the small blind made it 26,000 to go. Jon Borenstein in the big blind tank-called and was shown the A♦J♠4♦2♥ for the nuts by Bronstein. Down to around 6,000, Borenstein was eliminated shortly after to cut his massage and tournament life short.

Player	Chips	Progress
Noah Bronstein	150,000 88,500	88,500

Sean Troha	125,000 5,000	5,000

Jon Borenstein	Busted
Jason Mercier	Busted

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06-26-2024 19:20 UTC-8

Knecht KO's Two With Quads

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Josh Noy

Level 6 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Kyle Knecht limped in early position and moved all in after a three-bet and four-bet from the blinds. Both opponents called off their stacks and the hands were turned up.

Small Blind: K♠K♥8♣8♥ All in
Big Blind: J♣9♦7♣4♦ All in
Kyle Knecht: A♣A♥10♦4♠

Knecht never faced any danger, improving to quad aces on the 10♣A♠6♦3♦A♦ runout to send a pair to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Knecht	237,500 237,500	237,500

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06-26-2024 17:01 UTC-8

Ponakovs Bets Big

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Josh Noy

Level 4 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Chino Rheem and Aleksejs Ponakovs both committed 6,600 before the dealer fanned out the J♠7♣8♥ flop.

Ponakovs checked from the big blind and called after Rheem fired 4,000. Both players then checked the 2♠ turn and the Q♠ river was revealed.

Ponakovs led out with a bet of 20,000. Rheem took some time with the calling chips in his hand before laying it down.

A short time later, Rheem was seen heading to the exit after losing the rest of his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksejs Ponakovs	93,000 18,000	18,000

Chino Rheem	Busted

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06-26-2024 16:20 UTC-8

Last Year's Finalist Halatenko Among Early Casualties

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 300/600, 600 ante

Four ways to the A♥K♦9♦ flop, the action was checked around and the Q♦ followed on the turn. Stanislav Halatenko in the small blind bet 3,000 and David Eldridge then raised to 11,000 on the button. Only Halatenko called with very few chips behind and also called all-in after the 4♦ river.

Eldridge showed the A♦Q♣10♠2♦ for the ace-high flush and Halatenko flashed a jack-high flush before heading out. One year ago, Halatenko finished in third place in this event but now bowed out early on Day 1.

Another high-profile casualty was Farid Jattin, who had nearly doubled his stack only to lose it all. Hokyiu Lee was last spotted raking in the remainder of it.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hokyiu Lee	105,000 45,000	45,000

David Eldridge	70,000

Stanislav Halatenko	Busted
Farid Jattin	Busted

Tags: David Eldridge Farid Jattin Hokyiu Lee Stanislav Halatenko

06-26-2024 15:32 UTC-8

Schulman Busts Boatman

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Josh Noy

Level 3 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Three-way action became two after Barny Boatman three-bet to 2,800 and Nick Schulman slid out a four-bet to 9,800. Boatman made the call and the 6♥K♣4♣ flop was revealed.

Schulman bet enough to put Boatman all in and the call was made. The 2♥ turn and 7♥ river did not help Boatman, as Schulman turned over A♥A♦7♠5♣ to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Schulman	72,000 17,000	17,000

Barny Boatman	Busted

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06-26-2024 13:40 UTC-8

Li Among the First Casualties

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 1 : 200/300, 300 ante

The cards were already on their backs by the time the board showed J♠10♥2♥3♣ with Yingui Li and Edmund Chan getting their chips into the middle of the table.

Yingui Li: A♥K♦J♥7♣ All in
Edmund Chan: A♠J♣10♦6♠