Event #73: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha (8-Handed) Day 1 | 2024 World Series of Poker

06-29-2024 20:03 UTC-8

Schwartz Picks off Garza in a Battle of the Blinds

Ollie Garland

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The pot stood at 23,000 with two players looking at a board of 9♣4♠A♠Q♠.

Lou Garza, in the small blind, bet out 12,000 and Noah Schwartz made the call, from the big blind.

The 7♣ river saw Garza bet the size of the pot, wagering 48,000. Schwartz looked pained by his decision before making the call. Garza quickly flashed his hand, which was all Schwartz need to see to table A♣A♦9♠7♦ for a set of aces, winning this pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lou Garza	230,000 110,000	110,000

Noah Schwartz	185,000 53,500	53,500

Tags: Noah Schwartz Lou Garza

06-29-2024 20:02 UTC-8

Yockey Gets Three Folds

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Bryce Yockey opened to 7,000 from the cutoff and was called by Ren Lin on the button as well as two players in the small blind and big blind respectively.

The flop came 7♦3♦2♠ and action checked around to Yockey who bet 30,000. All three opponents got out of the way and Yockey took the pot without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ren Lin	258,000 8,000	8,000

Bryce Yockey	112,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: Bryce Yockey Ren Lin

Level: 7

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

06-29-2024 19:34 UTC-8

Break Time

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Kai Cocklin

Level 6 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Players are on a 15-minute break.

06-29-2024 19:32 UTC-8

Habegger Drills the Turn to Send Haxton Out and Leave Arieh Short

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Dan O'Hair

Level 6 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Fernando Habegger had a pot-sized raise of 50,400 in front of him preflop from the hijack. He was called by David Benyamine in the cutoff, Isaac Haxton in early position, and Josh Arieh in middle position.

"Pick me!" Arieh said before the flop came.

The dealer brought 2♠9♠4♦ and the action checked to Habegger, who went all in for about 185,000. Benyamine folded, Haxton called all in, and Arieh called to put both players at risk.

Isaac Haxton: Q♥J♠10♥5♠ All in
Fernando Habegger: A♣A♠7♠3♠ All in
Josh Arieh: J♦9♥9♦8♥

The dealer had picked Arieh, who held the lead with a set of nines.

However, the A♥3♥ runout improved Habegger to a set of aces, and he scored the massive pot to eliminate Haxton.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fernando Habegger	675,000 379,000	379,000
David Benyamine	210,000 25,000	25,000

Josh Arieh	95,000 228,000	228,000
Isaac Haxton	Busted

Tags: David Benyamine Fernando Habegger Isaac Haxton Josh Arieh

06-29-2024 19:25 UTC-8

Bleznick Has Triple the Starting Stack

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Kai Cocklin

Level 6 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Anson Tsang made it 5,000 from the cutoff, and Jared Bleznick three-bet to 14,400 from the button. The blinds folded and Tsang made the call.

On the A♥3♣K♣ flop, Tsang check-folded to a bet of 16,000 from Bleznick.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Bleznick	450,000 192,000	192,000

Anson Tsang	95,000 95,000	95,000

Tags: Anson Tsang Jared Bleznick

06-29-2024 19:23 UTC-8

Arieh Shows Down Trips

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 6 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

With three players seeing a board reading Q♥J♦4♠, a player in the big blind checked, a player in the hijack checked behind, and Josh Arieh bet 10,000 from the button. The big blind called while the hijack got out of the way.

The big blind check-called another bet from Arieh on the 4♣ turn, this time for 22,000.

Both players checked the Q♦ river. The big blind flashed K♥K♦ for kings up, but Arieh turned over A♥9♦8♥4♦ for trip fours, and the big blind mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Arieh	323,000 75,000	75,000

Tags: Josh Arieh

06-29-2024 19:14 UTC-8

Weisman Dusts Off a Bullet; Yamron Stays Alive

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Kai Cocklin

Level 6 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Bruce Yamron, Quan Zhou, and Jonas Kronwitter had all limped in before Dylan Weisman made it 10,400 from the button. The big blind cold-called, Yamron & Zhou called, and Kronwitter made it 20,000 from the hijack. Weisman then shoved all in for 43,900, which got the big blind to fold. Yamron called off his stack of around 22,000, Zhou folded, and Kronwitter made the call, putting two players at risk.

Bruce Yamron: A♥6♥4♥3♣ All in
Dylan Weisman: J♠J♦5♠5♣ All in
Jonas Kronwitter: K♠K♣J♣2♥

Yamron was contesting the main pot and would almost quintuple up if he could find a way to win the hand. Weisman and Kronwitter also had a side pot between them, and the former needed to win if he wanted to remain in the tournament.

The runout of 2♦3♥7♣A♦10♣ wasn't kind to Weisman, as his hand didn't improve, which meant the side pot went Kronwitter's way. However, Yamron claimed the main pot, hitting two pair and keeping his tournament life alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonas Kronwitter	230,000 230,000	230,000
Quan Zhou	180,000 8,000	8,000
Bruce Yamron	95,000 95,000	95,000
Dylan Weisman	Busted

Tags: Bruce Yamron Dylan Weisman Jonas Kronwitter Quan Zhou

06-29-2024 19:08 UTC-8

Suvarna Is in the Mix

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Ollie Garland

Level 6 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

The pot stood at 26,300 with two players looking at a board of 10♦K♣2♦6♥.

The big blind checked the action to Santhosh Suvarna, who was under the gun. Suvarna placed a near pot-sized bet of 26,000, and his opponent made a frustrated fold.

Suvarna, who just won the $250,000 No Limit Hold'em Super High Roller for $5,415,152 six days ago, is already using his freshly plumped bankroll.