Event #79: $50,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha Day 1 | 2024 World Series of Poker

07-02-2024 14:24 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Mads Amot	425,000 125,000	125,000
Jonathan Azoulay	390,000 60,000	60,000
Filip Lovric	360,000 60,000	60,000
Clemens von Blanckenburg	330,000 30,000	30,000
Najeem Ajez	315,000 90,000	90,000
Bogdan Capitan	310,000 10,000	10,000
Evan Krentzman	300,000 300,000	300,000
Anthony Zinno	290,000 10,000	10,000

Bryce Yockey	275,000 25,000	25,000

Andjelko Andrejevic	275,000 275,000	275,000

Ken Fishman	240,000 60,000	60,000
David Wang	240,000 60,000	60,000
Michael Duek	215,000 5,000	5,000
Dylan Smith	150,000 143,000	143,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Jan-Peter Jachtmann	300,000

Lars Nordkvist	300,000
Anuj Agarwal	300,000

Isaac Kempton	300,000
Raphael Schreiner	300,000

Benyamine Attacked by Lamb

Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

David Benyamine raised to 3,000 on the hijack before Ben Lamb three-bet to 11,000 in the cutoff. Benyamine called and the 7♦7♣Q♣ flop was dealt.

Lamb continued with a bet of 5,500 and Benyamine check-called. On the 9♦ turn, Lamb sized up to 20,000 chips, causing Benyamine to check-fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Lamb	305,000 5,000	5,000

David Benyamine	277,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Ben Lamb David Benyamine

07-02-2024 14:06 UTC-8

Tsakov Takes From Frank

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Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Petko Tsakvo raised to 4,200 in the hijack and was called by Erick Lindgren in the cutoff. Big blind Christopher Frank then three-bet the pot to 17,400 and only Tskaov called.

Frank bet 16,000 on the 6♣2♥A♥ flop. Tskakov called before the Q♣ turn was checked by both players. Frank bet another 16,000 on the 9♠ river, seeing a quick call from his opponent.

Frank tabled J♥J♦7♥7♦ for a bluff with a pair of jacks, while Tskaov made the call with A♠8♣6♥5♠ for two pair to rake in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Petko Tsakov	530,000 170,000	170,000
Christopher Frank	212,000 113,000	113,000

Erick Lindgren	138,000 107,000	107,000

Tags: Christopher Frank Erick Lindgren Petko Tsakvo

07-02-2024 13:54 UTC-8

Weisman Shoves on Lonis

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Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Gruffud Pugh-Jones led out for 7,000 in the small blind on a flop of J♥5♣Q♥. Dylan Weisman called in the big blind before Jesse Lonis made it 29,500 to go in middle position.

Pugh-Jones folded while Weisman called to see the 7♠ turn. Weisman then checked and Lonis announced a pot-sized bet of 77,500. Weisman jammed all in, covering Lonis.

Lonis went on to spend all but one of his time extensions before laying it down, and he picked the 7♥ out of Weisman's hand to show to the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Weisman	484,500 152,500	152,500

Gruffudd Pugh-Jones	316,000 316,000	316,000
Jesse Lonis	208,500 166,500	166,500

Tags: Dylan Weisman Jesse Lonis

07-02-2024 13:42 UTC-8

Lonis Pounces on Duek

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Christian Zetzsche

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

In a pot of more than 110,000 to the A♠A♥3♥Q♣2♣ river, Michael Duek checked in the cutoff. Jesse Lonis bet 89,000 on the button. Duek used one time bank extension and folded for the pot to be shipped to Lonis.

Dylan Weisman inquired if one card could be shown and Lonis nodded. It was Duek who made the choice and he peeled Lonis' A♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Lonis	375,000 59,000	59,000

Michael Duek	220,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Dylan Weisman Jesse Lonis Michael Duek

07-02-2024 13:40 UTC-8

Field Climbs to 39 Entries

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Towards the end of level one, the clock shows 39 entries and the following players have all entered the fray.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tim Van Loo	300,000
Filip Lovric	300,000
Mads Amot	300,000
Dirk Gerritse	300,000
Bryce Yockey	300,000

Sam Stein	300,000

07-02-2024 13:38 UTC-8

Weisman Check-Raises Turn

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Frank Visser

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

In a pot of 24,000 chips. Dylan Weisman and Michael Duek arrived on a turn of 10♥9♠10♣2♦. Weisman checked from the cutoff to Duek in the big blind, with the latter making a bet of 14,000.

Weisman then raised to 48,000, after which Duek laid down his hand. The table agreed to table one card of the winners' hands, and this time a king was tabled as Weisman raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Weisman	332,000 32,000	32,000

Michael Duek	275,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Dylan Weisman Michael Duek

07-02-2024 13:26 UTC-8

More New Entries in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Robert Cowen took his seat on table 140 which brings the last two winners of this event together, as Jesse Lonis can also be found there as well.

Dylan Smith also jumped in recently and raised the cutoff to then call a three-bet by Erick Lindgren on the button to 6,500. Both checked to the A♦6♥3♠4♣9♦ river on which Smith check-folded to a bet by Lindgren.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Cowen	300,000 300,000	300,000

Clemens von Blanckenburg	300,000 300,000	300,000
Ben Lamb	300,000 300,000	300,000

Michael Duek	300,000 300,000	300,000
Dylan Smith	293,000 293,000	293,000
Erick Lindgren	245,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Dylan Smith Erick Lindgren Jesse Lonis Robert Cowen

07-02-2024 13:25 UTC-8

Mercier Takes From Dam

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Jason Mercier defended the big blind against a button raise by Martin Dam and they both opted to check through the K♦10♥5♦ flop. On the 5♣ turn, Mercier checked again and Dam bet 3,000. The check-raise to 14,000 by Mercier followed and it won the pot.