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

07-02-2024 17:04 UTC-8

Martirosian Busts First Bullet

Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The completed board of 3♦J♦3♠9♠K♣ was in front of Artur Martiriosian in the cutoff and Connor Drinan on the button. Martirosian checked to Drinan, who fired a pot-sized bet of 124,500.

Martirosian mulled it over for a while before making the call. Drinan turned over K♠K♥Q♠5♦ for kings full, and Martirosian's cards hit the muck in defeat.

During the hand, Norwegian high roller Tom-Aksel Bedell sat down with a fresh stack of 300,000 chips, while Martirosian would be eliminated a few hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Connor Drinan	530,000 230,000	230,000

Artur Martirosian	Busted

Tags: Artur Martiriosian Connor Drinan

07-02-2024 17:13 UTC-8

Barbero's Ducks Double Him Up

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Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Three-way to a turn of Q♦2♠7♠A♣, David Benyamine in the big blind checked to Nacho Barbero in the hijack. Barbero then jammed all in for a pot-sized bet of 181,000.

Tyler Brown rejammed on the button with a stack of 240,000, and Benyamine quickly folded.

Nacho Barbero: A♦6♦2♥2♣ All in
Tyler Brown: A♠5♥4♠3♣.

Brown's combo draw missed on the 9♣ turn, seeing Barbero double up with his bottom set.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nacho Barbero	543,000 243,000	243,000

David Benyamine	170,000 15,000	15,000

Tyler Brown	61,000 239,000	239,000

Tags: David Benyamine Nacho Barbero Tyler Brown

07-02-2024 17:15 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Simao	745,500 457,500	457,500

Lars Nordkvist	715,000 362,000	362,000
Anuj Agarwal	675,000 567,000	567,000

Jared Bleznick	650,000 45,000	45,000

Philip Wiszowaty	430,000 14,000	14,000
Matthew Wantman	415,000 115,000	115,000

Gruffudd Pugh-Jones	382,000 66,000	66,000
Lou Garza	360,000

Tim Van Loo	355,000 15,000	15,000
Koray Turker	315,000 35,000	35,000
Daniel Negreanu	310,000 10,000	10,000

Sam Soverel	300,000 300,000	300,000

Dan Cates	300,000 300,000	300,000

Ren Lin	300,000

Stephen Chidwick	300,000

Joni Jouhkimainen	265,000 25,000	25,000

Raphael Schreiner	265,000 65,000	65,000
Ian Matakis	265,000

Sean Winter	261,000 59,000	59,000
Tomer Daniel	240,000 60,000	60,000
Aaron Katz	215,000 85,000	85,000

Mads Amot	200,000 310,400	310,400
David Wang	190,000 50,000	50,000
Adedapo Ajayi	180,000 120,000	120,000
Filip Lovric	130,000 230,000	230,000

Second Break of the Day

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Out of a field of 92 entries, some 80 players still have chips at their disposal and the T-500 denominations are raced off. The second 15-minute break has just commenced.

Level: 7

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

07-02-2024 17:38 UTC-8

Life Outside Poker: Life Coach Tyler Todt Used to "Bum Hunt" Tom Dwan

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Connor Richards

Level 7 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Life Outside Poker is a new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

In the tenth episode, Connor speaks with health and life coach Tyler Todt, a longtime poker player who made seven figures in early online poker days before taking a job in the banking industry and eventually leaving that to become his own boss and a health influencer.

Todt talked about online poker pre-Black Friday, bum hunting Tom Dwan, the benefits of a balanced life, avoiding the pitfalls of Las Vegas, being bullish on humanity and his favorite non-fiction books.

This interview was filmed at the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) inside Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.

The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and iHeartRadio. You can also watch the interview with Tyler Todt by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.

Learn More About Life Outside Poker!

Tags: Connor Richards Tom Dwan Tyler Todt

07-02-2024 17:44 UTC-8

Three in a Row for Krentzman

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

On the river of a 7♣5♦3♥3♠10♣ board, Evan Krentzman bet 22,000 out of the big blind. Sean Winter from under the gun tanked for a bit, asked more to himself "you have black kings?" and folded.

One hand later, Bogdan Capitan raised to 14,000 and folded when Krentzman potted to 48,000.

Gabriel Andrade then made it 9,000 to go for Krentzman and Winter to call. The A♣J♦6♣ flop saw Winter check-fold to Andrade's bet of 18,000 and the call of Krentzman. Both remaining players checked the K♦ turn and Andrade check-folded the 5♣ river when Krentzman bet 16,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bogdan Capitan	465,000 155,000	155,000
Gruffudd Pugh-Jones	360,000 22,000	22,000
Dash Dudley	360,000 60,000	60,000

Gabriel Andrade	360,000 40,000	40,000
Evan Krentzman	240,000 50,000	50,000
Sean Winter	220,000 41,000	41,000
Daniel Geeng	110,000 190,000	190,000

Tags: Bogdan Capitan Evan Krentzman Gabriel Andrade Sean Winter

07-02-2024 17:44 UTC-8

New Entries in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dirk Gerritse	300,000 300,000	300,000
Amit Ben Yacov	300,000
Krasimir Yankov	300,000
Phil Ivey	300,000

Filip Lovric	Busted

07-02-2024 17:46 UTC-8

Ribeiro Straight Up Doubles

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Frank Visser

Level 7 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Christopher Frank, Petko Tsakov, and Tomas Ribeiro were on a flop of 6♣5♦7♦, which they all checked. On the 5♠ turn, Frank checked from the small blind again, after which Tsakov bet 80,000 from early position.

Ribeiro made the call on the button before Frank mucked his cards. The 8♣ river saw Tsakov jam all in and Ribeiro snap called for his stack of 134,000.

Tsakov turned over K♣J♣8♠7♠ for a bluff with two pair, while Ribeiro played a straight with his A♥A♣9♣7♣ and doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tomas Ribeiro	563,000 283,000	283,000

Christopher Frank	550,000 50,000	50,000

Petko Tsakov	195,000 270,000	270,000

Tags: Christopher Frank Petko Tsakov Tomas Ribeiro

07-02-2024 17:47 UTC-8

Zinno Doubles Through Cates

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 7 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Anthony Zinno opened to 10,000 from the button, Dan Cates came back with a pot-sized raise from the button, Zinno four-bet shoved for 96,000 and Cates called with a covering stack to put Zinno at risk.

Anthony Zinno: A♠K♠K♥5♣ All in
Dan Cates: Q♣Q♦8♦4♥