Event #79: $50,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 1 Started
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #79: $50,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info
2024 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$8,929,250
Entries
187
Level
30
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Entries
131
Players Left
61
Players Left 1 / 187
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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 #79: $50,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha (8-Handed) here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
This three-day event begins at 2 p.m. local time, with late registration open for 13 levels (≈ 1:40 p.m. on Day 2). This event allows for two reentries. There will be 15-minute breaks every three levels.
The starting stack is 300,000 chips, and Day 1 will consist of 12 levels. Levels last 40 minutes. Day 2 resumes at 1:00 p.m. local time for the surviving players and plays until only five remain. Day 3's start time has yet to be decided.
Last year’s event drew in 200 entrants, who created a $9,550,000 prize pool. America's Jesse Lonis came out on top, raking in $2,303,017 and his second WSOP bracelet.
“It’s incredible. It’s my first $50,000, so I can’t start better in the high rollers,” he said following his win. “It just feels great because it’s a tough tournament. Obviously, every player in it, 99 percent of them, are great players. It was a mental battle and nice to come out on top.”
| Year | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 200 | $9,550,000 | Jesse Lonis | United States | $2,303,017 |
| 2022 | 106 | $5,074,750 | Robert Cowen | United Kingdom | $1,393,816 |
| 2021 | 85 | $4,069,375 | Jeremy Ausmus | United States | $1,188,918 |
| 2020 | Not Held |
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What Else is Happening at the 2024 WSOP?
- After finishing as the runner-up last year, Japan's Shiina Okamoto triumphed in the $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship, banking $171,732 and a well-deserved first bracelet.
- WPT announcer Tony Dunst won the third bracelet of his career after taking down a $500 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack online event for $134,887.
- The $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha is down to only five players and Brian Rast is among them. Rast is hunting for a seventh career bracelet to add to his already incredible legacy.
Level: 1
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Level 1
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
The first 20 players have taken their seats as the $50,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha gets underway.
Level 1
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
There are 22 players registered according to the tournament info and the following players are already in contention.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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300,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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300,000
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300,000 |
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300,000
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300,000 |
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300,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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300,000
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300,000 |
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300,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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300,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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300,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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300,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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300,000
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300,000 |
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300,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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300,000
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300,000 |
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300,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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300,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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300,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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300,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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Level 1
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Picking up the action on a turn of Q♠9♠9♦K♥ with around 12,000 chips in the pot, Ronald Keijzer and Joao Simao checked out of the blinds to Jesse Lonis on the button.
Lonis then bet 8,000 chips, which only Simao called. The 10♠ river was checked down and Lonis won the pot with Q♥J♠9♥7♥ for nines full of queens.
During the hand, Dylan Weisman took his seat at the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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316,000
316,000
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316,000 |
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300,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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297,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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288,000
288,000
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288,000 |
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Level 1
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
With a pot of around 65,000 to the Q♠7♣4♣K♥ turn, Najeem Ajez bet 42,000 from the big blind into Martin Dam from under the gun. The table had started four-handed and Dam gave it brief consideration before folding.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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340,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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270,000
30,000
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30,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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300,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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300,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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300,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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Level 1
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Christopher Frank bet the A♣Q♣7♦5♥ turn for 30,000 and Erick Lindgren called. Frank bet another 25,000 on the 4♥ river and Lindgren came along but then mucked to the A♦Q♠9♦8♠ for the top two pair by Frank.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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375,000
75,000
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75,000 |
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235,000
65,000
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65,000 |
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Level 1
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
On a completed board of 5♠10♣2♠6♠J♥, with a respectable 60,000 chips already in the pot, Petko Tsakov made a bet of 24,000 from the small blind.
Christopher Frank sat in the button and spent a few time extensions before flicking in a calling chip.
Tsakov showed Q♠J♠9♥8♣ for a queen-high flush, and Frank's cards instantly hit the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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360,000
360,000
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360,000 |
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325,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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