Stars Expected to Turn Out in Force for the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Championship
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Today sees the start of Event #9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.
This four-day event gets underway at 2 p.m. local time, and late registration is open for 11 levels (until about 2:15 p.m. on Day 2). There will be 15-minute breaks every two hours of play, with no dinner break scheduled on Day 1.
The starting stack is 60,000 chips, and the plan for Day 1 is to play ten levels. Levels 1-6 are 40 minutes long, and Levels 7-15 are 60 minutes long. From Level 16 onwards, levels increase to 90 minutes in length. Day 2 resumes at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Scott Seiver kicked off a Player of the Year-winning WSOP with his fifth bracelet in this event last year. It was the first of three for Seiver, who surely has punched his ticket to the Hall of Fame.
He defeated Jonathan Cohen heads-up to win $426,744 and top a 197-player field.
“This was exhausting," he told PokerNews in a winner's interview. "I wouldn’t be surprised if this was one of, if not the longest, non-Main Event tournament there has been. I feel great now that I’ve won.”
| Year | Entries | Winner | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 197 | Scott Seiver | United States | $426,744 |
| 2023 | 212 | Ben Lamb | United States | $492,795 |
| 2022 | 196 | Daniel Zack | United States | $440,757 |
| 2021 | 133 | Ari Engel | Canada | $317,076 |
| 2019 | 183 | Frankie O'Dell | United States | $443,641 |
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