Event #41: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 1 Started
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #41: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,174,500
Entries
870
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
0
Welcome to Event #41: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 1 of Event #41: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha of the 2017 World Series of Poker is set to get underway at 11 a.m. today. Last year in this event, Jiaqi Xu beat a field of 776 players to win $212,128 and captured his first WSOP gold bracelet.
Players will start with 7,500 in chips and play 10 hour-long levels with a 20-minute break after every two levels and a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6, after which point registration will be closed at around 5:40 p.m.
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Shuffle Up and Deal
Cards are in the air and we have 390 entrants to start the day off.
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Six-Time WSOP Bracelet Winner is Up Early
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
After a scan of the room, one of the most recognizable figures in poker has taken his seat. TJ Cloutier is a six-time WSOP Champion with 84 cashes. He has cashed twice in two other bracelet events this summer and finished top 10 in one of the daily "Deepstacks" here at the Rio as well.
Cloutier is a living legend who has been around the scene since well before the poker boom ever hit. He has over $4.6 million in WSOP cashes and is hungry to win his seventh gold bracelet. Stay tuned to follow his progress throughout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,500 | 7,500 |
More Notables in the Field
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,500 | |
|
7,500 | |
|
7,500 | |
|
7,500 | |
|
7,500 | |
|
7,500 | |
|
|
7,500 |
Eight More Bracelets Join the Fray
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Three more notables, all multiple-bracelet winners, have joined the field.
Joe 'The Kid' Cada is a two-time bracelet winner and the 2009 WSOP Main Event Champion. He has over $10 million in WSOP earnings and is the youngest player to win the Main Event in history at the age of 21 years and 11 months.
Barry Greenstein is a three-time bracelet winner and aptly nicknamed "The Robin Hood of Poker," known for his various charitable causes and nonstop good will. He is a highly accomplished player with over $3 million in earnings at the WSOP and is one of the most revered names in the game.
Jonathan Duhamel is also a three-time bracelet winner and the 2010 WSOP Main Event Champion. Duhamel has over $14 million in earnings and 38 cashes at the WSOP. He has won some big events to go with his Main Event victory, including the High Roller for One Drop and the European WSOP High Roller.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,500 | 7,500 |
|
7,500 | 7,500 |
|
7,500 | 7,500 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Updated Counts and a Few More Entries
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
The action seems to be in a feeling-out mode throughout the room as most hands that have been seen have been for small pots and with no big reportable details. Here some updated counts and more notables taking seats.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
12,500 | 5,000 |
|
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8,900 | 1,400 |
|
|
7,800 | 300 |
|
7,500 | 7,500 |
|
7,500 | 7,500 |
|
7,500 | 7,500 |
|
7,500 | 7,500 |
|
7,300 | -200 |
|
|
7,100 | -400 |
|
|
7,000 | -500 |
|
|
7,000 | -500 |
|
|
6,900 | -600 |
|
|
6,100 | -1,400 |
|
|
5,000 | -2,500 |
|
|
4,500 | -3,000 |
First Break of the Day
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
David Williams has gotten off to a hot start and is sitting at 28,650 very early on.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
28,650 | 21,150 |
|
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15,200 | 2,700 |
|
|
15,100 | 7,600 |
|
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13,600 | 4,700 |
|
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12,775 | 5,275 |
|
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12,100 | 5,100 |
|
|
10,300 | -600 |
|
|
7,700 | -125 |
|
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7,700 | -100 |
|
7,500 | |
|
|
6,800 | 700 |
|
|
6,600 | 2,100 |
|
|
6,000 | -1,500 |
|
|
5,800 | -1,100 |
|
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4,900 | -2,400 |
|
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3,600 | -3,400 |
|
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Busted |