Event #54: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship Day 1 | 2017 World Series of Poker

06-28-2017 18:43 UTC-8

Noam Folds Flush

Jan Kores

Level 7 : 400/800, 0 ante

Danny Noam was in the big blind, facing off against Anton Bertilsson on the button. The action was on the turn, with on the board. Noam checked, and Bertilsson bet 12,500.

Noam went into deep thought, counting his remaining stack. Then he lifted his cards in the air. He peeked at them one more time, but the action was evident; he was going to fold.

Eventually, Noam picked two of his cards and threw them onto the felt face-up. They were for a jack-high flush and a redraw to a straight flush.

Noam, however, apparently believed that Bertilsson held a better flush and made a huge laydown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Bertilsson	75,000 5,000	5,000
Danny Noam	55,500 24,500	24,500

Tags: Anton Bertilsson Danny Noam

06-28-2017 18:49 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Quan Zhou	200,000 70,000	70,000
Shaun Deeb	155,000 5,000	5,000

Johnny Lodden	148,000
Roberto Romanello	136,000 4,000	4,000

Dermot Blain	112,000 35,000	35,000
Felipe Ramos	98,000 22,000	22,000

Vivian Saliba	87,000 23,000	23,000

Keith Lehr	82,000 27,000	27,000

Brandon Shack-Harris	80,000 15,000	15,000

Yevgeniy Timoshenko	76,000 7,000	7,000
Barny Boatman	72,000 3,000	3,000

Ole Schemion	72,000 12,000	12,000

Mike Sexton	70,000 20,000	20,000

Gordon Vayo	67,000 9,000	9,000
David Benyamine	64,000 8,000	8,000

Karen Longfellow	57,000 3,000	3,000
Sam Trickett	48,000
Daniel Negreanu	35,200 43,550	43,550

Davidi Kitai	27,000 1,000	1,000

Dan Smith	16,500 12,500	12,500

Scott Bohlman	13,000 31,000	31,000

Ryan Laplante	Busted

Negreanu Pays Off Weinman

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Jan Kores

Level 7 : 400/800, 0 ante

With the action on the flop, Daniel Weinman was all in for 30,200. Daniel Negreanu was contemplating whether he should call or fold, and as is typical for him, he was talking everyone through his thought process.

"I've got like two-to-one, okay," was the result. Negreanu called, albeit admitting he hadn't flopped big.

Daniel Weinman:
Daniel Negreanu:

Negreanu had only middle pair, and the on the turn killed all his chances to beat Weinman. The river brought a full house for Weinman, who skyrocketed to over 100,000 in chips.

Negreanu was left with only 10,000 or so.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Weinman	110,000 60,000	60,000

Daniel Negreanu	10,000 25,200	25,200

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Daniel Weinman

06-28-2017 19:04 UTC-8

400 And Rising

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Level 7 : 400/800, 0 ante

There have now been 403 official entries with a few players currently at the late registration desk.

With players allowed to enter for another 90 minutes, the total field could surpass the 418 from 2014, which was the largest in the previous five years.

06-28-2017 19:07 UTC-8

Negreanu Ousted in a Three-Way All-In; Madsen Soars

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Jan Kores

Level 7 : 400/800, 0 ante

Jeff Madsen limped from the hijack, and his neighbour Daniel Negreanu wanted to make a move with his short stack. Negreanu raised it up to 2,800, finding a customer in the form of small blind Daniel Weinman. The action returned to Madsen, who re-raised pot, bumping it to 15,200. Negranu was happy to hear that, and he slid in his last 9,300. Weinman scanned Madsen's stack and called his three-bet.

The flop came , and Weinman asked Madsen how much he had behind, which was roughly 10,000. Weinman moved all in, and Madsen called off for his last 9,500. With no further action to come, all three hands were turned up.

Daniel Negreanu:
Jeff Madsen:
Daniel Weinman:

Negreanu was in bad shape, blocking his own gutshot straight draw and trailing with pocket jacks. Madsen had double-suited aces, but Weinman's hand had solid equity to provide a double knockout as he rolled over a wrap and bottom pair.

The turn and the river, however, changed nothing, leaving Madsen out front. He took all of Negreanu's chips and scored a full double through Weinman on top of that.

Negreanu and Madsen pumped fists before the Canadian superstar left the tournament area. Madsen is now back over a starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Weinman	80,000 30,000	30,000

Jeff Madsen	59,500 59,500	59,500

Daniel Negreanu	Busted

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Daniel Weinman Jeff Madsen

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 0

06-28-2017 19:26 UTC-8

George Folds to Gorodinsky

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Jan Kores

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Mike Gorodinsky was on the button, betting out 8,000 to the pot on the turn with the on the board. Chris George, sitting in a middle position, called.

The river was the and George checked to Gorodinsky again. Gorodinsky pulled out 25,000 this time.

George considered calling for about a minute, leaning towards the middle. He looked Gorodinsky in the eye, and then double checked his hole cards. But George still couldn't talk himself to making the call, folding.

"You made a straight?" Gorodinsky analysed after the hand.

"I had a bad straight," George confirmed.

"I had at least three jacks," smiled Gorodinsky, adding: "Good runout."

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Gorodinsky	95,000 45,000	45,000

Chris George	95,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Chris George Mike Gorodinsky

06-28-2017 19:29 UTC-8

Nearing the Top

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Jan Kores

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

See below for some of the well-known faces among those who've already quadrupled the 50,000 starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dermot Blain	220,000 108,000	108,000
Alberto Fonseca	216,000 56,000	56,000
Roberto Romanello	215,000 79,000	79,000

Quan Zhou	205,000 5,000	5,000

06-28-2017 19:33 UTC-8

Roberto Romanello Rising

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Level 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Facing off against one opponent, Roberto Romanello bet 17,500 on the turn of a board reading . The board looked pretty coordinated, and Romanello had a lot of chips. His opponent didn’t like it much and folded his hand.

Romanello has been stepping up the pace recently, and his stack has been growing as a result.