Last Level of the Night
Level 18 has just begun, marking the final half-hour level before those remaining will secure a bag for Day 2. Just 59 remain and are guaranteed a cash of at least $1,590.
Level 18 has just begun, marking the final half-hour level before those remaining will secure a bag for Day 2. Just 59 remain and are guaranteed a cash of at least $1,590.
With only 30 minutes remaining in this first flight, Christopher Trang has amassed the chip lead with a stack of 345,000.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Christopher Trang |
345,000
345,000
|
345,000 |
|
Below are some updated counts of some of the largest stacks as day one draws to a close.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Christopher Trang |
365,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
||
Peter Linton | 252,000 | |
Seth Zimmerman |
225,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Ludovic Geilich |
215,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
Ryan Laplante |
160,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
|
||
Craig Varnell |
110,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
Dutch Boyd |
100,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
Just 52 players of the 1,193 that entered the day survived to bag for Day 2. Flight 1b registration is still open for those still looking to enter.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Christopher Trang |
402,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
||
Peter Linton |
309,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
Seth Zimmerman |
272,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
John Racener |
212,000
212,000
|
212,000 |
|
||
Rick Fuller | 196,000 | |
Ludovic Geilich |
195,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Ryan Laplante |
180,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
Pearce Arnold | 166,000 | |
Gregory Wood | 165,000 | |
Jonas Wexler | 148,000 | |
|
||
Adam Lippert |
143,000
-42,000
|
-42,000 |
Reed Orem |
132,000
132,000
|
132,000 |
Andreas Krause | 132,000 | |
Ngoc Nguyen | 129,000 | |
Henry Hull | 123,000 | |
Jonathan Duhamel |
123,000
123,000
|
123,000 |
|
||
Nick Jivkov |
122,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
||
John Roveto | 114,000 | |
Rumen Nanev | 114,000 | |
Ryan Haas |
108,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
Eric Fields | 107,000 | |
Stephane Tayar | 104,000 | |
Joseph Sanders | 102,000 | |
Sergio Benso | 101,000 | |
Omar Mehmood | 101,000 |
An impressive field of 1,193 entrants came into the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino for Day 1a of Event #19: $565 Pot-Limit Omaha. Just 52 players survived the 18-level day to bag and advance onto Day 2.
Christopher Trang went on a tear on the final levels of the night to build from the 5,000 starting stack to end with a commanding chip lead boasting 402,000. The next closest was Peter Linton bagging 309,000.
Other notables who will also be advancing onto Day 2 include Ludovic Geilich (195,000), Nick Jivkov (122,000), Craig Varnell (90,000), and Vivian Saliba (73,000).
Ryan Laplante, who won this event in 2016, is aiming for a repeat and bagged a healthy stack of 180,000. One of the key hands for Laplante resulted in him eliminating Ionescu who at one time held the chip lead himself.
Laplante called a raise from Christopher Trang in middle position and John Gordon called on the button. Mircea Ionescu then announced a pot-sized raise out of the big blind, getting folds from Trang and Gordon. Laplante thought for a few moments before calling the 36,000. The two saw a jack-eight-six flop and Laplante bet the remaining 30,000 or so of Ionescu's stack. "I can't believe this. OK, I call," Ionescu said, putting the rest of his chips in the middle.
Laplante tabled jack-nine-eight-seven for two pair and a straight draw to Ionescu's jack-ten-nine-deuce for an inferior one pair but an open-ended straight draw. The turn brought a seven, making Ionescu's straight, but the river fell was an eight, filling up Laplante and Ionescu made his way to the payout cage.
A perk for players on either flight of Day 1 is the ability to make the money even if their journey comes to an end before the end of play. Of the 1,193 contestants, 179 would make the money, securing a min-cash of at least $833. Chris Ferguson, Barry Greenstein, Dan Heimiller, and Jeff Gross are a few of those to do so.
Registration for the second and final flight for this event has closed, drawing 1,225 more entries for a grand total of 2,418. Both flights will combine for Day 2 on Saturday at 2 p.m.
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Event #19: $565 Pot-Limit Omaha
Jour 1a terminé