Event #19: $565 Pot-Limit Omaha Jour 1b | 2018 World Series of Poker

2018-06-09 03:54 UTC-7

Jeff Gibson Leads Day 1b of $565 Pot-Limit Omaha, Harwood Bags Big

Niveau 18 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

A total of 1,226 entries filled the Brasilia Room at Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino for Day 1B of Event #19: $565 Pot-Limit Omaha. There was plenty of action and the chips were flying throughout the night. After 18 levels of Day 1b play, it's USA's Jeff Gibson leading the way with 374,000.

Gibson got off to a red hot start building a big stack early and never looked back. USA's Anuj Bahl is right is on heels with 361,000 and Florian Strasser rounds out the top three Day 1B chip stacks with 333,000.

Two-time WSOP bracelet winner USA's Loni Harwood will return to Day 2 with a healthy stack of 218,500.

Harwood is not the only two-time WSOP bracelet winner that will be returning as JC Tran will be joining her on Day 2 with 73,000.

Other players from this flight that will be moving on include WSOP bracelet Australia's James Obst.

The eliminations were fast and furious and plenty of big names hit the rail including Scott Clements, Nipun Java, Michael Mizrachi, Phil Hui, Jay Farber, Tyler Patterson and Amnon Filippi, just to name a few.

There are 49 Day 1b players advancing to Day 2 and they'll join the 52 Day 1a survivors in the Amazon Gold room on Saturday, June 9 at 2 P.M. local time.

The players are now all in the money and the blinds will be 3,000/6,000 when Day 2 play resumes. There will be 10 levels of Day 2 play with breaks every two levels and a one-hour dinner break after level 6.

A full list of Day 2 chip counts and seating assignments will be posted as soon as they're available.

Keep following PokerNews for all of the live updates on Day 2 and throughout the 2018 World Series of Poker.

Tags: Florian Strasser Ilian Li James Obst JC Tran Jeff Gibson Loni Harwood Mike Dentale Millard Hale

2018-06-09 02:56 UTC-7

Harwood Takes One From Reichard

Niveau 17 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Three players saw a flop of and it checked to Josh Reichard on the button. Reichard bet 18,000 into a main pot of about 25,000 and Harwood called. They went heads up to the turn and Harwood led out with a bet of 43,000.

Reichard released his hand into the muck and Harwood added another pot the her massive stack. She is now playing 260,000 and is in contention for the chip lead with less than two levels of play left in the night.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Loni Harwood	260,000	55,000

Tags: Loni Loni Harwood

2018-06-09 00:59 UTC-7

Harwood Chipping Up

Niveau 14 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Two time WSOP bracelet winner Loni Harwood is heating up as Day 1B of Event #19 winds down. Harwood has been in cruise control for much of the night and she has just crossed the century chip mark.

Her stack of 110,000 is one of the biggest in the room and she has already notched her second cash of the series after making the money in Event #7 the $565 No Limit Hold'em Colossus.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Loni Harwood	110,000	45,000

Tags: Loni Harwood

2018-06-09 00:22 UTC-7

Tran Continues to Climb

Niveau 13 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

When the second flight of #Event 19: $564 Pot-Limit Omaha kicked off at 5 P.M. JC Tran was already in his seat. He wasted no time putting his 5,000 chip starting stack to work and had already doubled up by the second level.

Tran has not looked back and continues to drag in pot after pot adding to his stack. He is now sitting behind a tower of 120,000 and is near the top of the Day 1B chip counts with less than six levels of play left in the night.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
JC Tran	120,000

Tags: JC Tran

2018-06-08 19:44 UTC-7

Scott Clements Joins the Field

Niveau 5 : 100/200, 0 ante

We are now approaching 1,000 entries here in the second Event #19: $565 Pot-Limit Omaha flight and the Brasilia room is bursting at the seams. Two-time WSOP bracelet winner Scott Clements has joined the Day 1b field.

Clements won his first WSOP bracelet in 2006 winning the $3,000 Omaha Hi/Lo event for $301,175. He followed it up at the 38th World Series of Poker, winning the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event, earning $194,206 and his second WSOP bracelet.

Clements is currently hovering around the 5,000 starting stack but will surely be one to keep an eye on as the tournament progresses.

Tags: Scott Clements

2018-06-08 18:02 UTC-7

Tran off to a Fast Start

Niveau 2 : 25/50, 0 ante

JC Tran was among the first wave of players to join the Day 1B Event #19: Pot-Limit Omaha field and he wasted no time putting his chips to work. Chan has already more than doubled his starting stack in the second level and has quickly chipped up to over 10,000.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
JC Tran	10,500	10,500

Tags: JC Tran

2018-06-08 16:58 UTC-7

Welcome to Event #19: $565 Pot-Limit-Omaha Day 1B

At 5 p.m. local time, cards will be in the air for Day 1, Flight B of Event #19: $565 Pot Limit Omaha at the 2018 World Series of Poker.
Every entrant will receive 5,000 starting chips and will have 18 thirty-minute levels to try to accumulate as many more as they can before bagging their stacks at the end of the night. Late registration will be open through the end of Level 8 at approximately 9:20 p.m. and there will be a 20-minute break every four levels.

The combined Day 1A-B surviving players will return tomorrow to play Day 2 at 2 p.m.

Last year in this event, Tyler Smith triumphed over 3,186 entrants, the largest field in the history of live PLO tournaments, to win his first gold bracelet and $244,344. This event is expected to draw well once again, as each of the previous two years has been record-setting for PLO tournaments.

With unlimited re-entry available and a 5,000-chip stack to begin, it's expected that many players will be firing multiple bullets in this event as they chase the gold bracelet.

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