Event #40: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
Jour 1 a débuté
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #40: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
Jours 1
Event Info
Résultats
Event Info
Info Niveau
2019 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,641,600
Entrants
1,216
Niveau
34
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
0
The Great Game of Pot-Limit Omaha Starts at Noon
A new event will start at the 2019 World Series of Poker and this time it's the great game. Event #40: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha will be played out over three days in search of the successor of Ryan Bambrick. Bambrick beat a field of 799 players and ultimately finished on top after beating the Finnish Sampo Ryynanen for the WSOP gold bracelet and the first-place prize of $217,123.
Levels will be 40 minutes long on Day 1 and they will be 60 minutes long from Day 2 onwards. Everyone will start the tournament with 25,000 in chips and blinds will be 100/100 to start the tournament. They will play 15 40-minute levels on Day 1 with a 20-minute break every three levels. There will be a 75-minute dinner break after the ninth level which will be at approximately 6:40 p.m.
Late registration is open until the start of Level 10. which is at approximately 7:55 p.m. local time. Limits will be going up fast in today's four-card game in the search of a new champion. The day will end with blinds at 2,000/4,000. The game is played without an ante.
PokerNews will be on the tournament floor to provide you with coverage throughout the first of three days of $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha action.
Niveau: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Spotted in the Field
Niveau 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Elie Payan, winner of the event in 2011 for $ 292,825, is already in the field today as well as Loni Harwood, the owner of two WSOP bracelets in No-Limit Holdem events.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
Familiar Faces
Niveau 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000 | |
|
25,000 | |
|
25,000 | |
|
25,000 | |
|
25,000 | |
|
25,000 |
More Notables in the Field
Niveau 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | |
|
25,000 | |
|
25,000 |
Boatman Takes a Seat
Niveau 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Barny Boatman, who won the €550 Pot-Limit Omaha at the 2015 World Series of Poker Europe and finished second in the $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em in 2002, just took a seat in this event to try to catch his third WSOP gold bracelet.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
Niveau: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Varnell Back in Action
Niveau 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Craig Varnell is back at the poker tables after getting injured playing basketball 1.5 weeks ago. Varnell is now back in the Rio playing poker and he brought out the run good since he immediately doubled up.
Varnell raised from the button to 600 and the player in the big blind called. The flop was dealt 
and the player in the big blind checked to Varnell and he continued with a bet of 1,000. His opponent raised to 3,000 and Varnell called.
The turn was the 
and Varnell was facing a bet of 4,000 when he announced pot and Varnell had 20,900 in front of him. All the chips went in the turn and Varnell needed to hit.
Craig Varnell: 
Opponent: 
The river was the 
and Varnell hit the nuts on the river to stay in the game. ''I do run pretty good in PLO'' said Varnell to his opponent as he picked up the pot.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Small Pot for Politano
Niveau 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Bruno Politano limped under the gun and was followed by a player in middle position, the button and the players in the blinds. The five players checked on the flop 
and a appeared on the turn. After two checks, Politano bet 700 and it was enough to make his opponents fold.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
26,000 | 1,000 |