On a turn board of , Tom McCormick faced a bet of 3,000 from a player in late position and a call by Matthew Gonzales in the hijack.
McCormick then began singing "Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones as he tossed his final 14,500 forward, putting extra emphasis on the "I can't get no" part of the lyrics.
Tablemates and curious onlookers at nearby tables had a good laugh, while McCormick's opponents both folded, giving McCormick the satisfaction of taking down a pot to keep him alive in the tournament.
In a preflop four-bet pot to the flop, the opponent of Vasil Medarov already moved all-in in the dark with the covering stack and said "why don't we save the time and get it in already". Once it was on Medarov, he called all-in for 127,900 and tabled the for two pair.
He was up against and remained ahead throughout the turn and river to join the current chip leaders.
With 35,500 in the middle to the flop, Matthew Gonzales and Conrad Fourie got their chips in and it was Fourie as the player at risk in a significant pot.
Conrad Fourie:
Matthew Gonzales:
Gonzales was drawing slim but found some hope with the turn. However, the river was of no help as Fourie doubled for 164,500. Gonzales was left with around 30,000 in chips and disappeared shortly thereafter.
Tommy Le recalled a hand in which Thi Xoa Nguyen ran a triple barrel bluff with the on a board, which was looked up by Le with the for two pair.
Nguyen was involved in the action again just now and bet the turn as well as the river with the final bet worth 34,000. Her sole remaining opponent reluctantly called and Nguyen tabled the for the straight.
"Ah, so sometimes you have it ..." the comment came while Nguyen raked in the pot with a smile. Naor Slobodskoy chimed in that they would have snap-called earlier had they known Nguyen's aggressive approach, which caused some laughter at the table.
With 96,000 in the middle on a completed board of , Vasil Medarov bet the pot and then sigh-called the all-in of Patrick Leonard for little more. Leonard tabled the and Medarov mucked the before paying 114,500 to his table neighbour.
Another record-setting field of 641 entries and counting came together in the Paris Ballroom for a massive Day 1 of WSOP Event #69: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship (8-handed).
With registration open until the start of Day 2 on Sunday, the field will continue to grow to smash the former record of 518 entries from 2019, with Scott Seiver (452,000) and defending champion Tommy Le (400,000) among the biggest stacks to advance.
Event #69: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
RANK
PLAYER
Country
CHIP COUNT
Big blinds
1
Majid Yahyaei
United States
701,000
280
2
Peter Levine
United States
521,000
208
3
Kazuhiko Yotsushika
Japan
445,500
178
4
Scott Seiver
United States
425,000
170
5
Stephen Burns
United States
417,500
167
6
Joachim Haraldstad
Norway
410,000
164
7
Tommy Le
United States
400,000
160
8
Eduardo Bernal Sanchez
Colombia
383,000
153
9
Luis Velador
United States
381,500
153
10
Robert Valden
United States
381,000
152
Patrick Leonard (342,000), Allan Le (330,000), and Ken Aldridge (312,000) are among others to bag big, while 2019 champion Dash Dudley (65,000), Bruno Fitoussi (60,000), Matt Glantz, (39,000), and three-time bracelet winner Phillip Hui (26,500) are among those with some work ahead of them on Day 2.
With so many entries in the field there were also plenty of notables to not survive the day including multi-time bracelet winners Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Shaun Deeb, and Mike Matusow to name just a few.
All told, 264 of the original 641 will return Sunday to the Paris Ballroom at 2 p.m. As mentioned, several more are likely to enter before the start of play Sunday. Blinds will start at 1,000/2,500 with a 2,500 big blind ante. Last-minute registrants will start with 24 big blinds.
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