Event #7: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Jour 1 | 2022 World Series of Poker

Event #7: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Jour 1 a débuté

2022-06-03 13:38 UTC-7

Event #7: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Begins Today

2021 $1,500 Omaha 8 or Better Champion Connor Drinan

One of the largest field non-Hold’em events of the 53rd World Series of Poker kicks off Friday with the start of Event #7: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better.

Aside from last year, which saw some limited fields due to travel restrictions and the pandemic, this event has historically drawn over or close to 1,000 entries year after year, generating some massive prize pools and top prizes.

As such, the event attracts the crème de la crème of the mixed game world, which will be no different this year as they gather in the Paris ballroom for Day 1.

Connor Drinan is the defending champion, having defeated a still strong field of 607 runners to take home his second WSOP bracelet.

Last 10 Years of $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Champions

YEAR	CHAMPION	COUNTRY	ENTRIES	1ST PRIZE
2021	Connor Drinan	United States	607	$163,252
2020	Not played (pandemic)
2019	Derek McMaster	Canada	835	$228,228
2018	Julien Martini	France	911	$239,771
2017	Benjamin Zamani	United States	905	$238,620
2016	Benny Glaser	United Kingdom	934	$244,103
2015	Robert Mizrachi	United States	918	$251,022
2014	Nicholas Kost	United States	1,036	$283,275
2013	Calen McNeil	Canada	1,014	$277,274
2012	Herbert Tapscott	United States	967	$264,400

Cards will be in the air at 3 p.m. local time as another likely huge field will play 15 40-minute levels with 15-minute breaks scheduled after every third level. Late registration will remain open until the start of Level 10 (approx. 9:45 p.m.).

Players will start with 25,000 chips at blinds of 100/200 with limits of 200/400.

PokerNews will have you covered for all the action from this and every bracelet event of the summer, so keep your browser locked to us for all the excitement from the new home of the World Series of Poker at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas.

Tags: Benjamin Zamani Benny Glaser Calen McNeil Connor Drinan Derek McMaster Herbert Tapscott Julien Martini Nicholas Kost

Niveau: 1

Limites: 200/400

Ante: 0

2022-06-03 15:02 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal!

Niveau 1 : 200/400, 0 ante

Play has just begun for Day 1 of Event #7: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better. There are 658 players entered in the tournament to start the day.

2022-06-03 15:13 UTC-7

Some Early Faces in the Field

Niveau 1 : 200/400, 0 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Mel Judah	25,000
Robert Turner	25,000
Tom Schneider	25,000
David Bach	25,000
Jeanne David	25,000
Perry Green	25,000
Nathan Gamble	25,000
Cyndy Violette	25,000
Qinghai Pan	25,000

2022-06-03 15:20 UTC-7

More Early Entries

Niveau 1 : 200/400, 0 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Frankie O'Dell	25,000	25,000
John Esposito	25,000	25,000
Scott Abrams	25,000	25,000
Calen McNeil	25,000	25,000
Kathy Chang	25,000	25,000
Damjan Radanov	25,000	25,000
Kristy Means	25,000	25,000
Everett Carlton	25,000	25,000
Allen Kessler	25,000	25,000
Patrick Leonard	25,000	25,000

2022-06-03 15:26 UTC-7

Some More Early Entrants

Niveau 1 : 200/400, 0 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Daniel Ospina	25,000	25,000
Tom McCormick	25,000	25,000
Eugene Katchalov	25,000	25,000
Barry Greenstein	25,000	25,000
Paul Sokoloff	25,000	25,000
Hernan Salazar	25,000	25,000
Wendy Freedman	25,000	25,000
Yehuda Buchalter	25,000	25,000
Robert Mizrachi	25,000	25,000

Niveau: 2

Limites: 300/600

Ante: 0

2022-06-03 15:43 UTC-7

Early Multi-way Action for Greenstein

Niveau 2 : 300/600, 0 ante

With several bets in the middle on a turn board of , on the button, Barry Greenstein called a bet from the cutoff. The small blind came along as well.

The river brought the and again the cutoff was first to bet. Greenstein called and the small blind folded.

The cutoff showed for the nut flush and the high, while Greenstein showed for a wheel to claim the low and get his half of the small blind's contribution to the pot.