Welcome to Event #77: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em & Pot-Limit Omaha
Event #77: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em & Pot-Limit Omaha is slated for a 1:00 p.m. start today at the 2022 World Series of Poker at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas.
Last year's iteration of this event saw Motoyoshi Okamura of Japan emerge victorious, defeating a field of 846 players to take home his first career WSOP bracelet and the top cash prize of $209,716. He defeated Brazil's Rafael Mota in heads-up play to secure the title. Other notable deep runs included those of Ryan Laplante (35th, $5,507) and Josh Arieh (40th, $5,507).
Players will begin the day with 25,000 chips, with blinds starting at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante. Levels will last 40 minutes today, before increasing to 60 minutes on Days 2 and 3. There will be a fifteen minute break after every third level, with a 75-minute dinner break after Level 9, expected to start around 7:40 p.m. local time. Late registration will close at the end of the dinner break, at about 8:55 p.m. Players who are eliminated before registration closes are allowed two re-entries.
Fifteen levels will be played today, after which the remaining players will bag and tag their chips before returning for Day 2 on Tuesday, July 12th, for a 1:00 p.m. restart.
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on the felt. Vincas Tamasauskas, in the small blind, check raised from 1,000 to 4,200, and received one caller: Ken Aldridge in the big blind.
turn, Tamasauskas fired for 10,500, and Aldridge snap called. On the 
river, he fired again for 12,500. Aldridge folded face up, showing 
. Tamasauskas scooped the pot without a showdown, but did show 
before mucking his hand, as well as saying he had two sets.
and Hyman shoved, quickly called by the remaining active player in the hand, who held a higher stack, to create a four-way showdown. 
and the 
and Hyman quickly tabled the nuts with 
while his opponent showed 
. The first all in player got his cards mucked and the last all in player showed 
. 
and made his way to the exit.
turn and 
river didn't change much, as Livingston's flush was still best. He scooped the pot, more than doubling his stack, while the short stacked player was eliminated.
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river was a safe one for him, and he scooped the massive 1,000,000 chip pot on the last hand of the night, giving him a sizeable chip lead entering Day 2.