Event #66: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship (8-Handed) Jour 1 | 2024 World Series of Poker

2024-06-26 15:21 UTC-7

Assorted Counts and New Entries

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Christian Zetzsche

Niveau 2 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Radu Pavel	115,000 55,000	55,000
Farid Jattin	90,000 30,000	30,000
John Beauprez	65,000 5,000	5,000

Ashly Butler	60,000 60,000	60,000
Quan Zhou	60,000 60,000	60,000
Barny Boatman	60,000 60,000	60,000

Christian Harder	60,000 60,000	60,000
Joao Estanislau	60,000 60,000	60,000
Adam Hendrix	60,000 60,000	60,000
Eric Wasserson	60,000 60,000	60,000

Noah Bronstein	60,000 60,000	60,000
Omar Eljach	60,000 60,000	60,000

Ian Bradley	60,000 60,000	60,000
Tomas Ribeiro	60,000 60,000	60,000

Melad Marji	55,000 55,000	55,000
Tong Li	55,000 55,000	55,000

Nick Schulman	55,000 55,000	55,000

Tyler Brown	55,000

Loren Klein	50,000 50,000	50,000

Oswin Ziegelbecker	50,000 50,000	50,000
Luis Velador	20,000 40,000	40,000

2024-06-26 15:21 UTC-7

Smith Moves All In

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Josh Noy

Niveau 2 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Arthur Morris called in the cutoff before Corey Wright raised to 2,600 on the button. Matthew Smith then three-bet the pot from the small blind to 9,400, producing a fold from Morris and a call from Wright.

Smith then committed the rest of his stack on the K♠3♦2♦ flop, sliding in his last 18,800. Wright took a moment but opted to fold and Smith added to his stack.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Arthur Morris	131,000 71,000	71,000
Corey Wright	43,000 43,000	43,000
Matthew Smith	36,500 36,500	36,500

Tags: Arthur Morris Corey Wright Matthew Smith

2024-06-26 15:17 UTC-7

Life Outside Poker: Kevin Martin Was "Heartbroken" After Game of Gold Loss

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Connor Richards

Niveau 2 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Life Outside Poker is a new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

In the ninth episode, Connor speaks with poker streamer and reality TV star Kevin Martin, who opened up about his experience on the hit GGPoker show Game of Gold and gave some insight into his upcoming appearance on The Amazing Race Canada, which Martin told PokerNews will be the "final chapter" of his reality TV career.

Martin also talked about get cast for Big Brother Canada when he was 22, winning Big Brother Season 5, the traits that make for a good reality TV contestant, the early days of poker streaming, prop bets with Dan "Jungleman" Cates and the evolution of poker content creation.

The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and iHeartRadio. You can also watch the interview with Kevin Martin by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.

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Tags: Connor Richards Kevin Martin

2024-06-26 15:07 UTC-7

Next Batch of Notable Entries

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Christian Zetzsche

Niveau 2 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

The field is up to 310 players early in the second level and the following players are now all in contention.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Lawrence Brandt	60,000 60,000	60,000

Matthew Wantman	60,000 60,000	60,000

Kevin Allen	60,000 60,000	60,000
Pedjman Hamie	60,000 60,000	60,000
Fahredin Mustafov	60,000 60,000	60,000

Stanislav Halatenko	60,000 60,000	60,000
Krzysztof Magott	60,000 60,000	60,000
Fabian Rolli	60,000 60,000	60,000
Radu Pavel	60,000 60,000	60,000
Mads Amot	60,000 60,000	60,000
Noah Boeken	60,000 60,000	60,000
Farid Jattin	60,000 60,000	60,000

2024-06-26 15:07 UTC-7

Medarov Chips Up Without Showdown

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Christian Zetzsche

Niveau 2 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

On a completed board of 10♥8♦7♥8♥6♠ with some 25,100 in the middle, recent entry Kahle Burns checked out of the small blind. Vasil Medarov in the big blind grabbed into his stack and then made it 16,000 to go. No call followed and the pot was shipped to Medarov, who already has plenty of PLO final tables under his belt.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Vasil Medarov	85,000 25,000	25,000
Kahle Burns	45,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Kahle Burns Vasil Medarov

Niveau: 2

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

2024-06-26 15:01 UTC-7

Maksimov Catches Chin Bluffing

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Christian Zetzsche

Niveau 1 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Artem Maksimov bet the Q♥10♣4♥4♣ turn for 4,000 in the small blind and Michelle Chin called on the button. Maksimov checked the 8♠ river and Chin bet 10,000. After brief consideration, Maksimov flicked in a call and Chin showed the A♣9♠8♦3♣ for the missed nut flush draw. Maksimov had that beat with A♠A♦7♣6♠ to win the pot.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Artem Maksimov	77,000
Michelle Chin	45,000

Tags: Artem Maksimov Michelle Chin

2024-06-26 14:56 UTC-7

Rand Recovers Some Lost Chips

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Josh Noy

Niveau 1 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Jason Daly opened to 800 from middle position before Nghia Le three-bet to 2,700 from the small blind. Kevin Rand made the call in the big blind, as did Daly.

Le checked the Q♣8♣3♦ flop, with Rand firing out a bet of 3,500. Daly quickly mucked, while Le followed suit and Rand added some lost chips to his stack.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jason Daly	57,000 57,000	57,000

Kevin Rand	56,500 56,500	56,500
Nghia Le	54,000 54,000	54,000

Tags: Jason Daly Kevin Rand Nghia Le

2024-06-26 14:42 UTC-7

Kings for Taylor

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Josh Noy

Niveau 1 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Action was on Esther Taylor after the J♦8♣7♦J♠ turn, facing a bet of 2,600.

Taylor called to see the J♥ river, where a pair of checks followed.

"Kings," announced Taylor as she turned over K♠K♥8♠7♥ for a full house to claim the pot.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Esther Taylor	66,500 6,500	6,500

Tags: Esther Taylor

2024-06-26 14:40 UTC-7

Li Among the First Casualties

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Christian Zetzsche

Niveau 1 : 200/300, 300 ante

The cards were already on their backs by the time the board showed J♠10♥2♥3♣ with Yingui Li and Edmund Chan getting their chips into the middle of the table.

Yingui Li: A♥K♦J♥7♣ All in
Edmund Chan: A♠J♣10♦6♠

Li had top pair and the nut flush draw but Chan was ahead with the top two pair. The river was the 3♠ and that sent Li to the rail.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Edmund Chan	125,000
Yingui Li	Eliminé

Tags: Edmund Chan Yingui Li